Thierry of Termonde (also Terremonde or Tenremonde, died in 1206 in Rusion) was lord of

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for marriage in the

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, and

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Latin Empire of Constantinople The Latin Empire, also referred to as the Latin Empire of Constantinople, was a feudal Crusader state founded by the leaders of the Fourth Crusade on lands captured from the Byzantine Empire. The Latin Empire was intended to replace the Byzanti ...

. He was the youngest son of Gautier II de Termonde, Lord of Termonde (

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Dendermonde Dendermonde (; french: Termonde, ) is a city in the Flemish province of East Flanders in Belgium. The municipality comprises the city of Dendermonde and the towns of Appels, Baasrode, Grembergen, Mespelare, Oudegem, Schoonaarde, and Sint-Gillis-b ...

) in

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. He was probably as

Thierry d'Orca Thierry d'Orca ( French: ''Thierry d'Orgue'' or ''Their d'Orguenes'', Latin: ''Theodoricus de Orca'', before 1174–1207) was Lord of Arsuf by marriage in the Kingdom of Jerusalem. Thierry was probably a French knight who came with the Third Crusa ...

and

Aymar de Lairon Aymar de Lairon (died 1219), also Adeymar, Adémar or Aimerich, was the lord of Caesarea in jure uxoris, right of his wife from at least 1193 until her death between 1213 and 1216. During this period he was a prominent figure in the Kingdom of Jerus ...

one of the Crusaders who remained in the

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after the end of the

Third Crusade The Third Crusade (1189–1192) was an attempt by three European monarchs of Western Christianity (Philip II of France, Richard I of England and Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor) to reconquer the Holy Land following the capture of Jerusalem by ...

. In 1204 came from the Holy Land and was with

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and his brother

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with a contingent of troops to

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, where his compatriot

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, had just been crowned after the

Fourth Crusade The Fourth Crusade (1202–1204) was a Latin Christian armed expedition called by Pope Innocent III. The stated intent of the expedition was to recapture the Muslim-controlled city of Jerusalem, by first defeating the powerful Egyptian Ayyubid S ...

Emperor of the

Latin Empire The Latin Empire, also referred to as the Latin Empire of Constantinople, was a feudal Crusader state founded by the leaders of the Fourth Crusade on lands captured from the Byzantine Empire. The Latin Empire was intended to replace the Byzanti ...

. Baldwin there named Thierry as constable. According to

Geoffrey of Villehardouin Geoffrey of Villehardouin (c. 1150 – c. 1213) was a French knight and historian who participated in and chronicled the Fourth Crusade. He is considered one of the most important historians of the time period,Smalley, p. 131 best known for wr ...

Thierry died in the spring of 1206 at the

Battle of Rusion The battle of Rusion ( bg, Битката при Русион) occurred in the winter of 1206 near the fortress of Rusion (Rusköy contemporary Keşan) between the armies of the Bulgarian Empire and the Latin Empire of Byzantium. The Bulgarians ...

(also Roussillon or Rusium) in

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fighting against

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References

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* {{cite book, first=Charles, last= du Fresne, authorlink= Charles du Fresne, sieur du Cange, editor1=Nicolas Rodolphe Taranne, editor2=

Emmanuel Guillaume-Rey Baron Alban Emmanuel Guillaume-Rey (28 May 1837 – 4 April 1916) was a French archaeologist, topographer and orientalist. He is known for his historical works on Crusader states and on military fortifications in the Near East. He is considered by ...

, title=Les familles d'outre-mer, orig-year= 1869, publisher= Neuauflage, Burst-Franklin, location= New York, year= 1971, language=fr, isbn= 0-833-70932-1 1206 deaths Christians of the Third Crusade Latin Empire people Nobility of the Kingdom of Jerusalem Year of birth missing