Outremer 1149-1174

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Problem of Reynald of Chatillon

- 1157 when they had taken the lower town of Shaizar with the help of Theirry of Flanders. Baldwin III intended for Theirry of Fladners to take it. Reynald demanded that Thierry swear homage to him, who replied hat he only swore homage to kings and not princes. He may have feared Jerusalem's expanding influence.

-1145 he swore homage to Manuel. However, in 1156 he allied with the Armenian Thoros and attacked Cyprus and ravaged the island.

-Moreover, after Reynald had sworn homage, Manuel asked him to bring troops, of which he would pay, to combat the Armenian Thoros. However, Reynald had these troops and took them to capture Alexandretta. He didn't give the city to Manuel, but instead he gave it to the Templars claiming that it was part of Antioch territory.

- He helped to settle the Antioch succession Crisis in 1153, as Constance was a widow age 22 with her son Bohemond age 5. Manuel had suggested an aging widower as a match, while Baldwin III chose Bohemond.

- Reynald was captured by Nureddin 1161 while 1176.

-1175 became the lord of Oultrejordain.

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Power of Nureddin

1157/8 he became seriously ill, and in 1161 he completed the Hajj to Mecca. UPON HIS RECOVERY HE MADE AN ALLIANCE WITH MANUEL TO HELP HIM AGAINST THE SELJUK TURKS OF ANATOLIA.

Presented himself as a mujahid who promoted Jihad.

Allied with Raymond II of Triplo and Unur of Damascus against Raymond's cousin Bertram. Even Saphadin helped.

Zengi died September 1146, and Nureddin inherited Aleppo while Saphadin got Mosul

SUCCESS AT THE BATTLE OF INAB 1149, DEFEATED RAYMOND OF POITIERS, CAPTURED APAMEA AND PUSHED ANTIOCH'S EASTERN BOARDERS CLOSER TO THE CITY. KILLED THE HEAD OF THE ASSASSINS, ALI IBN WAFA.

ABAQ THE NEW LORD OF DAMASCUS SOUGHT AN ALLIANCE WITH THE FRANKS, SO IN RETALIATION NUR TOOK TURBESSEL.

1156 BLOCKADED DAMASCUS, FOOD LIMITATION. ABAQ FLED CITADEL, NUR ENTERED UNOPPOSED. ABAQ BECAME THE LORD OF HOMS

UP UNTIL 1157 HE CAN BE SEEN AS A LIMITED THREAT TO THE FRANKS AS THE CALIPH OF BAGHDAD CRITICISED HIM FOR FIGHTING HIS OWN PEOPLE RATHER THAN THE FRANKS.