Chastel Ernaut built by William the patriarch to protect pilgrims coming up from Jaffa
Unit appears in:
IOANNES II (1118-1143)
1133
Summary:
While king Fulk was engaged around Antioch, William the patriarch with the people of Jerusalem built Chastel Ernaut, on the road down to Lydda and the sea. Thus the journey up and down from Jaffa was made safer for pilgrims
Dates:
1133
William of Messines, Latin patriarch of Jerusalem (
William 4018
)
While
Fulk 4001
was engaged at Antioch, William with the people of Jerusalem built Chastel Ernaut, on the road down to Lydda and the sea, thus making the journey safer for pilgrims (: )
William of Tyre bk. 14, 8.1-17