Certainty: 2 Attack by 'Imad al-Din Zanki on Montferrand; Fulk of Anjou defeated & besieged there Certainty: 2
Certainty: 2 Surrender on terms of Fulk at Montferrand Certainty: 2
Certainty: 2 Raymond II of Tripoli took revenge on local Christians for betrayal of Pons Certainty: 2
Certainty: 2 Ioannes II at Antioch in 1137: issues of status & details of the agreement Certainty: 2
1139
Certainty: 2 'Imad al-Din Zanki threatened Damascus; its governor, Anar, enlisted Christians in the defence Certainty: 2
Certainty: 2 When Zanki withdrew, Anar & the Frankish leaders besieged & captured Banyas Certainty: 2
1150
Certainty: 2 Negotiations to save the remains of the county of Edessa Certainty: 2
Certainty: 2 Baldwin III's march to save Christians from Tell Bashir (1): as far as 'Ayn Tab Certainty: 2
Certainty: 3 Baldwin III's march to save Christians from Tell Bashir (2): beyond 'Ayn Tab
His arrangement of the army after 'Ayn Tab was designed to surround the unarmed marchers, especially the women and children, with a protection of armed men; he was at the front to direct the march, Raymond of Tripoli and Humphrey of Toron formed the rearguard, with the strongest forces, and the Antiochenes were on both flanks. All day he led the Christian force through constant attacks and showers of missiles, made worse by the heat and dust of August. Nur al-Din had drawn up his army in two columns, one each side of the Christians. Near Joha, at dusk, the Turks moved back, and Baldwin was informed by Humphrey of Toron that they had no more provisions, and would leave. His information came on the battlefield from the retainer of a powerful Turkish noble, with whom he was bound in close fraternal alliance. The marchers faced no more trouble and they soon reached areas under Christian control; Baldwin went on to Antioch. Nur al-Din realised that the Edessene strongholds were now garrisoned by Byzantines with no Latin stiffening, so he first harried them, then sent larger forces to capture them. In a year he had taken them all [William of Tyre ignores the role played by Masud of Ikonion in capturing the fortresses, and (from other evidence) probably shortens the time-scale]
1152
Certainty: 2 Unsuccessful pressure on princess Constance of Antioch to choose a prince
Baldwin III was deeply worried that Antioch, without a prince since the death of Raymond of Poitiers, would soon follow Edessa under Turkish rule, knowing that he himself had little time to spend there. Thus he repeatedly urged the princess Constance to choose one of her noble suitors from his army to rule the principality. Ivo of Nesle, Walter of Falquenberg or Radulf of Merle were well qualified to save the principality. But she was afraid of the bonds of marriage and preferred her freedom and desires to the needs of her people. When he realised this, Baldwin called a general assembly of the magnates of the kingdom and the principality at Tripoli, inviting from Antioch the patriarch Aimery of Limoges and his suffragans and Constance with her barons; also present were queen Melisende and the barons from Jerusalem. After some general issues, the agenda turned to Constance's marriage plans, but nobody succeeded in persuading her to wed, not her kinsmen Baldwin III or Raymond II, nor her maternal aunts Melisende or Hodierna. It was said that Aimery had influence over her, and supported her aberration of refusal to marry, since it helped him in his ambition to have a freer hand in control of the principality. The assembly ended in failure on this issue
Certainty: 2 Failed attempt to heal the marriage of Raymond II: his assassination Certainty: 2