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Payen the Butler
Payen the Butler was a Crusader noble, butler of the kings of Jerusalem, who became lord of Oultrejordain, the lands east of the Jordan. In 1142 he built the great castle of Kerak on a ridge east of the Dead Sea, which became the centre of the lordship and controlled the routes between Syria, Egypt and Arabia.
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