crusader state · Anatolia and the Levant
Lordship of Tyre
Origins
Tyre, taken by the Crusaders with Venetian help in 1124, was part of the royal domain of the Kingdom of Jerusalem. In 1187, when Saladin's victory left almost every other town lost, Conrad of Montferrat arrived and held Tyre against him, ruling it as his own base.
Rule and society
Tyre was the launching point of the Third Crusade and, with Acre, the kingdom's main port, with large Venetian and Genoese quarters. In the 1230s-1240s it was a stronghold of Frederick II's officials until the Ibelins took it in 1243. From 1246 Philip of Montfort held it as a lordship and built up its trade; he was killed by an Assassin in 1270.
Decline and legacy
His son John of Montfort and later heirs held it until 1291, when, after the fall of Acre, the Mamluks took Tyre without resistance.
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- Lordship of Tyre was part of Kingdom of Jerusalem1192 CE – 1291 CE
- Lordship of Tyre was conquered by Mamluk Sultanate1291 CE
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