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Pons

Count of Tripoli (1112-1137)

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Also known as Pons of Tripoli · Pons, Count of Tripoli

Born: 1090s
Died: March 25, 1137
Place of death: Holy Land
Occupation: aristocrat
Spouse: Cecile of France(1112–1137)

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Pons was count of Tripoli from 1112 to 1137. He was a minor when his father, Bertrand, died in 1112. He swore fealty to the Byzantine Emperor Alexios I Komnenos in the presence of a Byzantine embassy. His advisors sent him to Antioch to be educated in the court of Tancred of Antioch, ending the hostilities between the two crusader states. Tancred granted four important fortresses to Pons in the Principality of Antioch. Since Pons held his inherited lands in fief of the kings of Jerusalem, Tancred's grant strengthened the autonomy of the County of Tripoli. On his deathbed, Tancred also arranged the marriage of his wife, Cecile of France, to Pons.

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Sex or gender: male
Child: Raymond II
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Father: Bertrand I, Count of Toulouse
Mother: Helie of Burgundy
Given name: Ponç
Sibling: Guy II of Ponthieu kinship to subject: maternal half-brother
John I, Count of Alençon kinship to subject: maternal half-brother
Noble title: Count of Tripoli(1112–1137) follows: Bertrand I, Count of Toulouse · followed by: Raymond II
Family: House of Toulouse
Manner of death: death in battle

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