Polity Edessa (Thoros)

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Was a polity that originated when the Seljuk Emir of Damascus captured Edessa and installed Thoros as its governor. Thoros soon rebelled and created an independent polity.

Establishment

  • January 1096: Around 1094, the Seljuk emir of Damascus, Tutush I, captured Edessa and installed Thoros (Armenian T‘oros = Theodore), an old lieutenant of Philaretus, as governor. In 1095, Theodore eliminated the Turkish garrison of the citadel and made himself master of the city.

Chronology

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1. Crusades

The Crusades were a series of religious wars initiated, supported, and sometimes directed by the Latin Church in the Medieval period. The best known of these military expeditions are those to the Holy Land in the period between 1095 and 1291.

1.1. First Crusade

Was the first of a series of religious wars, or Crusades, initiated, supported and at times directed by the Latin Church in the Medieval period. The objective was the recovery of the Holy Land from Islamic rule.

  • January 1099: Foundation of the County of Edessa.

Disestablishment

  • January 1099: Foundation of the County of Edessa.