Lordship of Transjordan
Lordship of Transjordan | |||||||||
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| 1118–1187 | |||||||||
The Lordship of Transjordan at its greatest extent. Boundaries approximate. | |||||||||
| Status | Vassal of the Kingdom of Jerusalem | ||||||||
| Capital | Montreal (1115 to 1140s) Kerak (1140s to 1188) | ||||||||
| Common languages | Latin, Old French, Italian (also Arabic and Greek) | ||||||||
| Religion | Roman Catholicism, Greek Orthodoxy, Syriac Orthodoxy, Islam, Judaism | ||||||||
| Government | Feudal lordship | ||||||||
| Lord | |||||||||
• 1118–1126 | Roman of Le Puy | ||||||||
• 1126–1147 | Pagan the Butler | ||||||||
• 1148–c.1160 | Maurice of Montreal | ||||||||
• 1161–1165 | Philip of Milly | ||||||||
• 1174 | Miles of Plancy | ||||||||
• 1177–1187 | Raynald of Châtillon | ||||||||
| Historical era | High Middle Ages | ||||||||
| 1118 | |||||||||
• Conquered by Saladin | 1187 | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Israel Jordan Palestine | ||||||||
The Lordship of Transjordan (Old French: Oultrejourdain) was one of the principal lordships of the Kingdom of Jerusalem. It encompassed an extensive and partly undefined region to the east of the Jordan River, and was centered on the castles of Montreal and Kerak.