year: 1104
initiator: Baldwin I
recipient: Church of Saint Laurence of the Genoese
institution: Saint Laurence of the Genoese
text: †May 26 – Sept 23. Jerusalem. Baldwin, rex Iudee et Ierusalem ac defensor sanctissimi Sepulcri domini nostri Ihesu Christi, gives the church of St Laurence of Genoa plateae in Jerusalem and Jaffa; a third part of Asur/Arciuf and Caesarea, with a third part of their territories, which extend for a league, together with a casale in each; a third part of Acre, with a third part of the city territory which extends for a league; 300 besants a year in exchange for other casalia; a third part of every city and its territory which the Genoese help to take with 50 or more soldiers, together with a casale; and a third part of Old Cairo [Babilon] with three of the better casalia of their choice. Baldwin swears never to harm or imprison Genoese, who will pay no commercium; neither will merchants from Savona, Noli or Albenga or the family of Gandulfus Pisanus filius Fiopie/Tropię. Baldwin renounces rights on the goods of Genoese who die in his dominions and on shipwreck. Witnesses: Ugo de Tabaria; Ugo de Sancto Abraham; Geruasius dapifer; Galterius Machomet; Fredericus de Corbolio; Pesellus vicecomes; Golfridus de Turre Dauid; Gotman.
†May 26 – Sept 23. Jerusalem. Baldwin, rex Iudee et Ierusalem ac defensor sanctissimi Sepulcri domini nostri Ihesu Christi, gives the church of St Laurence of Genoa plateae in Jerusalem and Jaffa; a third part of Asur/Arciuf and Caesarea, with a third part of their territories, which extend for a... more
sources: Mayer, UKJ 1:137-44, no. 29; Kedar, ‘Again: Genoa’s Golden Inscription’, pp. 495-502 (RRH no. 43) [15]
year: 1104
initiator: Baldwin I
recipient: Pisans
text: *†Apr. 28 – May 6. King Baldwin I grants the Pisans a third part of the cities of Acre and Tyre with jurisdictional immunity and confirms the [forged] privilege of Godfrey of Bouillon.
*†Apr. 28 – May 6. King Baldwin I grants the Pisans a third part of the cities of Acre and Tyre with jurisdictional immunity and confirms the [forged] privilege of Godfrey of Bouillon.
sources: Mayer, UKJ 3:1469-70, no. App. II/8
year: 1104
initiator: Baldwin I
recipient: Genoese
text: *†Apr. 28 – May 6. King Baldwin I grants the Genoese a third part of the cities of Acre and Tyre with jurisdictional immunity. (Mayer, UKJ 3:1470, no. App. II/9)
*†Apr. 28 – May 6. King Baldwin I grants the Genoese a third part of the cities of Acre and Tyre with jurisdictional immunity. (Mayer, UKJ 3:1470, no. App. II/9)
sources: Mayer, UKJ 3:1470, no. App. II/9 [14]
year: 1105
initiator: Raymond of Saint Gilles
recipient: Saint Mary of the Latins
institution: Saint Mary of the Latins
text: *1103- Feb. 28 1105. Raymond of St Gilles gives St Mary of the Latins of Jerusalem a deserted mosque [bafumaria], situated at the head of the lands of St Mary of the Latins, close by the city of Tripoli.
*1103- Feb. 28 1105. Raymond of St Gilles gives St Mary of the Latins of Jerusalem a deserted mosque [bafumaria], situated at the head of the lands of St Mary of the Latins, close by the city of Tripoli.
sources: Richard, ‘Le Chartrier de Sainte-Marie-Latine’, p. 611
year: 1105
initiator: Baldwin I
recipient: Genoese
text: †Apr. 22. Because of the assistance the Genoese gave to the First Crusade in the seizure of Jerusalem, Antioch, Latakia and Dertusia, and their help in taking the cities of Caesarea, Ascalon, Solinum and Biblium, King Baldwin I [rex invictus], with the approbation of Patriarch Daibert, grants them one third of the territories and revenues of Caesarea, Acre and Assur, and vici in Jerusalem and Jaffa with jurisdictional immunity
†Apr. 22. Because of the assistance the Genoese gave to the First Crusade in the seizure of Jerusalem, Antioch, Latakia and Dertusia, and their help in taking the cities of Caesarea, Ascalon, Solinum and Biblium, King Baldwin I [rex invictus], with the approbation of Patriarch Daibert, grants them... more
sources: Mayer, UKJ 3:1471-3, no. App. II/11 (RRH no. 45)
year: 1108
initiator: Tancred, prince of Antioch
recipient: Pisans
text: Mar 25? - Aug. Tancred, Dei gratia Antiochenus princeps/dux et princeps Antiochenus qui tunc orientali, Deo favente, dominabitur regioni, comes to an agreement with the Pisans. They will help him take Latakia from the Greeks, who have unjustly seized that city by force. If God grants him Latakia he promises the Pisans free occupation of a vicus called the Voltae Prodromi, which runs in one direction as far as [the church of] St Nicholas and in the other to the seashore and Iron Well [puteus ferreus]. He allows their ships [naves et galeae] to visit the port of Latakia. The Pisans can enter and leave whenever they wish without paying any dues or customs. He also gives the Pisans the vicus Sancti Salvatoris in the city of Antioch and general freedom throughout all his land and ports. The agreement is confirmed by: B. Antiochiae patriarcha; R. archiepiscopus Tarsensis; R. archiepiscopus Mamistensis; T., sancti Pauli abbas; and by the following barones: R. Fulconis filius; Engellerius; R. Sancti Laudi.
Mar 25? - Aug. Tancred, Dei gratia Antiochenus princeps/dux et princeps Antiochenus qui tunc orientali, Deo favente, dominabitur regioni, comes to an agreement with the Pisans. They will help him take Latakia from the Greeks, who have unjustly seized that city by force. If God grants him Latakia he... more
sources: Müller, Documenti toscane, p. 3, no. 1 A and B [17] (RRH no. 53)
year: 1108
initiator: Emperor Alexius
recipient: Bohemond of Taranto
text: *September. Devol. Bohemond of Taranto agrees to become a vassal of the Byzantine empire for Antioch, which he will hold of the Emperor Alexius and his son John as a liegeman [ἀνθρωπος λίζιος] with the title of dux. The possessions granted to him are specified: the city of Antioch; Port St Simeon; Dux; Kaukas; Lulon; Thaumaston Oros; Phersia; the military district of St Elias; Baghras; the military district of Larissa [Shaizar]; the military districts of Artah and Telouch; Marash and the Amanus Mountains, Palatza and the theme of Zume. Bohemond is given licence to expand eastwards to Aleppo and into Cappadocia and Mesopotamia, including Edessa and the themes of Limnioi and Aetos. The territories occupied by the Armenians in Cilicia are excluded and Bohemond will surrender all claims to Latakia, Gibel, Valenia, Maraclea and Tortosa and will allow the appointment of a Greek patriarch of Antioch
*September. Devol. Bohemond of Taranto agrees to become a vassal of the Byzantine empire for Antioch, which he will hold of the Emperor Alexius and his son John as a liegeman [ἀνθρωπος λίζιος] with the title of dux. The possessions granted to him are specified: the city of Antioch; Port St Simeon;... more
sources: Anna Comnena 1:412-22
year: 1109
initiator: Baldwin I
recipient: Genoese
text: Spring 1106 – Jul. 12 1109. An inscription is placed in the church of the Holy Sepulchre, recoding how, as a reward for their assistance in the taking of Acre, King Baldwin I gives the Genoese, who had helped acquire Jerusalem, Antioch, Latakia, Tortosa, Solinum and Gibellum, a vicus in Jerusalem and Jaffa and a third part of Caesarea, Assur and Acre.
Spring 1106 – Jul. 12 1109. An inscription is placed in the church of the Holy Sepulchre, recoding how, as a reward for their assistance in the taking of Acre, King Baldwin I gives the Genoese, who had helped acquire Jerusalem, Antioch, Latakia, Tortosa, Solinum and Gibellum, a vicus in Jerusalem... more
sources: Mayer, UKJ 1:132-6, no. 28; Kedar, ‘Again: Genoa’s Golden Inscription’, pp. 495-502 (RRH no. 45) [20]
year: 1109
initiator: Baldwin I
recipient: Nunnery of Saint Anne in Jerusalem
institution: Saint Anne
text: *May 20 1102 – Dec. 31 1109. King Baldwin I endows the nunnery of St Anne in Jerusalem.
*May 20 1102 – Dec. 31 1109. King Baldwin I endows the nunnery of St Anne in Jerusalem.
sources: William of Tyre pp. 495-6; Mayer, UKJ 1:156, no. 36
year: 1109
initiator: Bernardus Nazarenus episcopus
recipient: Abbey of Saint Mary of the Valley of Jehoshaphat
institution: Saint Mary of the Valley of Jehoshaphat
text: Apr. 1-30? Before Tripoli. In the presence of King Baldwin I and his milites, Bernardus Nazarenus episcopus gives the abbey of St Mary of the Valley of Jehoshaphat and its abbot Hugo the church of Sanctus Georgius, above Tiberias. Witnesses: dominus Gibelinus archiepiscopus; Evremarus archiepiscopus; Anschetinus episcopus; A. diaconus; Acardus decanus; Ansellus praecentor; Petrus abbas; Radulfus de Funteneio; Pisellus vicecomes; Ado de Chirisiaco; Arnulfus Loteringus; Gomagnus.
Apr. 1-30? Before Tripoli. In the presence of King Baldwin I and his milites, Bernardus Nazarenus episcopus gives the abbey of St Mary of the Valley of Jehoshaphat and its abbot Hugo the church of Sanctus Georgius, above Tiberias. Witnesses: dominus Gibelinus archiepiscopus; Evremarus... more
sources: Kohler, ‘Chartes’, pp. 113-14, no. 2; Mayer, UKJ 1:153-4, no. 34) (RRH no. 56a