year: 1104
initiator: Baldwin I
recipient: Venetians
text: *†Before May 6. King Baldwin I grants the Venetians their own court and other rights in Acre.
*†Before May 6. King Baldwin I grants the Venetians their own court and other rights in Acre.
sources: Mayer, UKJ 1:130-1, no. 26
year: 1104
initiator: Baldwin I
recipient: Venetians
text: *†Before May 6. King Baldwin I grants the Venetians a third part of each city and jurisdictional immunity in Acre and Tyre.
*†Before May 6. King Baldwin I grants the Venetians a third part of each city and jurisdictional immunity in Acre and Tyre.
sources: Mayer, UKJ 1:131-2, no. 27
year: 1104
initiator: Bohemond of Taranto
recipient: Hospital of Saint John in Jerusalem
institution: Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem
text: *Jul. 1098 – Aug. 1100 or 1103 – autumn 1104. Bohemond [of Taranto] gives the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem a house with a garden next to it, situated close to the church of St John Chrysostom in Antioch; a canuta in the vicus of the Amalfitans in Antioch ; a little house [domuncula] with a garden in the vicus of St Paul in Antioch. He gives 3 casalia outside Antioch: Assis; Ursan; and Melessin.
*Jul. 1098 – Aug. 1100 or 1103 – autumn 1104. Bohemond [of Taranto] gives the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem a house with a garden next to it, situated close to the church of St John Chrysostom in Antioch; a canuta in the vicus of the Amalfitans in Antioch ; a little house [domuncula] with a... more
sources: Hiestand, ‘Ein unbekanntes Privileg Fürst Bohemunds II’, pp. 44-7
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: 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
year: 1109
initiator: Count Bertrand of Saint Gilles
recipient: Church of Saint Laurence of the Genoese
institution: Saint Laurence of the Genoese
text: Jun. 26. Before Tripoli. In the presence of Baldwin, rex Ierosolimitani, Count Bertrand of St Gilles gives the church of St Laurence of the Genoese the whole of Gibeleth; castrum Rogerii constabularii; one third of the town of Tripoli, including everything from one sea to the other, as far as the Bafumaria belonging to the king, with blocks of houses [insulae] and the port. Bertrand hands this gift over to Guillelmus Embriacus, Obertus Ususmaris, Ingo Pedegola and Ansaldus Caput de Burgo. Bertrand concedes that no Genoese or man from Savona, Noli, Albenga resident along the coast from Nice to Portovenere, nor any Lombard in their company, will pay tributus when they transport pilgrims. If any of these men suffer at the hands of his subjects, Bertrand will render justice within 15 days.
Jun. 26. Before Tripoli. In the presence of Baldwin, rex Ierosolimitani, Count Bertrand of St Gilles gives the church of St Laurence of the Genoese the whole of Gibeleth; castrum Rogerii constabularii; one third of the town of Tripoli, including everything from one sea to the other, as far as the... more
sources: Rovere and Puncuh, I Libri Iurium 1/1:182-3, no. 119; Mayer, UKJ 1:154-6, no. 35 (RRH no. 55)
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]