Walter de Sourdeval

Walter de Sourdeval (died after 1154) was a constable of the Principality of Antioch (1134–1140) and Lord of Laitor.[lower-alpha 1]

Biography

Walter's family originated from Sourdeval in the Cotentin, Manche. His father Robert de Sourdeval settled in Sicily, before joining the First Crusade in the entourage of Bohemond of Taranto.[3] Later on, Robert who had been enfeoffed with the lordship of Laitor in 1114, was killed in 1115 at the Battle of Sarmin. Walter later inherited his father's domain. In 1119, he held a palace in Latakia given to him by King Baldwin II,[4] then became a constable of Antioch in 1134,[5] within Princess Alice's independent lordship including Latakia and Jabala.[6] In 1135, he issued a charter to grant the Knights Hospitaller a foothold in Latakia.[7]

He had with his wife named Sibylla a son, Robert II de Sourdeval, who succeeded him as Lord of Laitor. He also had a daughter, Beatrix de Diaspre.

Walter was last mentioned in a document of Raynald of Châtillon dated 10 May 1154, in which he appeared as a witness of a charter along with his son Robert.[8]

Notes
  1. Walter the Chancellor reported that Laitor was located in the coastal region to the north of Latakia, while Thomas Asbridge placed it on Mount Summaq.[1] However, it might also be located in the Syrian Coastal Mountain Range.[2]

References
  1. Buck 2017, p. 131.
  2. "The Syrian Coastal Mountains" (PDF). Monuments of Syria.
  3. Asbridge 2000, p. 165.
  4. Asbridge 2000, p. 146.
  5. Asbridge 2000, p. 166.
  6. Buck 2017, p. 89.
  7. Asbridge 2000, p. 180.
  8. Cahen 2014, p. 373.

Sources
  • Asbridge, Thomas S. (2000). The creation of the principality of Antioch, 1098-1130. The Boydell Press. ISBN 9780851156613.
  • Buck, Andrew D. (2017). The Principality of Antioch and Its Frontiers in the Twelfth Century. Boydell Press. ISBN 9781783271733.
  • Cahen, Claude (2014). La Syrie du nord à l’époque des croisades et la principauté franque d’Antioche (in French). Institut français du Proche-Orient. ISBN 2-35159-418-5.
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