Rainald II Masoir

Rainald II Masoir was a constable of the Principality of Antioch (1179–1181) and Lord of Margat.

Biography

Rainald II was the son and successor of Rainald I Masoir of Margat. During the rebellion of Pons of Tripoli and others in 1131 against the new ruler, Fulk of Anjou, his father sided with latter. As part of the peace treaty of 1131, Reinald II was married to Pons' daughter Agnes of Tripoli.[1][lower-alpha 1]

In 1133, his father lost Margat to the Muslims, then he probably died in the following years and bequeathed Reinald the office of constable of Antioch. However, in 1140, when Margat was reconquered by the Crusaders, Reinald II retook possession of it.[2] Although Reinald II had large possessions and several vasals, the cost of maintaining Margat exceeded his financial resources, so he had to sell his property gradually to the Knights of St. John and the Templars.[3]

As Bohemond III was excommunicated by patriarch Aimery of Limoges in 1180, the former confiscated church property and the patriarch fled to his fortress at Qosair.[4][5] Bohemond tried to besiege the fortress, but Rainald II and other noblemen who supported the patriarch rose up against him,[4] until King Baldwin IV sent a delegation to settle the dispute.[6]

After his death in 1185, Rainald II's son Bertrand completely sold the castle of Margat to the Knights of St. John on 1 February 1186 for an annual pension of 2,000 bezants.

Notes
  1. With his wife Agnes he had four sons: Thomas, Amalric, Mansur and Bertrand.

References
  1. Lewis 2017, p. 109.
  2. Asbridge 2000, p. 73.
  3. Buck 2017, pp. 154–156.
  4. Hamilton 2000, p. 165.
  5. Runciman 1989, p. 429.
  6. Buck 2017, p. 51.

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.
  • Hamilton, Bernard (2000). The Leper King and His Heirs: Baldwin IV and the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-64187-6.
  • Lewis, Kevin James (2017). The Counts of Tripoli and Lebanon in the Twelfth Century: Sons of Saint-Gilles. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-4724-5890-2.
  • Runciman, Steven (1989). A History of the Crusades, Volume II: The Kingdom of Jerusalem and the Frankish East, 1100–1187. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-06163-6.
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