Plivain

Plivain, also known as Plivano or Pleban, was the Lord of Botrun (now Batroun in Lebanon) in the County of Tripoli from around 1180 to around 1206. He was a merchant from Pisa who settled in the county in the late 1170s. He seized Botrun through his marriage to its heiress, Lucia. According to a late source, he bribed Raymond III of Tripoli into allowing the marriage. He fell into captivity in the Battle of Hattin on 4 July 1187.

Life

Plivain was a wealthy merchant from Pisa who settled in the County of Tripoli.[1] His presence in the county was first recorded on 9 August 1179.[2] He married Lucia, the only daughter of William Dorel, Lord of Botrun, and thus seized the lordship, around 1180.[1][3] According to a folkloristic story recorded in the Estoire de Eracles, to seize her hand, Plivain had offered her weight in gold to Raymond III of Tripoli.[1][4] Raymond accepted the offer, although he had promised the hand of the first wealthy heiress in the county to a Flemish knight, Gerard of Ridefort.[4][5] Plivain was first mentioned as the lord of Botrun in March 1181.[1][6]

Plivain participated in the Battle of Hattin and fell into captivity in the Battle of Hattin on 4 July 1187.[7][8] Although the Estoire de Eracles claimed that Saladin captured Botrun, historian Kevin J. Lewis argues that Plivain paid a huge ransom for his release and retained his lordship.[9] He was last mentioned as lord of Botrun in 1206.[9]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Lewis 2017, p. 159.
  2. ↑ Lewis 2017, p. 252.
  3. ↑ Runciman 1989, p. 406.
  4. 1 2 Runciman 1989, p. 404.
  5. ↑ Hamilton 2000, p. 146.
  6. ↑ Hamilton 2000, p. 147.
  7. ↑ Barber 2012, pp. 304, 365.
  8. ↑ Lewis 2017, p. 269.
  9. 1 2 Lewis 2017, p. 271.

Sources

  • Barber, Malcolm (2012). The Crusader States. Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-11312-9.
  • 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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