Raynald of Châtillon, released in 1176 from…
1181 CE
Raynald of Châtillon, released in 1176 from sixteen years of Muslim captivity, had returned to Jerusalem and in 1177 married Stephanie, widow of the Lord of Outre-Jourdain (east and south of the Dead Sea), thus becoming prince of Krak du Désert (Kerak) and of Montréal.
Raynald's new strongholds control Muslim trade routes, and in the summer of 1181 he plunders a Muslim caravan, thus violating the truce of 1180.
When Saladin asks the king of Jerusalem to make Raynald restore the plunder, Raynald’s refusal ignites war.
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