Person

Raynald of Châtillon

Prince of Antioch and Lord of Oultrejordain

b. 1125 CE – d. 1187 CE World The Middle of The Earth

Raynald of Châtillon (also Reynald, Reynold, Renald, or Reginald; French: Renaud de Châtillon, old French: Reynaud de Chastillon) (c. 1125 – July 4, 1187) is a knight who serves in the Second Crusade and remains in the Holy Land after its defeat.

He rules as Prince of Antioch from 1153 to 1160 and through his second marriage becomes Lord of Oultrejordain.

He is an enormously controversial character in his own lifetime and beyond.