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Historical person
1146–1192
Conrad of Montferrat was a crusader noble who became a leading defender of Tyre and claimant to the throne of Jerusalem. He helped preserve Tyre after the fall of Jerusalem to Saladin, competed with Guy of Lusignan for the crown and was assassinated shortly after being elected king.
Conrad of Montferrat also held the offices or ranks of King of Jerusalem, lord of Tyr, marquis of Montferrat, and margrave. Conrad of Montferrat belonged to the Aleramici and operated within Kingdom of Jerusalem. Conrad of Montferrat was born in Casale Monferrato and died in Tyre.
In Robert Broomall’s Death and Glory, The murder of Conrad of Montferrat changes the political balance among the crusaders and gives Richard I another chance to pursue Jerusalem. In Robert Broomall’s The Red King, Richard’s victory at Arsuf does not resolve the deeper strategic problem of Jerusalem, and tensions with Saladin and Conrad of Montferrat complicate the crusader cause.
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The Roger of Huntley series follows a fugitive monk and crusader through the violence of the Third Crusade and the later crisis of King John’s reign. The early books place Roger among soldiers, pilgrims and rulers in the eastern Mediterranean, while the later novels return him to England…
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