Pons, Count of Tripoli

Pons of Tripoli ( Pontius or Poncius, * to 1098, † 1137 ) was the son of Bertrand of Toulouse, Count of Tripoli was founded in 1112 and its successors.

During the First Crusade, the Normans and the Provencial had quarreled with each other for supremacy in the Holy Land, a dispute that Pons 1115 by his marriage with Cecilia of France, Tancred widow of the Prince of Galilee and regent of Antioch, and daughter of the King healed Philip I of France.

In 1118 he joined forces with Baldwin II, the new king of Jerusalem. 1119 both marched northward to help Roger of Salerno against the invasion Ilghazis. Roger, however, did not wait for them, and suffered at the Battle of Ager Sanguinis a significant defeat. Baldwin II himself was captured later.

1124 by Baldwin's release, he helped him in the conquest of Tyre, one of the last coastal cities, who had remained in the hands of the Muslims. 1125 he was with the victory of the crusaders in the Battle of Azaz it. 1131 he got into a dispute with King Fulk, who had ascended the throne in the same year, and was defeated in the Battle of Rugia.

1137 County of Tripoli was attacked by the Sultan of Damascus. Pons was defeated in a battle near his castle Mons Peregrinus and was killed trying to escape. He was succeeded by his son Raimund II.

Progeny

With Cecilia of France, he had three children:

• Raimund II (* 1115, † 1152 ), Count of Tripoli
• Agnes (* 1112, † by 1183 ), ∞ Reinald II Mansoer of Margat
• Philipp ( * before 1126; † after 1142 )