{"slug": "joscelin-i-of-edessa", "label": "Joscelin I of Edessa", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joscelin_I_of_Edessa", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q51719", "qid": "Q51719", "description": "Prince of Galilee (1112-1119) and Count of Edessa (1072-1131)", "entries": 8, "years": 8, "span": [1103, 1131], "span_label": ["1103 CE", "1131 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 4}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 2}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 1}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "county-of-edessa", "label": "County of Edessa", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "aleppo", "label": "Aleppo", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "syria", "label": "Syria", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "may", "label": "May", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "kingdom-of-armenia-antiquity", "label": "Kingdom of Armenia (antiquity)", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "harran", "label": "Harran", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "euphrates", "label": "Euphrates", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "mosul", "label": "Mosul", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "baldwin-ii-of-jerusalem", "label": "Baldwin II of Jerusalem", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "mardin", "label": "Mardin", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "artuqids", "label": "Artuqids", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1103, "year_label": "1103 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Summer – The Crusaders led by Bohemond I and Joscelin of Courtenay raid the territory of Aleppo to gain supplies. They capture the town of Muslimiyah, and extract a large tribute. Sultan Fakhr al-Mulk Radwan, the Seljuk ruler of Aleppo, agrees to pay 7,000 gold pieces and ten horses to the Crusaders while Bohemond agrees to release all Seljuk prisoners captured at Muslimiyah.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365265973#Levant", "title": "1103", "revid": 1365265973, "section": "Events › By place › Levant"}}, {"year": 1104, "year_label": "1104 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Spring – The Crusaders, led by Bohemond I, re-invade the territory of Aleppo, and try to capture the town of Kafar Latha. The attack fails, owing to the resistance of the local Banu tribe. Meanwhile, Joscelin of Courtenay cuts the communications between Aleppo and the Euphrates.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365271015#Levant", "title": "1104", "revid": 1365271015, "section": "Events › By place › Levant"}}, {"year": 1107, "year_label": "1107 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": null, "text": "Joscelin I, lord of Turbessel, is released by Ilghazi (the Artukid ruler of Mardin) for a ransom of 20,000 dinars and the promise of military aid.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365266728#Levant", "title": "1107", "revid": 1365266728, "section": "Events › By place › Levant"}}, {"year": 1108, "year_label": "1108 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": null, "text": "Summer – Jawali Saqawa, Turkish ruler of Mosul, accepts a ransom of 30,000 dinar by Count Joscelin I and releases his cousin Baldwin II, count of Edessa, who is held as prisoner (see 1104).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362166699#Levant", "title": "1108", "revid": 1362166699, "section": "Events › By place › Levant"}}, {"year": 1118, "year_label": "1118 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Joscelin I succeeds Baldwin of Le Bourg, as Count of Edessa.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365269195#Western_Asia", "title": "1118", "revid": 1365269195, "section": "Events › By place › Western Asia"}}, {"year": 1122, "year_label": "1122 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "September 13", "text": "September 13 – Count Joscelin I and Waleran of Le Puiset are taken prisoner by Turkish forces led by Belek Ghazi near Saruj in northern Syria. Belek offers Joscelin liberty in return for the cession of Edessa. He refuses to accept these terms; Joscelin and Waleran and 60 other Crusaders are taken to the castle at Kharput.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373038979#Levant", "title": "1122", "revid": 1373038979, "section": "Events › By place › Levant"}}, {"year": 1123, "year_label": "1123 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "May", "text": "May – Baldwin II and Joscelin I are rescued by 50 Armenian soldiers (disguised as monks and merchants) at Kharput. They kill the guards, and infiltrate the castle where the prisoners are kept. Joscelin escapes to seek help. However, the castle is soon besieged by Turkish forces under Belek Ghazi – and is after some time recaptured. Baldwin and Waleran of Le Puiset are moved for greater safety to the castle of Harran.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366532227#April–June", "title": "1123", "revid": 1366532227, "section": "Events › By date › April–June"}}, {"year": 1131, "year_label": "1131 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Joscelin I (Courtenay), count of Edessa", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372289644#Deaths", "title": "1131", "revid": 1372289644, "section": "Deaths"}}]}