Crusader states (disambiguation)

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Crusader states were four realms—the Principality of Antioch, County of Edessa, Kingdom of Jerusalem and County of Tripoli—formed in the Levant as a result of the First Crusade between 1098 and 1109.

Crusader states may also include:

  • Kingdom of Cyprus, a state on the island of Cyprus from 1196 to 1489
  • Frankokratia, or Frankish Greece, the realms established on the ruins of the Byzantine Empire after the Fourth Crusade in the early 13th century
  • State of the Teutonic Order, a monastic state established by the Teutonic Knights in the Baltic region
  • Terra Mariana, a state established in Livonia in the aftermath of the Livonian Crusade on 2 February 1207