State1098–1150
County of Edessa
The first of the crusader states, founded in 1098 when Baldwin of Boulogne left the army of the First Crusade and took power in Edessa (now Şanlıurfa). Landlocked, with half its territory east of the Euphrates and a mainly Armenian and Syriac Christian population, it was the weakest of the Latin states: Zengi took its capital in 1144, and the remnants west of the river were lost or sold to Byzantium by 1150.
- Dates
- 1098 – 1150
- Events
- 2 events
- Regions
- Balkans and Anatolia, Middle East and Egypt
- In the threads
- Middle East and Egypt (11th–12th c.)
Events
- Fall of Edessa28 November – 24 December 1144 · Balkans and Anatolia
- Nur ad-Din unites Muslim SyriaSeptember 1146 – 15 May 1174 · Middle East and Egypt