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Raymond of Poitiers is defeated and killed at the Battle of Inab by Nur ad-Din Zangi.
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Raymond of Poitiers
Prince of Antioch from 1136 to 1149
Raymond of Poitiers was Prince of Antioch from 1136 to 1149. He was the younger son of William IX, Duke of Aquitaine, and his wife Philippa, Countess of Toulouse, born in the very year that his father the Duke began his infamous liaison with Dangereuse de Chatelherault.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Battle of Inab
1149 battle during the Second Crusade in modern-day Syria
The Battle of Inab, also called Battle of Ard al-Hâtim or Fons Muratus, was fought on 29 June 1149, during the Second Crusade. The Zengid army of the atabeg Nur al-Din Zengi destroyed the combined army of Prince Raymond of Antioch and the Assassins of Ali ibn-Wafa. The prince…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Nur al-Din Zengi
Emir of Aleppo (1146–1174) and Damascus (1154–1174)
Nūr al-Dīn Maḥmūd Zengī, commonly known as Nur ad-Din, was a Turkoman member of the Zengid dynasty, who ruled the Syrian province of the Seljuk Empire. He reigned from 1146 to 1174. He is regarded as an important figure of the Second Crusade.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)