Toron
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Toron, now Tibnin or Tebnine in southern Lebanon, was a major Crusader castle, built in the Lebanon mountains on the road from Tyre to Damascus. The castle was the centre of the Lordship of Toron, a s
1857 sketch of Kalat Tibnin by van de Velde
Crusader castle in the village of Tebnine
View from the Toron castle
Humphrey IV of Toron
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Humphrey IV of Toron was a leading baron in the Kingdom of Jerusalem. He inherited the Lordship of Toron from his grandfather, Humphrey II, in 1179. He was also heir to the Lordship of Transjordan thr
Toron
…given to Humphrey I before 1109. After Humphrey I of Toron, the castle and lordship of Toron successively passed to his descendants Humphrey II and Humphrey IV. Banias, which had been given to Baldwin II by the Assassins in 1128, was inherited by Toron in approximately 1148 when Humphrey II married the daughter…
Marriage of Humphrey and Isabella of Jerusalem
Kerak Castle (at present-day Al-Karak in Jordan)