Montferrand (crusader castle)

Montferrand was a fortress in the County of Tripoli (at the present-day village of Baarin in Syria), built in 1126.

Montferrand
Baarin, Syria
Site information
Type	Castle
Condition	Ruins
Location
Montferrand
Coordinates	34°57′1″N 36°24′58″E

History

The construction of Montferrand started when the united crusader troops from Jerusalem, Tripoli and Antioch laid siege to Rafaniya on 13 March 1126.^[1] Originally, it was destined to complete the blockade of Rafaniya and to secure the protection of the besiegers.^[1] Rafaniya fell to the crusaders on 31 March.^[1]

Count Raymond II of Tripoli granted his claims to Montferrand and Rafaniya to the Knights Hospitallers in 1142 to persuade them to make efforts to recapture it.^[2] In 1238/9, the Ayyubid emir of Hama, Al-Muzaffar Mahmud, decided to raze the citadel to the ground.^[3]

See also

• List of Crusader castles