718

RRR: 
718
RRH: 
394
Other: 
Bouquet, Recueil 16:39-40, no. 126
YEAR: 
1164
text: 
Early in year. Amalric, Dei gratia Hierosolymorum rex, writes to King Louis VII of France. The archbishop of Mamistra [archiepiscopus Mamistranus] is travelling to France. The Latin East fears the arrival of the [Byzantine] emperor. Antioch is so weak that without assistance it will fall to either the Turci or the Graeci. Louis is asked to come out to the East in advance of the emperor.

Transaction Type :

Sources: 
Bouquet, Recueil 16:39-40, no. 126 (RRH no. 394)
Comments: 
GRANTOR: 
King Amalric
RECEPIENT: 
King Louis VII of France

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