Cecile of France
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Script error: No such module "Infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Cecile of France (1097 – 1145) was a Frankish princess who became countess of Tripoli. She was the daughter of King Philip I of France and Bertrade de Montfort.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Cecile's first marriage was arranged while Prince Bohemond I of Antioch was visiting the French court seeking support against the Byzantine emperor, Alexios I Komnenos. She sailed for Antioch at the end of 1106 and became lady of Tarsus and Mamistra in Cilician Armenia. Cecile married Prince Tancred of Galilee, regent of Antioch, in late 1106.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
While dying in 1112, Tancred made Pons of Tripoli promise to marry Cecile, and Tancred gave her the fortresses of Arcicanum and Rugia as dowry. They married in 1112.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". In 1133, Pons was besieged at his castle of Montferrand by Imad ad-Din Zengi, atabeg of Mosul, and Cecile appealed to her half-brother King Fulk of Jerusalem to come to his aid.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Zengi abandoned the siege, but during a second siege in 1137, Pons was captured and killed.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Cecile and Pons' son, Raymond II succeeded him.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Cecile died c. 1145.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Children with Pons
- Raymond II, Count of TripoliScript error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- PhilipScript error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Agnes, wife of Renaud II, Lord of MargatScript error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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