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2 unusual facts about Toron


Toron

Humphrey of Montfort (d. 1326), constable of Cyprus, titular lord of Beirut

Humphrey of Montfort (1283–1284), Lord of Beirut, Lord of Tyre


Alice of Champagne

Raoul then asked to receive the city of Tyre, on behalf of her regency, but Philip of Montfort, Lord of Tyre preferred to keep it to increase his stronghold of Toron, and supported by other barons, made it clear to Raoul that the title of regent was only symbolic.

Counts of Castres

1228-1240 : Philip I of Montfort († 1270), Lord of Castres, and later Lord of Tyre and Toron, son of Guy de Montfort and d'Helvis d'Ibelin.

Great Mosque of Djenné

The walls of the building are decorated with bundles of rodier palm (Borassus aethiopum) sticks, called toron, that project about 60 cm (2 ft) from the surface.

Humphrey of Toron

Humphrey IV of Toron (c. 1166 – before 1197), lord of Toron, Kerak, and Oultrejordain in the Kingdom of Jerusalem

Humphrey II of Toron (1117–1179), lord of Toron and constable of the Kingdom of Jerusalem, son of the above


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