The political and social dimensions of the phenomenon of intermarriage between the ruling families of the Byzantines and the Crusader 539 A.H.-576 A.H./1143 A.D.-1180 A.D
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The Byzantine empire was one of the evoking to the crusade which overran levant at the end of the fifth cenucry(A.H) the eleventh (A.D).But the Byzantine empire was disappointed when the crusades had controlled the regions of the Byzantine power after they had ejected the Seljuks and seized the lands they controlled especially Antakia city and the neighbouring parts of Eadsa city this controvertial point led to a tension in the political relations and more of enumy between the Byzantines crusades.The relations continued like that till the era of empror Manuel komnin there happened a great development in the relations.The reason behind this development the marriage that happened between the Byzantine and crusades palace.
The kings of Jerusalem tried to come close of the Byzantine empire as a great power in the middle east. Baldwin the third was the first who initiated the marriage to one of the Byzantine princess and emperor Manuel agreed with him and got married to princess Theadora. Manuel Komnin had a hidden political goals ,he intended to achieve them to retake antakia to the Byzantine domain..
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