Sancho Martin

Aliases (epithets)

The Green Knight

Origin

Spain

Expedition Date/s

1186

Biography

Sancho Martin was a Spanish knight who was in the holy land during or immediately after the fall of Jerusalem. He won notoriety amongst the Muslim forces, especially at Tyre in November 1187.

Bibliography

The Old French Continuation of William of Tyre, 1184–97, in P. W. Edbury, ed. and trans., The conquest of Jerusalem and the Third Crusade: Sources in Translation (Aldershot, 1998), 68 and 77.

Citation

“Sancho Martin,” Independent Crusaders Project, accessed October 6, 2024, https://independentcrusadersproject.ace.fordham.edu/items/show/183.

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