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.