State · 1098 – 1150
County of Edessa
A state of 1098 – 1150 — 52 years in the Middle East and North Africa. It replaced Fatimid Caliphate. The atlas records 3 things within it — wars and battles 2 · people 1. Its line of rulers holds 5 people.
For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the state.
- Stood
- 52 years
- 1098 – 1150
- Rulers
- 5
- the Count of Edessa
- Most ground
- 40,900 km²
- in 1126
- Within it
- 3
- recorded rows
- Symbols
- 4
- on record, with years
Where it sits in time
Five thousand years, 3000 BCE to 2026; the state in gold, what it replaced or followed and what replaced or followed it in grey.
Before and after
The states the record files it as replacing or following, and those that replaced or followed it - Wikidata's own statements, each read from this state's side.
Before it
- Fatimid Caliphate · replaces · 909 – 1171
Rulers
Read from the state’s own English article and its rulers’ articles, where Wikidata names no ruler.
| Ruler | Reign | Length | How it ended · source | To the ruler before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baldwin I of Jerusalem | 1098 – 1100 | 2 years | ending not on record | |
| Baldwin II of Jerusalem | 1100 – 1118 | 18 years | ending not on record | |
| Joscelin I of Edessa | 1119 – 1131 | 12 years | ending not on record | |
| Joscelin II of Edessa | 1131 – 1150 | 19 years | ending not on record | child |
| Imad al-Din Zengi | 1144 – 1146 | 2 years | ending not on record |
5 rulers, 5 with terms dated as terms, covering 1098 – 1150. Median reign 12 years. 1 of 4 handovers irregular - a killing, a deposition, a rival claimant, a rising or a coup beside it. A blank in the last column means no kin on record, which is coverage, never “unrelated”.
Ground held, by year
km² inside its borders as the borders dataset draws them, measured on an equal-area grid; a step series, held between the years the dataset maps.
17,100 km² in 1108, 23,400 km² in 1150; at its largest 40,900 km² in 1128. Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0.
Flags and arms, in order
Each symbol with the years its own statement gives; the timeline flies the one of the year on screen.
flag, undatedBanner of the County of Edessa · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Dragovit 
coat of arms, undatedBlason comtes de Rethel · CC BY-SA 3.0 
flag, undatedBanner of arms of the House of Courtenay · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Dragovit 
coat of arms, undatedBlason maison fr de Courtenay · CC BY-SA 3.0
What happened within it, by century
Every row the atlas hosts under this state, by the century it began in: wars and battles in red, risings, regime changes and massacres beside them, everything else in grey. A tall bar is a century the record is full for, which is partly a fact about Wikipedia.
1100 – 11993 rows · 2 wars and battles
- Michael the Syrian · religious leader · 1126 – 1199
- Siege of Edessa · battle · 1144
- Battle of Aintab · battle · 1150
Among all states
Each measure against the states that carry it, never against all of them: a bar is the share of those states below this one.
- How long it stood52 years
stood longer than 34% of 3,187 states with a recorded end or still standing.
- The most ground it held40,900 km²
held more ground at its peak than 32% of 1,465 states with a border in Cliopatria.
- Wars recorded per centurynone
had more wars on record per century than 44% of 3,187 states, counting the wars the atlas hosts under each.
- How long a reign lasted, at the median12 years
had longer reigns, at the median, than 41% of 967 states whose dated line can carry a median.
- Rulers on record5
has more rulers on record than 64% of 1,968 states with a line of rulers.
What led to it, and what came of it
The investigation's own picture: 1 cause the record names and 0 results, the strongest six of each at their own years, joined to the state by the kind of claim - a recorded statement solid, the article's sentence dashed, a theory dash-dot.
Open the investigation: every row with its evidence, the conditions at the time, the theories condition by condition, and the succession analysed.
Open in the atlas
- On the timeline, 1088 – 1160, with everything that stood beside it.
- On the map in 1126, live: scrub the year and watch its borders move.
- Investigate it: what led to it, what came of it, and its succession analysed.
Wikidata Q232806 (CC0) · borders Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0 · coast and rivers Natural Earth · symbols from Wikimedia Commons, each credited above · data built 2026-10-06 · Pastlas v2.9.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.