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Raimbaud was a Italo-Norman
Italo-Norman

The Italo-Normans, or Siculo-Normans when referring to Sicily, were the Italy-born descendants of the first Norman conquest of southern Italy to travel to the Mezzogiorno in the first half of the eleventh century....
 chief who served under Philaretus Brachamius from 1073 to 1074.

Raimbaud arrived in the East at the head of 8,000 Norman mercenaries who took up service with Philaretus in 1073. They were headquartered at the castle
Castle

A castle is a defensive structure seen as one of the main symbols of the Middle Ages. The term has a history of scholarly debate surrounding its exact meaning, but it is usually regarded as being distinct from the general terms fort or fortress in that it describes a residence of a monarch or noble and commands a specific defensive territor...
 of Afranji, which means "Franks," near Harput on the Euphrates
Euphrates

The Euphrates is the western of the two great rivers that define Mesopotamia which flows from Anatolia....
. Some of the Normans were at Edessa
Edessa, Mesopotamia

Edessa is the historical name of a Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac people town in northern Mesopotamia, refounded on an ancient site by Seleucus I Nicator....
, Philaretus' capital, and at Antioch
Antioch

Antioch on the Orontes was an ancient city on the eastern side of the Orontes River. It is near the modern city of Antakya, Turkey.Founded near the end of the 4th century BC by Seleucus I Nicator, one of Alexander the Great's generals, Antioch eventually rivaled Alexandria as the chief city of the nearer East and was a cradle of gentile hi...
, where Italian traders from Amalfi
Amalfi

Amalfi is a town and commune in the province of Salerno, in the region of Campania, Italy, on the Gulf of Salerno, southeast of Naples. It lies at the mouth of a deep ravine, at the foot of Monte Cerreto , surrounded by dramatic cliffs and coastal scenery....
 and Bari
Bari

Bari is the capital city of the province of Bari and of the Apulia region, on the Adriatic sea, in Italy. It is the second economic centre of mainland Southern Italy and is well known as a port and university city, as well as the city of Saint Nicholas....
 continued to find access to Eastern goods despite the troubled times in the region, with the recent coming of the Seljuk horde.






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Raimbaud was a Italo-Norman
Italo-Norman

The Italo-Normans, or Siculo-Normans when referring to Sicily, were the Italy-born descendants of the first Norman conquest of southern Italy to travel to the Mezzogiorno in the first half of the eleventh century....
 chief who served under Philaretus Brachamius from 1073 to 1074.

Raimbaud arrived in the East at the head of 8,000 Norman mercenaries who took up service with Philaretus in 1073. They were headquartered at the castle
Castle

A castle is a defensive structure seen as one of the main symbols of the Middle Ages. The term has a history of scholarly debate surrounding its exact meaning, but it is usually regarded as being distinct from the general terms fort or fortress in that it describes a residence of a monarch or noble and commands a specific defensive territor...
 of Afranji, which means "Franks," near Harput on the Euphrates
Euphrates

The Euphrates is the western of the two great rivers that define Mesopotamia which flows from Anatolia....
. Some of the Normans were at Edessa
Edessa, Mesopotamia

Edessa is the historical name of a Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac people town in northern Mesopotamia, refounded on an ancient site by Seleucus I Nicator....
, Philaretus' capital, and at Antioch
Antioch

Antioch on the Orontes was an ancient city on the eastern side of the Orontes River. It is near the modern city of Antakya, Turkey.Founded near the end of the 4th century BC by Seleucus I Nicator, one of Alexander the Great's generals, Antioch eventually rivaled Alexandria as the chief city of the nearer East and was a cradle of gentile hi...
, where Italian traders from Amalfi
Amalfi

Amalfi is a town and commune in the province of Salerno, in the region of Campania, Italy, on the Gulf of Salerno, southeast of Naples. It lies at the mouth of a deep ravine, at the foot of Monte Cerreto , surrounded by dramatic cliffs and coastal scenery....
 and Bari
Bari

Bari is the capital city of the province of Bari and of the Apulia region, on the Adriatic sea, in Italy. It is the second economic centre of mainland Southern Italy and is well known as a port and university city, as well as the city of Saint Nicholas....
 continued to find access to Eastern goods despite the troubled times in the region, with the recent coming of the Seljuk horde. Raimbaud himself did not lead his troops long. He died in battle defending Philaretus' tent from Thornig, Prince of Sassoun.

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    Christopher Gravett

    Christopher Gravett is a United Kingdom historian specialising in the military history of the Middle Ages, with an interest in the arms and armour of the period....
    , and Nicolle, David
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    David Nicolle is an historian specialising in the Military history of the Middle Ages, with a particular interest in the Middle East.Nicolle has worked for the BBC Arabic, and also lectured in World and Islamic art and architecture at Yarmouk University, Jordan....
    . The Normans: Warrior Knights and their Castles. Osprey Publishing
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    Osprey Publishing is an Oxford-based publishing company specializing in military history. Predominantly an illustrated publisher, many of their books contain full-colour artwork plates, maps and photographs, and the company produces over a dozen ongoing series, each focusing on a specific aspect of the history of warfare....
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    Oxford is a City status in the United Kingdom, and the county town of Oxfordshire, in South East England. It has a population of 151,000. The rivers River Cherwell and River Thames run through Oxford and meet south of the city centre....
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