Robert Fulcoy

Robert fitz-Fulk the Leper, also known as Robert Fulcoy, Robert the Leprous, or Robert of Saone (died in August 1119), was a powerful baron in the Principality of Antioch. Early career Walter the Chancellor's contemporaneous chronicle is one of the principal sources of Robert's life. A later author, Usama ibn Munqidh, also mentioned Robert in his Kitab al-I'tibar, because he regarded Robert's life as a good example of bizarre occurrences in human lives. Robert's origin and early life are unknown. He was first mentioned in two charters of the ruler of Antioch, Roger of Salerno in 1108. Both documents referred to Robert as an Antiochene aristocrat. Robert received Zardana from Roger, probably after the crusaders occupied the fortress in 1111. Located to the east of the Orontes River, Zardana was one of the most important border forts in the principality. Robert must have possessed Zardana when he granted a nearby village, Merdic (identified as Mardikh in Syria), to the Abbey of Our Lady of Josaphat in 1114. His grant was confirmed by Roger. Usama recorded that Robert was befriended by atabeg (or regent) of Damascus, Toghtekin, and they agreed not to attack each other's lands.