'''Plivain''', also known as '''Plivano''' or '''Pleban''', was the lord of Botrun (now Batroun in Lebanon) in the County of Tripoli from around 1180 to around 1206. He was a merchant from Pisa who settled in the county in the late 1170s. He seized Botrun through his marriage to its heiress, Lucia. According to a late source, he bribed Lucia's suzerain, Count Raymond III of Tripoli, into allowing the marriage. He fell into captivity in the Battle of Hattin on 4 July 1187.
==Life==
Plivain was a wealthy merchant from Pisa who settled in the County of Tripoli.{{sfn|Lewis|2017|p=159}} His presence in the county was first recorded on 9 August 1179.{{sfn|Lewis|2017|p=252}} He married Lucia, the only daughter of William Dorel, Lord of Botrun, and thus seized the lordship, around 1180.{{sfn|Lewis|2017|p=159}}{{sfn|Runciman|1989|p=406}} According to a folkloristic story recorded in the ''Estoire de Eracles'', to seize her hand, Plivain had offered her weight in gold to Count Raymond III of Tripoli, her suzerain.{{sfn|Lewis|2017|p=159}}{{sfn|Runciman|1989|p=404}} Raymond accepted the offer, although he had promised the hand of the first wealthy heiress in the county to a Flemish knight, Gerard of Ridefort.{{sfn|Runciman|1989|p=404}}{{sfn|Hamilton|2000|p=146}} Plivain was first mentioned as the lord of Botrun in March 1181.{{sfn|Lewis|2017|p=159}}{{sfn|Hamilton|2000|p=147}}
Plivain participated in the Battle of Hattin and fell into captivity on 4 July 1187.{{sfn|Barber|2012|pp=304, 365}}{{sfn|Lewis|2017|p=269}} Although the ''Estoire de Eracles'' claimed that Saladin captured Botrun, historian Kevin J. Lewis argues that Plivain paid a huge ransom for his release and retained his lordship.{{sfn|Lewis|2017|p=271}} He was last mentioned as lord of Botrun in 1206.{{sfn|Lewis|2017|p=271}}
== References == {{Reflist}}
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Category:People from Pisa Category:County of Tripoli