Editing Raynald of Châtillon (section)

== Captivity and release ==

[[File:Rnaud prissonier.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|alt=A captive man is taken to the open gate of a fortress; a flock of sheep |Raynald imprisoned at [[Aleppo]] (from a mid-14th-century manuscript of [[William of Tyre]]'s {{lang|la|Historia}} and its ''Continuation'')]]

Almost nothing is known about Raynald's life while he was imprisoned for fifteen years.{{sfn|Hamilton|1978|p=98}} He shared his prison with [[Joscelin III of Courtenay]], the titular [[count of Edessa]], who had been captured a couple of months before him.{{sfn|Runciman|1989|p=358}} In Raynald's absence, Constance wanted to rule alone, but Baldwin{{nbsp}}III of Jerusalem made Patriarch Aimery [[regent]] for her fifteen-year-old son (Raynald's stepson), [[Bohemond III of Antioch]].{{sfn|Runciman|1989|p=358}}{{sfn|Baldwin|1969|p=546}} Constance died around 1163, shortly after her son reached the age of majority.{{sfn|Runciman|1989|p=365}} Her death deprived Raynald of his claim to Antioch.{{sfn|Hamilton|1978|p=98}} However, he had become an important personality, with prominent family connections, as his stepdaughter, [[Maria of Antioch]], married Emperor Manuel in 1161, and his own daughter, [[Agnes of Antioch|Agnes]], became the wife of [[Béla III of Hungary]].{{sfn|Hamilton|1978|p=98}}

Nur ad-Din died unexpectedly in 1174. His underage son [[as-Salih Ismail al-Malik]] succeeded him, and Nur ad-Din's {{lang|ar|[[mamluk]]}} ('slave-soldier') [[Gümüshtekin]] assumed the regency for him in Aleppo. Being unable to resist attacks by [[Saladin]], Gümüshtekin sought the support of Raynald's stepson Bohemond III of Antioch, and on his request released Raynald along with Joscelin of Courtenay and all other Christian prisoners in 1176.{{sfn|Hamilton|2000|pp=82, 98, 103}}{{sfn|Runciman|1989|p=408}} Raynald's ransom, fixed at 120,000 [[gold dinar]]s, reflected his prestige.{{sfn|Hamilton|1978|p=98}} It was most probably paid by Emperor Manuel, according to Barber and Hamilton.{{sfn|Barber|2012|p=365}}{{sfn|Hamilton|2000|p=112}}

Raynald came to Jerusalem with Joscelin before 1{{nbsp}}September 1176,{{sfn|Hamilton|2000|p=105}} where he became a close ally of Joscelin's sister, [[Agnes of Courtenay]].{{sfn|Hamilton|1978|p=99}} She was the mother of the young [[Baldwin IV of Jerusalem]], who suffered from [[leprosy]].{{sfn|Hamilton|1978|p=99}}{{sfn|Barber|2012|p=264}} [[Hugo Etherianis]], who lived in Constantinople after about 1165, mentioned in the preface of his work ''About the Procession of the Holy Spirit,'' that he had asked "Prince Raynald" to deliver a copy of the work to Aimery of Limoges.{{sfn|Hamilton|2000|p=111}} Hamilton writes that these words suggest that Raynald led the embassy that Baldwin{{nbsp}}IV sent to Constantinople to confirm an alliance between Jerusalem and the Byzantine Empire against Egypt towards the end of 1176.{{sfn|Hamilton|2000|p=111}}{{sfn|Lock|2006|p=63}}