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'''Outremer''', French (''outre-mer'') for "overseas", was the general name given the Crusader states established after the First Crusade: the County of Edessa, the Principality of Antioch, the County of Tripoli and especially the Kingdom of Jerusalem. The name was often used as an equivalent to Levant, Syria or Palestine, and incorporated areas that are today also part of Israel, Jordan, and Lebanon.
The term could also be used for any other land "overseas"; Louis IV of France was called "Louis d'Outremer" as he was raised in England.
The modern term ''outre-mer'' means overseas, and is notably used for the French Overseas Departments and Territories (''départements d'outre-mer et territoires d'outre-mer'').

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Cultural impact

The author Chaz Brenchley set his series ''The Books of Outremer'' in an alternate universe version of this region.

See also

★ French overseas departments and territories

★ The Holy Places

References

★ ''Knight Templar (1120-1312)'', Helen Nicholson, , , Osprey Publishing ltd., ,