Reginald Grenier held Sidon as a vassal of the Kingdom of Jerusalem during one of the most pressured periods in Crusader history — the years bracketing the catastrophic defeat at Hattin in 1187, after which Saladin swept through virtually every Crusader coastal holding in a matter of months. The pougeoise denomination served petty commerce in the Levantine markets, and most examples were used hard. Sidon itself fell to Saladin that same year.
Reginald Grenier held Sidon as a vassal of the Kingdom of Jerusalem during one of the most pressured periods in Crusader history — the years bracketing the catastrophic defeat at Hattin in 1187, after which Saladin swept through virtually every Crusader coastal holding in a matter of months. The pougeoise denomination served petty commerce in the Levantine markets, and most examples were used hard. Sidon itself fell to Saladin that same year.