Duke Calcarba de Steddanham

Fact	Date	Place	Description	Note	Sources
Birth	ABT 1146				Book Stidham Barton and Stedman p. 12
Misc	BEF 1182	Arabia	Duke of Arabia	prior to 1182 [Calcarba] went on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land.  He remained there, established a domain for himself - which called the "Duchy of Arabia," and assumed the title of "Duke of Arabia... (more)	Book Stidham Barton and Stedman p. 11
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Death	1187	Arabia		In the year 1182 Saladin (Sultan of Egypt and Syria), an opposer of the crusades, began conquest of the Holy Land to recover it to the Saracens (Mohammedans).  Calcarba's domain lay in the path o... (more)	Book Stidham Barton and Stedman p. 11
Namesake			calcar, meaning a spur	He apparently was a man of hasty and driving action, so much so that he became known by the nickname "Calcarba, or Calcarbus" (derived from the word calcar, meaning a spur).	Book Stidham Barton and Stedman p. 11

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