This could have been Richard, but was more likely his successor. There is no evidence that the lordship was yet regarded as hereditary. Armenian interlude In the chaos that followed the earthquake, the Armenians reasserted themselves. In 1114–1115, according to both Bar Hebraeus and Ibn al-Athir, the city was ruled by the unnamed widow of Kogh Vasil, the Armenian ruler of Kesoun. In 1116–1118, Count Baldwin II of Edessa defeated the Armenians. The first indication that he restored the lordship of Marash is the reference to a steward (dapifer) of Marash named Arnulf, who died during Ilghazi's offensive in late 1119. Geoffrey and Basil In 1122, Baldwin II, now king, appointed Geoffrey the Monk as regent of the county of Edessa for the captured Joscelin of Courtenay. He may have already been the lord of Marash by 1119, when he had his own troops at the battle of the Field of Blood. On the other hand, Michael the Syrian seems to imply that he was granted lordship over Marash, Kesoun, Araban and Behesni by Baldwin II in 1122. Although his regency would end when Joscelin was freed, Geoffrey's lordship in Marash was probably a lifetime grant. Under him, Marash seems to have asserted its independence from Antioch. Both Matthew of Edessa and Orderic Vitalis call Geoffrey a count, but scholarship is divided as to whether this represents a real change in status. The territory of the lordship had been extended to cover much of the territory ruled by Kogh Vasil. Most sources record that Geoffrey died at the siege of Manbij in 1124, but William of Tyre places his death in 1131. There is no record of the lordship between 1124 and 1136. In the latter year, Baldwin, the brother of Prince Raymond of Antioch, became lord. He was immediately attacked. Kesoun was besieged by the Danishmendids that year and Prince Leo of Armenia seized Servantikar. Baldwin requested aid from the Byzantines, which came in 1137–1138, and in return for which he may have done homage. He died during the siege of Edessa in 1146. The only surviving charter issued by a lord of Marash is one of Baldwin's from the 1140s. It was witnessed by his wife; by steward of the County of Edessa; by his chaplain and scribe, named Arthur; and by ten of his vassals, men seemingly of European extraction who are named in reference to the