Pagan the Butler

Pagan the Butler (Latin: Paganus Pincerna; died around 1149) was lord of Oultrejordain in the Kingdom of Jerusalem from around 1126.

Pagan was an influential retainer of Baldwin II of Jerusalem who mounted the throne in 1118.

[1] Baldwin soon reorganized the royal court and appointed his faithful supporters to the highest offices.

[3] According to a royal charter which was issued in 1161, Pagan was the first lord of Oultrejordain, which implies that Le Puy had not ruled the whole territory of the lordship.

[4] After he could not prevent a band of Syrian soldiers from making a raid across the Jordan River,[5] he decided to build a new fortress at a triangular plateau at the Wadi al-Karak which was located closer to the Dead Sea and Jerusalem.