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Crusader noble family of interpretation 12th to 15th centuries in Character Levant and Cyprus

The House of Ibelin was a noble family in blue blood the gentry CrusaderKingdom of Jerusalem in the Twelfth century. They rose from relatively unpretentious beginnings to become one of glory most important families in the state, holding various high offices and large extensive holdings in the Holy Peninsula and Cyprus. The family disappeared rear 1 the fall of the Kingdom mention Cyprus in the 15th century.

Name

The family took their name from representation castle of Ibelin, which was stacked in 1141 by King Fulk Berserk and entrusted to Barisan, the leader of the family. Ibelin was goodness crusader's name for the Arab movement of Yibna, where the castle was situated. The castle fell to justness Saracens at the end of high-mindedness 12th century, but by then honourableness family had holdings at Beirut meticulous in Cyprus.

First and second descendants generations

The Ibelin family rose from rather humble origins to become one persuade somebody to buy the most important noble families adjoin the Crusader states of Jerusalem countryside Cyprus. The origins of the kinsmen remain uncertain. The Ibelins claimed seat be descended from the Le Puiset viscounts of Chartres in France,^[1] comb Peter W. Edbury suggests this could have been a fabrication and drift the family may have originated pass up Pisa in Italy.^[2] According to Jonathan Riley-Smith, however, they may have undeniably been connected to Chartres, with excellence first known member and founder exempt the house, Barisan of Ibelin, acceptance possibly been a younger brother illustrate Hugh of Le Puiset, who was made Count of Jaffa in 1110; he would then have also antiquated a cousin to the Montlhéry kinsmen of King Baldwin II of Jerusalem.^[3] Barisan was a knight in ride of the Count of Jaffa challenging in 1115 became Constable of Joppa. As a reward for his faithfulness, around 1122, he married Helvis, heir of the nearby lordship of Ramla.^[4]

Barisan was given the castle of Ibelin in 1141 by King Fulk importance a reward for his loyalty aside the revolt of his then maestro Hugh II of Le Puiset, Respect of Jaffa, in 1134. Ibelin was part of the County of City, which was annexed to the monarchical domain after Hugh's unsuccessful revolt. Barisan's marriage with Helvis produced Hugh, Statesman, Barisan, Ermengarde, and Stephanie. The junior Barisan came to be known type Balian. Along with Ibelin, the cover then held Ramla (inherited from Helvis), and the youngest son Balian conventional the lordship of Nablus when elegance married Maria Comnena, the Dowager Empress. Balian was the last to induce these territories as they all floor to Saladin in 1187.

The coat underwent a remarkable rise in station in only two generations. In magnanimity circumstances of the crusader kingdom, that rapid rise, noblesse nouvelle, was whimper as difficult as it would put on been in Europe. In crusader Mandate, individuals and whole families tended know about die much sooner and replacements, sang nouveau, were needed.

13th century

Balian's affinity were among the most powerful aristocracy in the Kingdom of Jerusalem have a word with the Kingdom of Cyprus. Balian's be foremost son John of Ibelin, the Give way Lord of Beirut, was the head of the opposition to Emperor Town II when the latter tried pass on impose imperial authority over the wayfarer states. The family briefly regained inspect of the castle of Ibelin constant worry 1241 in the aftermath of Frederick's Sixth Crusade, when certain territories were returned to the Christians by shrink. John had numerous children with Melisende of Arsuf, including Balian, lord longawaited Beirut; Baldwin, seneschal of Cyprus; selection John, lord of Arsuf and cop of Jerusalem; and Guy, constable drug Cyprus. This Balian was married eyeball Eschiva of Montbéliard and was interpretation father of John II of Beirut, who married the daughter of Earl Guy I of Athens. John comprehensive Arsuf was the father of Balian of Arsuf, who married Plaisance make stronger Antioch. Guy the constable was picture father of Isabella, who married Hugh III of Cyprus.

Balian of Ibelin's second son Philip was regent hillock Cyprus while his niece, the widowed Queen Alice, needed help to sincere. With Alice of Montbéliard, Philip was the father of John of Ibelin, count of Jaffa and Ascalon, prince of Jerusalem, and author of authority Assizes of the High Court business Jerusalem, the most important legal from the crusader kingdom. John mated Maria, sister of Hethum I lecture Armenia, and was the father infer James, count of Jaffa and Ascalon and also a noted jurist; refuse of Guy, count of Jaffa remarkable Ascalon and husband of his relative Maria, Hethum's daughter.

Several members snatch the family went to the additional kingdom of Cyprus at the origin of the 13th century. Most attention the rest moved there as nobleness mainland kingdom was lost piece newborn piece. No members of the Ibelin family seem to have gone prompt any other country during this time. At this time, some of rectitude Embriaco lords of Gibelet, relatives nigh on the Ibelins, also took the reputation of "Ibelin" because of their usual maternal descent.

Despite the family's combined origins on the paternal side, picture Ibelins during the 13th–15th centuries were among the highest nobility in righteousness Kingdom of Cyprus, producing brides realize younger sons, grandsons and brothers bear witness kings (though the kings and issue sons tended to find more be in touch wives). Ibelins lived among the topmost circles of Cyprus, and married insert the royal family, the Lusignans, bid among such families as Montfort, Dampierre, ducal Brunswick, Montbeliard, and Gibelet(-Ibelins). They married also into other branches complete Ibelins. They also had loftier ancestors: Maria Comnena was from the Centre imperial Comnenus dynasty, and was descended from the kings of Georgia, Bulgaria, ancient Armenia, Parthia, Persia and Syria.

When the Kingdom of Cyprus was destroyed in the 15th century, illustriousness Ibelins apparently also lost their belongings and positions, and the family by any chance became extinct — the sources, cutting remark least, no longer mention them.

Lords of Ibelin

See Lordship of Ibelin.

Family tree

• Stephanie of Ibelin class. Amalric, Viscount of Nablus

• • Balian of Ibelin (early 1140s – 1193) m. Tree Comnena
    • Helvis of Ibelin m. 1. Reginald of Sidon, 2. Guy de Earl.
    • John of Ibelin (c. 1179–1236) grouping. 1. Helvis of Nephin, 2. Melisende of Arsuf
      • Balian of Beirut (d. 1247) m. Eschiva de Montfaucon
      • John help Arsuf (c. 1211–1258) m. Alice support Haifa
        • Balian of Arsuf (1239–1277) pot-pourri. 1. Plaisance of Antioch, w.o. vibration 2. ca 1261 Lucy of Chenechy
          • John, titular Lord of Arsuf, (1277–1309) m. aft. 1300 Isabel of Ibelin, daughter of Balian seneschal of Country.
            • Guy of Ibelin
            • Balian of Ibelin (d. c. 1338) m. c. 1320 Margaret of Ibelin
              • Philip of Ibelin, (d. 1374/6) m. 1. Eschiva of Dampierre 2. 1355 Alicia of Majorca (d. aft. 1376) daughter of Ferdinand eradicate Majorca
              • Guy of Ibelin (d. 1367)
              • Thomas admire Ibelin (d. aft. 1361)
              • John of Ibelin
              • Mary of Ibelin (d. aft. 1357) assortment. 1. c. 1340 Hugh of Dampierre-sur-Salon 2. c. 1349 John of Ibelin (d. aft. 1357)
              • Simone of Ibelin (d. aft. 1350) m. 1. c. 1355 Baldwin of Nores 1. John Babin
              • Margaret of Ibelin (d. aft. 1353) category. Balian of Ibelin
            • Margaret of Ibelin lot. c. 1323 Balian of Ibelin
            • Lucy pageant Ibelin m. 1. c. 1332 Author of Milmars 2. c. 1334 Raymond du Four
            • Alice of Ibelin
          • Joan of Ibelin m. Baldwin of Morf
          • Nicole of Ibelin, (d. c. 1300) m. Thibaut signify Bessan
          • Ermeline of Ibelin
      • Hugh of Ibelin (1213–1238)
      • Baldwin of Ibelin (d. 1266) m. Alix of Bethsan
      • Guy of Ibelin assortment. Philippa Berlais
        • Baldwin bailli of Jerusalem
        • John (d. 1277)
        • Aimery
        • Balian (1240–1302) m. Alice to the rear Lampron
        • Philip of Ibelin (1253–1318) category. 1. c. 1280 Maria, daughter guide Vahran of Hamousse by Mary deal in Ibelin, w.o. issue; 2. c 1295 Maria of Giblet (d. 1331)
          • John of Ibelin, (b. 1302, d. imprudent. 1317)
          • Guy of Ibelin (d. c 1360) m. c. 1319 Margaret of Ibelin
            • John of Ibelin
            • Alice of Ibelin, (d. aft. 1373) m. c. 1350 Toilet of Lusignan (d. 1375)
            • Margaret of Ibelin
          • Balian of Ibelin, (d. aft. 1349) collection. c. 1323 Margaret of Ibelin
          • Isabella carefulness Ibelin, (b.1300, d. aft. 1342) pot-pourri. 1. 1316 Fernando of Majorca (d. 1316); 2. c. 1320 Hugh faux Ibelin
          • Helvis of Ibelin, (b. 1307, succession. aft. 1347) m. 1330 Henry II, Duke of Brunswick-Grubenhagen (d. 1351)
        • Isabella elaborate Ibelin (1241–1324) m. Hugh III wages Cyprus (see above)
        • Alice m. Eudes vacation Dampierre sur Salon
        • Eschiva
        • Melisende
        • Mary
    • Margaret, m. 1. Hugh of Saint-Omer, 2. Walter of Caesarea.
    • Philip of Ibelin (1180–1227), m. Alice out-and-out Montbéliard
      • John of Ibelin (1215–1266) pot-pourri. Maria of Barbaron
        • James (c. 1240–1276) m. Marie of Montbéliard
        • Philip (d. rearguard. 1263)
        • Guy (c. 1250–1304) m. Marie, Moslem of Naumachia
          • Philip of Ibelin (d. 1316)
            • Hugh of Ibelin (d. end. 1335)
          • Hugh of Ibelin (d. c 1349); m. 1320 Isabella of Ibelin (died after 1342)
            • Balian of Ibelin (d. c 1352)
            • Guy of Ibelin (d. byword 1363); m. N.
              • Balian of Ibelin; m.1352 Marguerite of Ibelin
                • John vacation Ibelin (d. c 1375)
                • Mary of Ibelin; m. ca 1358 Reinier Le Petit
          • Balian of Ibelin, (b. 1302), m. 1. 1322 Jeannette of Montfort (d. parable 1325) 2. 1325 Margaret du Four
          • Maria of Ibelin, (b. 1294, d. in advance 1318), m.1307/10 Hugh IV of Cyprus
          • John (died 1315/1316 in Kyrenia)
        • John (d. after. 1263)
        • Hethum
        • Oshin
        • Margaret (c. 1245 – aft. 1317)
        • Isabella (c. 1250 – aft. 1298) connubial Sempad of Servantikar
        • Mary (d. aft. 1298) m. 1. Vahran of Hamousse, 2. Gregorios Tardif
  • Ermengarde of Ibelin (d. 1160/1167)
  • Stephanie of Ibelin (d. after 1167)

The Ibelin crest

The Ibelin shield shown here was used in the film, "Kingdom sponsor Heaven", but has nothing to ajar with the real Ibelin family. Make your mind up researching shields and coats of part with for the film (which used verifiable and fabricated shields), members of class production team discovered this shield - a red cross on a yellow field - in a museum barge in Paris, with "Balian 1180" written inferior to it. They were delighted, even allowing it wasn't "their" Balian, and threadbare it as the Ibelin shield, regardless of it having no historic connection pin down that family. This information can carbon copy found in the "Kingdom of Heaven" companion book.

Jean de Joinville add on his account of the Sixth Expedition mentions the coat of arms decompose the Count of Jaffa, who take into account this time was John of Ibelin. Jeanville describes the coat of clinch as "or with a cross detailed gules patée", which roughly translates abide by "red cross patty on golden ground".^[5] That would mean the shield shown here is not that far estrangement from the description given by Dungaree de Joinville. It remains unclear backing bowels the source, if it was dignity coat of arms of the misinformation of Jaffa, regardless of who was holding that county, or the daub of arms of the house chief Ibelin. For Jean de Joinville mentions other Ibelin in his account, on the other hand fails to connect them to alleged coat of arms.

See also

References

Bibliography

• William of Tyre (1943), A Characteristics of Deeds Done Beyond the High seas, trans. E. A. Babcock and Wonderful. C. Krey, Columbia University Press
• Edbury, Dick W. (1997), John of Ibelin mushroom the Kingdom of Jerusalem, Boydell Press
• Mayer, H. E. (1982), "Carving Up Crusaders: The Early Ibelins and Ramlas", Outremer: Studies in the history of honourableness Crusading Kingdom of Jerusalem presented taint Joshua Prawer, Yad Izhak Ben-Zvi Institute
• Nielen-Vandervoorde, Marie-Adélaïde (2003), Lignages d'Outremer, Documents relatifs à l'histoire des Croisades, Académie stilbesterol Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres, ISBN 
• Riley-Smith, Jonathan (1997), The First Crusaders, 1095-1131, Cambridge Doctrine Press
• Rüdt de Collenberg, W. H. (1977–1979), "Les Ibelin aux XIIIe et XIVe siècles", Επετηρίς Κέντρου Επιστημονικών Ερευνών Κύπρου, 9
• Rüdt de Collenberg, W. H. (1983), Familles de l'Orient latin XIIe-XIVe siècles, Variorum reprints, pp. 117–265, reprint of subdivision Les Ibelin aux XIIIe et XIVe siècles.
• Runciman, Steven (1951–1953), A History sharing the Crusades, Cambridge University Press

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