Ibelin

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The coat of arms of Ibellin.

Ibelin was a castle in the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem in the 12th century (now Yavne), and also the surname of an important noble family.

The castle

The place where Ibelin is located was occupied since ancient times; the Romans called it Iamnia. The Crusader castle was built in 1141 between Jaffa and Ashkelon, near Montgisard and Ramla. At that time, Ascalon was controlled by Fatimid Egypt, and annually, Egyptian armies poured out from Ascalon to attack the Crusader kingdom. Ibelin was built to contain those attacks and reduce them to a smaller area. The original castle, built by King Fulk of Jerusalem, had four towers.

The family: first and second generation

The Ibelin family rose from humble beginnings to become one of the most influential noble families in the kingdoms of Jerusalem and Cyprus. They claimed descent from the Viscounts Le Puiset de Chartres, but this appears to be more of a later invention. They most likely came from Pisa in Italy, where the name Barisan is common in both Tuscany and Liguria associated with the Azzopardi Family. The first known member of the family was Barisan, who was apparently a knight who entered the service of the Earl of Jaffa, and who in about 1110 became Constable of Jaffa. As a reward for his loyal services, he married in 1122 Helvis, heiress to the nearby Lordship of Ramallah.

In 1141, Barisan was granted Ibelin Castle by King Fulk of Jerusalem, as a reward for his loyalty during Hugh II of Jaffa's rebellion in 1134. Ibelin became part of Jaffa County, which was then under the direct rule of the king. From Barisán's marriage to Helvis, Hugo, Balduino, Barisán, Ermengarde and Estefanía were born. The young Barisán became known as Balián. Along with Ibelin, the family also owned Ramallah (inherited by Helvis) and Nablus (given to Balian upon marrying Maria Komnena, the widow of King Amalric I of Jerusalem). Balián was the last to possess all these territories, since they passed into the hands of Saladin in 1187.

The family regained its status in just two generations. In the Crusader kingdoms this recovery was much faster than in Europe, since the members of the noble families died much earlier and a rapid replacement was necessary.

The family since the 13th century

Balián's descendants were among the most powerful nobles in the Kingdom of Jerusalem and the Kingdom of Cyprus.

Balián's first son, John of Ibelin (nicknamed the Old Lord of Beirut), was the leader of the opposition to Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II, when the emperor tried to impose his imperial authority over the Crusader States. Juan had five children with Melisende de Arsuf: Balian, lord of Beirut; John, lord of Arsuf and constable of Jerusalem; Hugo; Baudouin, seneschal of Cyprus; and Guido, Constable of Cyprus. Balian of Beirut married Eschiva de Montbéliard and was the father of John II of Beirut, who married the daughter of Guido I de la Roche, Duke of Athens. Juan de Arsuf was the father of Balián de Arsuf, who married Plaisance de Antioquia. Guido de Ibelín, Constable of Cyprus, was the father of Elizabeth, who married Hugh III of Cyprus.

Balián's second son, Philip of Ibelin, was regent of Cyprus helping his niece, the widowed Queen Alice of Champagne. Along with Alicia de Montbéliard, he was the father of John of Ibelin, count of Jaffa and Ascalon, regent of Jerusalem and author of the Assizes of the Haute Cour of Jerusalem, the most important legal document of the Crusader kingdom.. Juan married María de Armenia, sister of King Haitón I of Armenia, and was the father of Jacobo de Ibelín, count of Jaffa and Ascalón and also a notable jurist; and Guy of Ibelin, Count of Jaffa and Ascalon and husband of his cousin Maria his, the daughter of Haitonon Several members of the family settled in the new Kingdom of Cyprus at the beginning of the 13th century. Most of them moved there as the continental kingdom was lost. It does not seem that any member of the Ibelin family has gone to another country in this period. At that time, some members of the Embriaco Family who were lords of Byblos, close to the Ibelin, also adopted the name Ibelin due to their common maternal ancestry.

Despite modest paternal origins, during the 13th to 15th centuries, the Ibelins were among the most influential families in the Kingdom of Cyprus, intermarrying with younger sons, grandsons and brothers of kings (both kings and heirs tend to find wives real). As some of these princes, who in principle should not inherit, unexpectedly became kings, some of the Ibelin are queens. The Ibelins lived, thanks to these marriages, among the most select nobility of Cyprus, together with families such as Montfort, Dampierre, Brunswick, Lusignan, Montbeliard and Gibelet. They also intermarried with other branches of Ibelin. They also had high ancestors: Maria Komnena belonged to the Byzantine imperial dynasty of the Komnenos and was a descendant of the kings of Georgia, Bulgaria, ancient Armenia, Parthia, Persia and Syria.

When the Kingdom of Cyprus was destroyed in the 15th century century, the Ibelin apparently lost both their land and position as well social (and the family possibly died out), or at least, the sources no longer talk about them. Descendants of the Ibelin, through the royal family of Cyprus, are several royal families of modern Europe. For example, Anne, Duchess of Savoy, daughter of Janus of Cyprus, is the ancestor of the Dukes of Savoy, of the La Tremoille family, princes of Talmont and Taranto, of the Longueville family, of the princes of Monaco, of the sovereigns of Bavaria, of the House of Farnese of Parma, of the last Valois kings of France, of the dukes of Lorraine, of the Habsburg-Lorraine, of the Bourbons of France and Navarre and, together with their progeny, of practically all royalty Catholic of the last centuries.

Lords of Ibelin

Barisán de Ibelín (1134-1150)
Hugo de Ibelín (1150-1170)
Balduino of Ibelin (he swept in 1170, but gave it to Balian)
Balián de Ibelín (1170-1193)
Juan de Ibelín (1193-1236)
later the title was associated with the Earl of Jaffa and Ascalón

Family tree

Barisan of Ibellin (?-1152) c. Helvis de Ramala
- Hugo de Ibelín (1130/1133-1169/1171) c. Courtenay Inés
- Ibellin (about 1130-1186/1188) c. 1. Richilda from Bethsan, 2. Isabel Gothman, 3. Maria de Tripoli
  - Thomas Ibelin (before 1175-1188)
  - Eschiva de Ibelín (1160-1196/1197) c. Emerical of Cyprus
    - Burgundy (1180-1210) c. 1. Ramon VI de Tolosa, 2. Gautier II de Montfaucon
    - Guido, dead young
    - Juan, dead young
    - Hugo I of Cyprus (1194/1195-1218) c. Alicia de Champaña
      - María de Lusignan (before 1215-1252/1254) c. Gautier IV of Brienne
        Hugo de Brienne (1240-1296) c. 1. Isabel de La Roche, 2. Elena Comnena Dukaina
        Gualterio V de Brienne (1275-1311) c. Juana de Châtillon
        Brienne's VI portfolio (1304-1356) c. 1. Margarita de Tarento, 2. Juana de Brienne
        Juana
        Margarita
        Isabel de Brienne (1306-1360) c. Gautier III of Enghien
        descendants of Enghien in the Kingdom of Naples and Sicily, in the Duchy of Ferrara, in the Duchy of Mantua, etc.
        Inés de Brienne c. Juan, Count of Joigny
        Juana de Brienne c. Nicolas Sanudo
      - Isabel de Antioquía (1216-1264) c. Enrique de Antioquía
        Hugo III of Cyprus (1235-1284) c. Isabel de Ibelín
        John II of Jerusalem (?-1285)
        Bohemundo de Lusignan (1268-1281)
        Henry II of Jerusalem (1271-1324) c. Constance of Sicily
        Amalarico de Lusignan, Prince of Tyre (?-1310) c. Isabel, Princess of Armenia
        Hugo de Lusignan (?-1318/1323) c. Eschiva de Ibelín
        Enrique de Lusignan (?-1323)
        Guido de Lusignan (?-1344) c. 1. Kantakuzene, 2. Theodora Syrgiannaina
        Isabel de Lusignan (1333-1382/1387) c. Manuel Kantakouzenos
        Juan de Lusignan (?-1343) c. Sultana de Georgia
        Bohemundo de Lusignan (?-1364)
        Lion VI of Armenia v. Margarita de Soissons
        Maria de Lusignan (1370-1381)
        Guido de Lusignan (?-1405)
        Esteban de Lusignan
        Bohemundo de Lusignan (?-1344) c. Eufemia de Neghir
        Bartolomeo de Lusignan (?-after 1373)
        Inés (Maria) de Lusignan (?-after 1309) c. Lion III of Armenia
        Maria de Lusignan (1273-1322) c. Jaime II de Aragón
        Aimerico de Lusignan (1274/1280-1316)
        Guido de Lusignan (1275/1280-1303) c. Eschiva de Ibelín
        Hugo IV of Cyprus (1295-1359) c. 1. Maria de Ibelín, 2. Alicia de Ibelín
        Guido de Lusignan (1316-1343) c. Maria de Borbón
        Hugo de Lusignan (1335-1385/1386) c. Maria de Morphou
        Eschiva de Lusignan (1323-1363) c. Fernando de Mallorca
        Peter I of Cyprus (1328-1369) c. 1. Eschiva de Montfort, 2. Leonor de Gandia
        Peter II of Cyprus (1357-1382) c. Valentina Visconti
        Margarita (Maria) de Lusignan (1360-1397) c. Jaime de Lusignan
        Eschiva de Lusignan (?-before 1369)
        Juan de Lusignan (1329-1375) c. 1. Constance of Sicily, 2. Alicia de Ibelín
        Jaime de Lusignan (?-1395/1397) c. Margarita (Maria) de Lusignan
        Juan de Lusignan (?-1428/1432)
        Pedro de Lusignan (?-1451) c. Isabel de Lusignan
        Febo de Lusignan
        Eleonor de Lusignan (?-1414) c. Enrique de Lusignan
        Luisa de Lusignan c. Eudeo de Lusignan
        James I of Cyprus (1334-1398) c. Brunswick-Grubenhagen Helvis
        Janus of Cyprus (1375-1432) c. 1. Angelesia Visconti, 2. Carlota de Borbón-La Marche
        John II of Cyprus (1418-1458) c. 1. Amadea Palaiologina de Montferrat, 2. Elena Palaiologina
        Carlotta Cyprus (1422/1443-1487) c. 1. Juan de Portugal, 2. Luis de Saboya, Count of Genoa
        Cleofa de Lusignan
        Jacobo de Lusignan (?-1426)
        Ana de Lusignan (1415/1419-1462) c. Luis de Saboya
        descendants of the Duchy of Saboya
        Maria de Lusignan (?-1437)
        Aloisio de Lusignan (1408-1421)
        Guido de Lusignan (?-after 1433) c. Isabel Babin
        Jacqua de Lusignan
        Eleonor de Lusignan
        an unknown daughter c. Garceran Suarez de los Cernadilla
        Felipe de Lusignan (?-1430)
        Lancelot de Lusignan (?-after 1450)
        Enrique de Lusignan (?-1427) c. Eleonor de Lusignan
        Eudeo de Lusignan (?-1421) c. Luisa de Lusignan
        Hugo Lancelot de Lusignan (?-1442)
        Guido de Lusignan
        an unknown daughter (?-1374)
        Jacqua de Lusignan
        Eschiva de Lusignan (?-after 1406) c. Sclavus de Asperg
        María de Lusignan (1381-1404) c. Ladislao I of Naples
        Inés de Lusignan (1382-1459)
        Isabel de Lusignan c. Pedro de Lusignan
        Tomás de Lusignan (?-1340)
        Pedro de Lusignan (?-1353)
        Margarita de Lusignan c. Gualtiero de Dampierre
        Isabel de Lusignan (1296/1300-after 1340) c. Eudeo de Dampierre
        Margarita de Lusignan (1276-1296) c. Toros III of Armenia
        Leon III of Armenia (1287-1307) c. Inés de Lusignan
        Alicia de Lusignan (1277/1280-1324) c. Balián de Ibelín
        Helvis de Lusignan (?-1324) c. Haitón II of Armenia
        Isabel de Lusignan (1280-1319) c. 1. Constantine de Neghir, 2. Oshin of Armenia
      - Henry I of Cyprus (1217-1253) c. 1. Alix de Montferrat, 2. Lampron scam, 3. Antioch Plaisance
        Hugo II of Cyprus (1252/1253-1267)
    - Helvis c. Raimundo Ruben of Antioch
      - Mary of Antioch (1215-?) c. Felipe de Montfort
        Juan de Montfort (?-1283) c. Margarita de Lusignan
        Hunfredo de Montfort (?-1284) c. Eschiva de Ibelín
        Amalarico de Montfort (?-1304)
        Reuben of Montfort (?-1313)
        an unknown child
        Alix (Helvis)
        Alix
        Helvis
    - Alix, dead young
  - Ibelin stefany c. Amalarico, Viscount of Nablus
- Balián de Ibelín (at the beginning of 1140-1193) c. Maria Comnena
  - Ibellin's Helvis c. 1. Queen of Sidon, 2. Guido de Montfort
    - Inés c. Rafael de Tiberiades
    - Femia (Eufemia) c. Eudeo de Tiberiades
    - Balián I de Grenier (?-1241) c. Margarita de Brienne
      - Julián de Grenier (?-1275) c. Eufemia of Armenia
        Balián II de Grenier (?-1277)
        Juan (?-1289)
        Margarita v. Guido II Embriaco
    - Felipe de Montfort
  - Juan de Ibelín (1179-1236) c. 1. Nefin Helvis, 2. Melisenda de Arsuf
    - Balián de Beirut (?-1247) c. Eschiva de Montbéliard
      - John II of Beirut (?-1264)
        Isabel de Ibelín (1252-1282) c. 1. Hugo II of Cyprus, 2. Haimo Letrange, 3. Nicolas Laleman, 4. Guillermo Berlais
        Eschiva de Ibelín (1253-1312) c. 1. Montfort Hunfredo, 2. Guido de Lusignan
        Amalarico de Montfort (?-1304)
        Reuben of Montfort (?-1313)
        Alix de Montfort
        Helvis de Montfort
        Hugo IV of Cyprus (1295-1359) c. 1. Mary of Ibellin, 2. Alicia de Ibelín
        Isabel de Lusignan (1298-1330) c. Eudeo de Dampierre
    - Juan de Arsuf (1211-1258) c. Alicia de Haifa
      - Balián de Arsuf (1239-1277) c. Antioch Plaisance
    - Hugo de Ibelín (1213-1238)
    - Ibellin (?-1266) c. Alix de Bethsan
      - Juan de Ibelín c. Isabel Rivet
        Balduino de Ibelín c. Margarita de Biblos
        Isabel de Ibelín(?-1315) c. Guido de Ibelín (1286-1308)
        Alix de Ibelín c. Hugo IV of Cyprus
      - Felipe
      - Guido c. Mary of Armenia
      - Balián c. Margarita Visconti
      - Hugo (?-1315)
      - Melisenda, dead young
    - Guido de Ibelín c. Felipa Berlais
      - Balduino
      - Juan (?-1277)
      - Aimerico
      - Balian (1240-1302) c. Alicia de Lampron
        Guido de Ibelín (1286-1308) c. Isabel de Ibelín
        Alix de Ibelín c. Hugo IV of Cyprus
      - Philip (1253-1318)
      - Isabel de Ibelín (1241-1324) c. Hugo III of Cyprus
      - Alicia c. Eudeo de Dampierre
      - Eschiva
      - Melisenda
      - Mary
  - Margarita v. 1. Hugo de Saint-Omer, 2. Gutierre III de Cesarea
  - Felipe de Ibelín c. Alicia de Montbéliard
    - Juan de Ibelín (1215-1266) c. Maria de Barbaron
      - Jaime (1240-1276) c. Maria de Montbéliard
      - Felipe (?-after 1263)
      - Guido (1250-1304) c. Maria, Lady of Naumachia
      - John (?-after 1263)
      - Hethum
      - Oshin
      - Margarita (1245-after 1317)
      - Isabel (1250-after 1298) c. Sempad de Saravantikar
      - Mary (?-after 1298) c. 1. Vahran of Hanousse, 2. Gregorio Tardif
- Hermengarda de Ibelín (?-1160/1167)
- Ibellin stephany (?-after 1167)

Data: Q1142429
Multimedia: House of Ibelin / Q1142429

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