The House of Ibelin was a noble family in the

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in the 12th century. They rose from relatively humble beginnings to become one of the most important families in the kingdom, holding various high offices and with extensive holdings in the

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and

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. The family disappeared after the fall of the

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in the 15th century.

Name

The family took their name from the castle of Ibelin, which was built in 1141 by King Fulk I and entrusted to Barisan, the founder of the family. ''Ibelin'' was the crusader's name for the Arab city of

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, where the castle was situated. The castle fell to the

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s at the end of the 12th century, but by then the family had holdings at

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and in

First and second family generations

The Ibelin family rose from relatively humble origins to become one of the most important noble families in the Crusader states of Jerusalem and

. The origins of the family remain uncertain. The Ibelins claimed to be descended from the Le Puiset viscounts of

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in France,Riley-Smith p. 172-3 though

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suggests this could have been a fabrication and that the family may have originated from

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. According to Jonathan Riley-Smith, however, they may have indeed been connected to Chartres, with the first known member and founder of the house, Barisan of Ibelin, having possibly been a younger brother of Hugh of Le Puiset, who was made

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in 1110; he would then have also been a cousin to the

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family of King

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. Barisan was a knight in service of the Count of Jaffa and in 1115 became

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of Jaffa. As a reward for his loyalty, around 1122, he married Helvis, heiress of the nearby lordship of Ramla.Edbury, p. 4-5 Barisan was given the castle of Ibelin in 1141 by King Fulk as a reward for his loyalty during the revolt of his then master Hugh II of Le Puiset, Count of Jaffa, in 1134. Ibelin was part of the County of Jaffa, which was annexed to the royal domain after Hugh's unsuccessful revolt. Barisan's marriage with Helvis produced Hugh, Baldwin, Barisan, Ermengarde, and Stephanie. The younger Barisan came to be known as Balian. Along with Ibelin, the family then held Ramla (inherited from Helvis), and the youngest son Balian received the lordship of

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when he married Maria Comnena, the Dowager Queen. Balian was the last to hold these territories as they all fell to

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in 1187. The family underwent a remarkable rise in status in only two generations. In the circumstances of the crusader kingdom, this rapid rise, ''noblesse nouvelle'', was not as difficult as it would have been in Europe. In crusader Palestine, individuals and whole families tended to die much sooner and replacements, ''sang nouveau'', were needed.

13th century

Balian's descendants were among the most powerful nobles in the Kingdom of Jerusalem and the

. Balian's first son John of Ibelin, the Old Lord of Beirut, was the leader of the opposition to

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when the latter tried to impose imperial authority over the

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. The family briefly regained control of the castle of Ibelin in 1241 in the aftermath of Frederick's

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, when certain territories were returned to the Christians by treaty. John had numerous children with Melisende of Arsuf, including Balian, lord of

; Baldwin, seneschal of Cyprus; another John, lord of Arsuf and constable of Jerusalem; and Guy, constable of Cyprus. This Balian was married to Eschiva of Montbéliard and was the father of John II of Beirut, who married the daughter of Duke Guy I of Athens. John of Arsuf was the father of Balian of Arsuf, who married Plaisance of Antioch. Guy the constable was the father of Isabella, who married Hugh III of Cyprus. Balian of Ibelin's second son Philip was

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of Cyprus while his niece, the widowed Queen Alice, needed help to govern. With Alice of Montbéliard, Philip was the father of John of Ibelin, count of Jaffa and Ascalon, regent of Jerusalem, and author of the Assizes of the

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, the most important legal document from the crusader kingdom. John married Maria, sister of Hethum I of Armenia, and was the father of James, count of Jaffa and Ascalon and also a noted jurist; and of Guy, count of Jaffa and Ascalon and husband of his cousin Maria, Hethum's daughter. Several members of the family went to the new kingdom of Cyprus at the beginning of the 13th century. Most of the rest moved there as the mainland kingdom was lost piece by piece. No members of the Ibelin family seem to have gone to any other country during this period. At this time, some of the Embriaco lords of Gibelet, relatives of the Ibelins, also took the name of "Ibelin" because of their common maternal descent. Despite the family's modest origins on the paternal side, the Ibelins during the 13th–15th centuries were among the highest nobility in the Kingdom of Cyprus, producing brides for younger sons, grandsons and brothers of kings (though the kings and eldest sons tended to find more royal wives). Ibelins lived among the highest circles of Cyprus, and married into the royal family, the Lusignans, and among such families as Montfort, Dampierre, ducal Brunswick, Montbeliard, and Gibelet(-Ibelins). They married also into other branches of Ibelins. They also had loftier ancestors: Maria Comnena was from the

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imperial Comnenus dynasty, and was descended from the kings of

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. When the Kingdom of Cyprus was destroyed in the 15th century, the Ibelins apparently also lost their lands and positions, and the family possibly became extinct — the sources, at least, no longer mention them.

Lords of Ibelin

''See Lordship of Ibelin.'' * Barisan of Ibelin (c. 1134–1150) * Hugh of Ibelin (1150–1170) * Baldwin of Ibelin (inherited Ibelin in 1170, but passed it to Balian) *

Balian of Ibelin Balian of Ibelin (; ), also known as Barisan the Younger, was a Crusades, crusader noble of the Kingdom of Jerusalem in the 12th century. He was Vassals of the Kingdom of Jerusalem#Lordship of Ibelin, Lord of Ibelin from 1170 to 1193. As the ...

(1170–1193) * John of Ibelin (1193–1236) *''Afterwards held directly by the Counts of Jaffa and Ascalon''

Family tree

* Barisan of Ibelin (d. 1152) m. Helvis of Ramla ** Hugh of Ibelin (c. 1130-1133–1169/1171) m. Agnes of Courtenay ** Baldwin of Ibelin (early 1130s – c. 1187 or 1186/1188) m. 1. Richilde of Bethsan, 2. Isabelle Gothman, 3. Maria of Tripoli ***Thomas of Ibelin (before 175 – c. 1188) *** Eschiva of Ibelin (c. 1160–1196/1197) m. Amalric of Lusignan ****Bourgogne (1180–1210), m. 1. Raymond VI of Toulouse, 2. Gautier II de Montfaucon ****Guy, died young ****John, died young **** Hugh I of Cyprus (1194/1195–1218) m. Alice of Champagne *****Mary of Lusignan (before 1215 – c. 1252 or 1254) m. Walter IV of Brienne ****** Hugh of Brienne (c. 1240–1296) m. 1. Isabella of La Roche, 2. Helena Komnene Dukaina ******* Walter V of Brienne (c. 1275–1311) m. Jeanne de Châtillon ******** Walter VI of Brienne (c. 1304–1356) m. 1. Margaret of Taranto, 2. Jeanne of Brienne *********Jeanne *********Marguerite ******** Isabella of Brienne (1306–1360), married Walter III of Enghien ********* descendants in Enghien, Kingdom of Naples and Sicily,

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, etc. *******Agnes of Brienne m. John, Count of Joigny *******Joanna of Brienne m. Niccolo Sanudo ***** Isabella of Cyprus (1216–1264) m. Henry of Antioch ****** Hugh III of Cyprus (1235–1284) m. Isabella of Ibelin ******* John II of Jerusalem (died 1285) ******* Bohemond of Lusignan (ca 1268–1281) ******* Henry II of Jerusalem (1271–1324) m. Constanza of Sicily ******* Amalric, Lord of Tyre (died 1310) m. Isabella, Princess of Armenia ******** Hugh of Lusignan (d. 1318/1323) m. Eschive of Ibelin ******** Henry of Lusignan (d. 1323) ********

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(d. 1344) m. 1. Kantakuzene, 2. Theodora Syrgiannaina *********Isabella of Lusignan (c. 1333–1382/1387) m. Manuel Kantakouzenos ******** John of Lusignan (d. 1343) m. Sultana of Georgia ********* Bohemond of Lusignan (died 1364) ********* Leon VI of Armenia (illegitimate) m. Margaret of Soissons **********Mary of Lusignan (c. 1370–1381) **********Guy of Lusignan (d. 1405) (illegitimate) **********Etienne of Lusignan (illegitimate) ******** Bohémond of Lusignan (d. 1344) m. Euphemia of Neghir ********* Bartholemy of Lusignan (d. after 1373) (illegitimate) ******** Agnes (Mary) of Lusignan (d. aft. 1309) m. Levon III of Armenia ******* Mary of Lusignan (1273–1322) m.

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******* Aimery of Lusignan (1274/1280–1316) *******

(1275/1280–1303) m. Eschiva of Ibelin (1253–1312) ********

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(c. 1295–1359) m. 1. Maria of Ibelin, 2. Alix of Ibelin ********* Guy of Lusignan (c. 1316–1343) m. Marie de Bourbon ********** Hugh of Lusignan (1335–1385/1386) m. Maria of Morphou ********* Eschiva of Lusignan (c. 1323–1363) m. Fernando of Majorca *********

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(1328–1369) m. 1. Eschive de Montfort, 2. Leonor de Gandia ********** Peter II of Cyprus (c. 1357–1382) m. Valentina Visconti **********Margaret or Mary of Lusignan (c. 1360 – c. 1397) m. Jacques de Lusignan **********Eschiva of Lusignan (d. before 1369) ********* John of Lusignan (c. 1329–1375) m. 1. Constance of Sicily, 2. Alice of Ibelin ********** James of Lusignan (d. 1395/1397) m. Margaret or Mary of Lusignan *********** John of Lusignan (d. 1428/1432) *********** Peter of Lusignan (d. 1451) m. Isabella of Lusignan ************ Phoebus of Lusignan (illegitimate) *********** Eleanor of Lusignan (d. c. 1414) m. Henry of Lusignan *********** Loysia of Lusignan m. Eudes of Lusignan *********

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(1334–1398) m. Helvis of Brunswick-Grubenhagen ********** Janus of Cyprus (1375–1432) m. 1. Anglesia Visconti, 2. Charlotte of Bourbon-La Marche *********** John II of Cyprus (1418–1458) m. 1. Amadea Palaiologina of Montferrat, 2. Helene Palaiologina ************

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(1442/1443–1487) m. 1. John of Portugal, 2. Louis of Savoy, Count of Geneva ************ Cleopha of Lusignan *********** James of Lusignan (d. c. 1426) *********** Anne of Lusignan (c. 1415/1419–1462) m. Louis of Savoy ************descendants in the

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*********** Mary of Lusignan (d. 1437) *********** Aloysius of Lusignan (1408–1421) (illegitimate) *********** Guy of Lusignan (d. after 1433) (illegitimate) m. Isabelle Babin ************ Jacqua of Lusignan (b. 1432) ************ Eleanor of Lusignan (b. 1433) *********** unknown daughter, m. Garceran Suarez de los Cernadilla ********** Philip of Lusignan (d. c. 1430) *********** Lancelot of Lusignan (d. after 1450) ********** Henry of Lusignan (d. 1427) m. Eleanor of Lusignan ********** Eudes of Lusignan (d. 1421) m. Loysia of Lusignan ********** Hugh Lancelot of Lusignan (d. 1442) ********** Guy of Lusignan ********** unknown daughter (d. 1374) ********** James of Lusignan (d. c. 1397) ********** Eschiva of Lusignan (d. after 1406) m. Sclavus von Asperg ********** Marie of Lusignan (1381–1404), married Ladislaus of Naples ********** Agnes of Lusignan (c. 1382–1459) ********** Isabella of Lusignan m. Peter of Lusignan ********* Thomas of Lusignan (d. 1340) ********* Peter of Lusignan (d. 1353) ********* Margaret of Lusignan, m. Gautier of Dampierre ******** Isabella of Lusignan (1296/1300 – after 1340) m. Eudes of Dampierre ******* Margaret of Lusignan (c. 1276–1296) m. Thoros III of Armenia ******** Levon III of Armenia (c. 1287–1307) m. Agnes of Lusignan ******* Alice of Lusignan (1277/1280–1324) m. Balian of Ibelin ******* Helvis of Lusignan (died 1324) m. Hethum II of Armenia ******* Isabella of Lusignan (c. 1280–1319) m. 1. Constantine of Neghir, 2. Oshin of Armenia *****

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(1217–1253) m. 1. Alix of Montferrat, 2. Stephanie of Lampron, 3. Plaisance of Antioch ****** Hugh II of Cyprus (1252/1253–1267) ****Helvis of Lusignan, married Raymond-Roupen of Antioch ***** Mary of Antioch (1215 – ?) m. Philip of Montfort ****** Jean de Montfort (died 1283) m. Margaret of Lusignan ****** Humphrey of Montfort (died 1284) m. Eschiva of Ibelin *******Amaury of Montfort (died 1304) ******* Rupen of Montfort (died 1313) *******a son *******Alix or Helvis, living in 1295 ******Alix, living in 1282 and in 1295 ******Helvis, living in 1282 and in 1295 ****Alix, died young ::*Stephanie of Ibelin m. Amalric, Viscount of Nablus **

(early 1140s – 1193) m. Maria Comnena *** Helvis of Ibelin m. 1. Reginald of Sidon, 2. Guy de Montfort. ****Agnes m. Ralph of Tiberias ****Fenie (Euphemia) m. Eudes of Tiberias **** Balian (d. 1241) m. Margaret of Brienne ***** Julian Grenier (d. 1275) m. Euphemia of Armenia ******Balian II Grenier (d. 1277) ******John (d. 1289) ******Margaret m. Guy II Embriaco **** Philip of Montfort *** John of Ibelin (c. 1179–1236) m. 1. Helvis of Nephin, 2. Melisende of Arsuf **** Balian of Beirut (d. 1247) m. Eschiva de Montfaucon ***** John II of Beirut (d. 1264) m. Alice de la Roche ****** Isabella of Ibelin (1252–1282) m. 1. Hugh II of Cyprus, 2. Haymo Letrange, 3. Nicholas Laleman, 4. Guillaume Berlais ****** Eschiva of Ibelin (1253–1312) m. 1. Humphrey of Montfort, 2.

*******Amaury of Montfort (d. 1304) ******* Rupen of Montfort (d. 1313) *******Alix of Montfort *******Helvis of Montfort *******

(c. 1295–1359) m. 1. Mary of Ibelin, 2. Alice of Ibelin (see above) *******Isabella of Lusignan (1298–1330) m. Eudes of Dampierre **** John of Arsuf (c. 1211–1258) m. Alice of Haifa ***** Balian of Arsuf (1239–1277) m. 1. Plaisance of Antioch, w.o. issue 2. ca 1261 Lucy of Chenechy ****** John, titular Lord of Arsuf, (1277–1309) m. aft. 1300 Isabel of Ibelin, daughter of Balian seneschal of Cyprus. ******* 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 of Majorca ******** Guy of Ibelin (d. 1367) ******** Thomas of Ibelin (d. aft. 1361) ******** John of Ibelin ******** Mary of Ibelin (d. aft. 1357) m. 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) m. Balian of Ibelin ******* Margaret of Ibelin m. c. 1323 Balian of Ibelin ******* Lucy of Ibelin m. 1. c. 1332 Baldwin 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 of Bessan ****** Ermeline of Ibelin **** Hugh of Ibelin (1213–1238) **** Baldwin of Ibelin (d. 1266) m. Alix of Bethsan *****John m. Isabelle Rivet ****** Baldwin m. Marguerite de Giblet ******* Isabella († 1315), m. her cousin Guy (1286 † 1308) (see below) ******** Alix (d. after 1386) m.

(see below) ****** Walter ***** Philip of Ibelin (died 1304), seneshal of Cyprus *****Guy m. Mary of Armenia *****Balian m. Marguerite Visconte *****Hugh (d. 1315) *****Melisende, died young **** Guy of Ibelin m. Philippa Berlais ***** Baldwin bailli of Jerusalem ***** John (d. 1277) ***** Aimery ***** Balian (1240–1302) m. Alice de Lampron ****** Guy m. his cousin Isabella (see above) ******* Alix (d. after 1386) m.

(see above) ***** Philip of Ibelin (1253–1318) m. 1. c. 1280 Maria, daughter of Vahran of Hamousse by Mary of Ibelin, w.o. issue; 2. c 1295 Maria of Giblet (d. 1331) ******John of Ibelin, (b. 1302, d. aft. 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 John of Lusignan (d. 1375) ******* Margaret of Ibelin ****** Balian of Ibelin, (d. aft. 1349) m. c. 1323 Margaret of Ibelin ****** Isabella of Ibelin, (b.1300, d. aft. 1342) m. 1. 1316 Fernando of Majorca (d. 1316); 2. c. 1320 Hugh of Ibelin ****** Helvis of Ibelin, (b. 1307, d. aft. 1347) m. 1330

Henry II, Duke of Brunswick-Grubenhagen Henry II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, (before 1296 – after 1351), also called ''de Graecia'' ("of Greece"), was the eldest son of Henry I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and Agnes of Meissen. On their father's death in 1322, his sons agreed ...

(d. 1351) ***** Isabella of Ibelin (1241–1324) m. Hugh III of Cyprus (see above) ***** Alice m. Eudes of Dampierre sur Salon ***** Eschiva ***** Melisende ***** Mary *** Margaret, m. 1. Hugh of Saint-Omer, 2. Walter of Caesarea. *** Philip of Ibelin (1180–1227), m. Alice of Montbéliard **** John of Ibelin (1215–1266) m. Maria of Barbaron ***** James (c. 1240–1276) m. Marie of Montbéliard ***** Philip (d. aft. 1263) ***** Guy (c. 1250–1304) m. Marie, Lady of Naumachia ******Philip of Ibelin (d. 1316) ******* Hugh of Ibelin (d. aft. 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. c 1363); m. N. ******** Balian of Ibelin; m.1352 Marguerite of Ibelin ********* John of 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. c 1325) 2. 1325 Margaret du Four ****** Maria of Ibelin, (b. 1294, d. before 1318), m.1307/10

****** John (died 1315/1316 in Kyrenia) ***** John (d. aft. 1263) ***** Hethum ***** Oshin ***** Margaret (c. 1245 – aft. 1317) ***** Isabella (c. 1250 – aft. 1298) married 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 of Heaven'', but has nothing to do with the real Ibelin family. While researching shields and coats of arms for the film (which used real and fabricated shields), members of the production team discovered this shield - a red cross on a gold field - in a museum in Paris, with "Balian 1180" written under it. They were delighted, even though it wasn't "their" Balian, and used it as the Ibelin shield, despite it having no historic connection to that family. This information can be found in the ''Kingdom of Heaven'' companion book.

Jean de Joinville Jean de Joinville (, 1 May 1224 – 24 December 1317) was one of the great chroniclers of medieval France. He is most famous for writing the ''Life of Saint Louis'', a biography of Louis IX of France that chronicled the Seventh Crusade.' Biog ...

in his account of the

mentions the coat of arms of the Count of Jaffa, who at this time was John of Ibelin. Jeanville describes the coat of arms as "''or'' with a cross of gules ''patée''", which roughly translates to "red cross patty on golden ground".Chronicles of the Crusades by Jean de Joinville and Geoffrey de Villehardouin. Transl. by Sir Frank Marzials. p.134f. That would mean the shield shown here is not that far off from the description given by Jean de Joinville. It remains unclear within the source, if it was the coat of arms of the count of Jaffa, regardless of who was holding that county, or the coat of arms of the house of Ibelin. For Jean de Joinville mentions other Ibelin in his account, but fails to connect them to said coat of arms.

References

Bibliography

* * * * * * *, reprint of article ''Les Ibelin aux XIIIe et XIVe siècles''. *

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