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Balian became a common name in the Ibelin family in the 13th century. Balian, lord of Beirut, son of John and grandson of the above Balian, succeeded his father as lord of Beirut in 1236. Balian of Beirut's brother, also named John, had a son named Balian; this Balian was lord of Arsuf and married Plaisance of Antioch. The name also passed into ...
The siege of Jerusalem lasted from 20 September to 2 October 1187, when Balian of Ibelin surrendered the city to Saladin. Earlier that summer, Saladin had defeated the kingdom's army and conquered several cities. Balian was charged with organizing a defense. The city was full of refugees but had few soldiers.
From there the boy was carried to banquet on the shoulders of Balian of Ibelin "because he was the tallest of the great lords present"; [20] in reality, Balian was chosen to carry the young king because he was a staunch opponent of Guy and the stepfather of Baldwin IV and Sibylla's half-sister, Isabella, the only other possible contender for ...
In the background of those divisions, Saladin had become vizier of Egypt in 1169 and had taken Damascus in 1174 and Aleppo in 1183. He controlled the entire southern and eastern flanks of the crusader states and united his subjects under Sunni Islam , convincing them that he would wage holy war to push the Christian Franks from Jerusalem.
Balian of Ibelin and the archbishops of Tyre and Nazareth arrived at Tiberias the following day. [ 134 ] [ 136 ] Ernoul—who was present, as Ibelin's squire—wrote that the news of the crusaders' catastrophe came as a shock to Raymond, and he soon agreed to pay homage to Guy. [ 137 ]
Guy has also appeared in several historical novels, such as in the Crusades trilogy by the Swedish author Jan Guillou which depicts him as a scheming, incompetent and selfish as well as religiously fanatical villain accelerating the loss of the Holy Land to Saladin; in The Sir Balian d'Ibelin Trilogy by Helena P. Schrader; in Templar Silks by ...
For the Oscar-shortlisted documentary “The Remarkable Life of Ibelin,” director Benjamin Ree made several unique choices. The film tells the story of a young Norwegian man, Mats Steen, whose ...
Balian of Ibelin (or Barisan the Younger; c. 1143–1193) is the 3rd Lord of Ibelin (1170–1193) and protagonist of the 2005 movie Kingdom of Heaven. Balian of Ibelin may also refer to: Barisan of Ibelin , sometimes known as Balian I or the Elder (died 1150), founder of the Ibelin family