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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.
Balian of Ibelin was caught off guard as he was without instructions from Hugh, and was opposed by the Templars and Venetians. Neither the Latin patriarch or the Hospitallers would intervene. Avoiding bloodshed, Balian delivered the Citadel of Acre, a Hospitaller site, to Roger who hoisted Charles' banner. The barons hesitated to support this ...
Balian of Ibelin (French: Balian d'Ibelin; 1240–1302), seneschal of Cyprus, was a son of Guy of Ibelin, constable of Cyprus, and Philippa Berlais. He married Alice of Hetumids of Lampron, daughter of Escive de Poitiers (daughter of Raymond-Roupen) and they had: [1] Guy d'Ibelin (1286–1308), Lord of Nicosia. [2]
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 ...
Balian of Ibelin's second son Philip was regent 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 High Court of Jerusalem , the most important legal document from the ...
When Mats Steen, a Norwegian gamer who spent endless hours playing World of Warcraft, died at 25 from a degenerative muscular disease, his parents had no idea just how vibrant his life was despite ...
Balian III of Beirut (died 1247) was the lord of Beirut, the second of his family, from 1236, and a son of the famous "Old Lord" John of Ibelin, [2] by his second wife Melisende of Arsuf. From his father he assumed the leadership of the nobility in the War of the Lombards , fought against the agents of Emperor Frederick II .