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'''Guy of Ibelin''' (French: Guy d'Ibelin) (1276-1304),{{fact}} of the [[Ibelin]] familly, was [[County of Jaffa and Ascalon|Count of Jaffa and Ascalon]] during the latter part of the [[Crusades]]. He was the son of [[John of Ibelin (jurist)|John of Ibelin]], Lord of [[Beyrouth]], and Maria of Armenia. Guy was Count in name only, as [[Jaffa]] had been captured by the Muslim leader [[Baibars]] in [[1268]], so Guy did not control the land itself. |
'''Guy of Ibelin''' (French: Guy d'Ibelin) (1276-1304),{{fact}} of the [[Ibelin]] familly, was [[County of Jaffa and Ascalon|Count of Jaffa and Ascalon]] during the latter part of the [[Crusades]]. He was the son of [[John of Ibelin (jurist)|John of Ibelin]], Lord of [[Beyrouth]], and Maria of Armenia. Guy was Count in name only, as [[Jaffa]] had been captured by the Muslim leader [[Baibars]] in [[1268]], so Guy did not control the land itself. |
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==Templar of Tyre== |
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Guy is mentioned in the 13th century account by the medieval historian "[[Le Templier de Tyr]]", as entering into contact with the [[Mongol Empire|Mongols]] in order to re-conquer the [[Holy Land]]. According to the chronicler, [[Ghazan]] sent an envoy to inform that he would join the Franks during the winter, but adverse conditions stopped him from coming: |
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{{quote|"That year [1300], a message came to Cyprus from Ghazan, king of the Tatars, saying that he would come during the winter, and that he wished that the Frank join him in Armenia (...) [[Amalric, Prince of Tyre|Amalric of Lusignan]], [[Officers of the Kingdom of Jerusalem|Constable of the Kingdom of Jerusalem]], arrived in November (...) and brought with him 300 knights, and as many or more of the Templars and Hospitallers (...) In February a great admiral of the Tatars, named [[Kutlushah|Cotlesser]], came to Antioch with 60,000 horsemen, and requested the visit of the king of Armenia, who came with [[Guy of Ibelin]], [[County of Jaffa and Ascalon|Count of Jaffa]], and [[Jean II de Giblet|John, lord of Giblet]]. And when they arrived, Cotelesse told them that Ghazan had met great trouble of wind and cold on his way. Cotlesse raided the land from Haleppo to La Chemelle, and returned to his country without doing more".|[[Le Templier de Tyre]], Chap 620-622<ref>[http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/basis/GuillaumeTyr5.html Source]</ref>}} |
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==Family== |
==Family== |
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Guy of Ibelin (French: Guy d'Ibelin) (1276-1304),[citation needed] of the Ibelin familly, was Count of Jaffa and Ascalon during the latter part of the Crusades. He was the son of John of Ibelin, Lord of Beyrouth, and Maria of Armenia. Guy was Count in name only, as Jaffa had been captured by the Muslim leader Baibars in 1268, so Guy did not control the land itself.
Family
Guy married Philippa, daughter of Aimery Berlais, with whom he had:
- Baldwin of Ibelin
- John of Ibelin, assassinated in 1277
- Aimery of Ibelin
- Balian of Ibelin (1240 † 1302).
- Philip of Ibelin (1253 † 1318) senechal of Cyprus
- Isabella of Ibelin (1241 † 1324), wife of king Hugh III of Cyprus
- Alice of Ibelin, married to Eudes de Dampierre sur Salon
- Eschiva of Ibelin
- Melisende of Ibelin
- Maria of Ibelin
Notes
References
- Steven Runciman, History of the Crusades: Volume III, p. 324