Hugh Grenier

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Hugh Grenier
Seal of Hugh of Grenier ("Sigilium Ugonis Granerii")
Bornunknown
Diedafter May 1168[1]
SpouseIsabelle
Issue
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HouseGrenier
FatherWalter I Grenier
MotherJulianne

Hugh Grenier (died 1168/1174) was the

lord of Caesarea from 1149/1154 until his death. He was the younger son of Walter I Grenier and his wife, Julianne. His older brother, Eustace (II), was prevented by leprosy from inheriting the lordship and it passed to Hugh.[1]

The date of Walter I's death and Hugh's accession is unknown. Walter was still alive and ruling in 1149, and Hugh is first attested as lord by a royal charter of 1154. It is possible that his elder brother Eustace briefly held the lordship before joining the

Order of the Hospital.[2]

War leader

Hugh was a regular attendant at the royal court under

Prince of Galilee, from 1168.[1]

Hugh participated in two royal expeditions: the siege of Blahasent, near

al-'Āḍid, Hugh demanded to shake the caliph's ungloved hand to ratify the treaty signed by the two, a demand which, though met, shocked the caliph's courtiers. William of Tyre's description of the caliphal palace in Cairo is based on the description he received from Hugh.[1][3]

In the war against

Nur ad-Din, Hugh was captured at the Battle of al-Babein (Lamonia) by the forces of Saladin after his men abandoned him. When Nur ad-Din sued for peace, his general, Shirkuh, requested that Hugh, whom he called "a great prince of high rank and much influence among your own people", act as an intermediary, but the latter refused—"lest it might seem that he was more interested in obtaining his own liberty than concerned for the public welfare".[1] Only after a treaty was drafted was Hugh freed to "put the final touches to it".[1] Although the primary source is William of Tyre, that Hugh was held in high regard by the Muslims can be regarded as fact.[1]

Religious patronage

In 1154, Hugh granted a piece of land at

casale at Hadedun for 2,000 bezants. He also donated to them the coastal hilltop Turris Salinarum (Saltworks Tower), a donation later confirmed by his son.[1]

In 1160, Hugh bestowed land and revenues on Santa Maria Latina for the benefit of the souls of his father and grandfather, who were buried there.[1] That same year he donated a house and some lands to the Order of Saint Lazarus.[1] In 1166, Hugh sold land at Feissa (Khirbat al-Dafīs) and confirmed his father and grandfather's gifts to the Order of the Holy Sepulchre in return for 400 bezants.[1]

Family

Hugh married Isabelle (Elizabeth), daughter of John Goman (Gothmann),

Julianne, all three succeeding to the fief of Caesarea in turn.[1] The Lignages d'Outremer mentions only Walter and Julianne.[4] In 1161, Hugh approved a sale made by his father-in-law. After Hugh's death, his widow married Baldwin of Ibelin.[1]

Hugh died between May 1168, when he witnessed a royal charter at

Acre, and July 1174, when his eldest son signed a charter as lord of Caesarea.[1]

Notes

  1. ^ Dated to 1154, 1155, 1157, 1160, 1161, 1164, 1165, 1166, 1168.[1]
  2. ^ Dated to 1159.[1]

References

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  3. ^ Norman Daniel, The Arabs and Mediaeval Europe (London: Longman, 1975), 211–12.
  4. ^ Marie-Adélaïde Nielen (ed.), Lignages d'outremer: Introduction, notes et éditions critique (Paris: Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres, 2003), p. 71 [60]: "Hue [de Cesaire], et ot a feme Ysabeau [Ysabiau], la fille de Johan Cosmans [Gomans], qui ot puis Baudoyn de Ybelin, et orent un fiz, Gautier, et une fille, Juliene".
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Lord of Caesarea

1149/54–1168/74 		Succeeded by
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