Isabella, Lady of Beirut
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Isabella of Ibelin (1252–1282)
)| Isabella of Ibelin | |
|---|---|
| Lady of Beirut | |
| Reign | 1264 – 1282 |
| Predecessor | John II, Lord of Beirut |
| Successor | Eschiva, Lady of Beirut |
| Queen consort of Cyprus | |
| Reign | 1265–1267 |
| Born | 1252 |
| Died | 1282 |
| Spouse | Hugh II of Cyprus Hamo le Strange Nicholas Aleman William Barlais |
| House | Ibelin |
| Father | John II, Lord of Beirut |
| Mother | Alice de la Roche |
Isabella of Ibelin (1252–1282) was
John II of Beirut, lord of Beirut, and of Alice de la Roche
sur Ognon.
Life
Isabella was a member of the influential
In 1265, the young Isabella was betrothed to the young
Julian of Sidon (d. 1275), and her "notorious lack of chastity"[7] (possibly) prompted the official letter Audi filia et from Pope Clement IV, urging her to marry.[8]
In 1272, at the age of 20, she married
Edward I, who was part of the Ninth or Lord Edward's crusade.[10] The marriage was short though, as Haymo died in 1273. While on his deathbed, he put Isabella and Beirut under the unusual protection of Baibars, the Muslim sultan.[11]
King Hugh III of Cyprus wanted to use Isabella's status as a wealthy heiress to choose a new husband for her, to attract another distinguished knight to the fight in the Holy Land. Hugh forcibly took Isabella to Cyprus to arrange a new marriage, leaving her mother Alice de la Roche as regent of Beirut.
Isabella resisted and received the support of both Baibars and the
Jerusalem High Court and became a political dispute during the Crusades as to who had lordship over the lady of Beirut, the Crusader king or the Muslim sultan.[14]
The High Court ruled in favor of Baibars, and Mamluk guards were assigned to Isabella's protection.
After Baibars' death in 1277, Isabella married twice more, to
lord of Caesarea, and then to William Barlais (d. 1304).[1]
Isabella was not known to have had any children, and upon her death in 1282 at the age of 30, the lordship of Beirut passed to her younger sister
Eschiva (1253–1312).[15]
References
- ^ Tyerman, Christopher. God's War. pp. 728–729.
- ^ ISBN 978-1-84176-179-4.
- ^ Runciman, Steven (1951). A history of the Crusades (1st ed.). Cambridge [Eng.]: Cambridge University Press. p. 329.
- ISBN 978-0-521-45837-5.
- ^ In Arabic, Isabel was sometimes referred to as Zabin
- ISBN 978-90-04-10246-0.
- ^ Runciman. p. 342.
- ^ Hill. p. 157.
- ^ Sometimes also spelled Hamo L'Estrange, Raymond l'Etranger, and variants
- . Retrieved 2024-02-18.
- ISBN 978-0-521-62369-8.
- ^ Runciman. pp. 330, 342.
- ISBN 978-1-108-02063-3.
- ^ Edbury. p. 91.
- ^ Edbury. p. 96.
Further reading
- Lignages d'Outremer, Le Vaticanus Latinus 4789, CCC.XXXIII, pp. 90, 98, 104
- Rüdt-Collenberg, W. H. (1979) 'Les Ibelins aux XIIIe et XIVe siècles, Généalogie compilée principalement selon les registres du Vatican', Epeteris tou Kentrou Epistemonikon Ereunon IX, 1977-1979 (Nicosia), reprinted in Familles de l'Orient latin XIIe-XIVe siècles (Variorum Reprints, London, 1983)
- Rüdt-Collenberg, W. H. ´Les dispenses matrimoniales accordées à l´Orient Latin selon les Registres du Vatican 1283-1385´, Mélanges de l'École française de Rome: Moyen Âge, Tome 89, no. 1, (1977)
- Ibn el-Furat in Reinaud, Chron. arabes, p. 532. Cp. Muhyi e-Din in Michaud, Bibliogr. des Croisades, II (1822), p. 685.
