The
Embriaco family were
GenoeseGenoa is a city and an important seaport in northern Italy, the capital of the Province of Genoa and of the region of Liguria. The city has a population of about 610,000 and the urban area has a population of about 900,000...
adventurers, who played an important part in the history of the
Crusader statesThe Crusader states were a number of mostly 12th- and 13th-century feudal states created by Western European crusaders in Asia Minor, Greece and the Holy Land . The Middle Eastern Islamic powers eventually conquered them...
. They styled themselves "Lord (Seigneur) of Jebail" or "Giblet", "Gibelet" or "Gibelletto". Jebail is historic
ByblosByblos is the Greek name of the Phoenician city Gebal . It is a Mediterranean city in the Mount Lebanon Governorate of present-day Lebanon under the current Arabic name of Jbeil and was also referred to as Gibelet during the Crusades...
(Jbeil) in
LebanonLebanon , officially the Republic of Lebanon
[Republic of Lebanon is the most common term used by Lebanese government agencies...]
.
They arrived in
PalestinePalestine is a conventional name used, among others, to describe a geographic region between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River, and various adjoining lands.As a geographical term, Palestine can also refer to 'ancient Palestine,' an area...
as early as 1099, with
Guglielmo EmbriacoGuglielmo Embriaco , was a Genoese merchant and military leader who came to the assistance of the Crusader States in the aftermath of the First Crusade....
and his brother Primo di Castello. They had Jebail, given to Hugh I Embriaco by
Bertrand of ToulouseBertrand of Toulouse or Bertrand of Tripoli was count of Toulouse, and was the first count of Tripoli to rule in Tripoli itself....
, from about 1110; it had been taken a few years before.
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The
Embriaco family were
GenoeseGenoa is a city and an important seaport in northern Italy, the capital of the Province of Genoa and of the region of Liguria. The city has a population of about 610,000 and the urban area has a population of about 900,000...
adventurers, who played an important part in the history of the
Crusader statesThe Crusader states were a number of mostly 12th- and 13th-century feudal states created by Western European crusaders in Asia Minor, Greece and the Holy Land . The Middle Eastern Islamic powers eventually conquered them...
. They styled themselves "Lord (Seigneur) of Jebail" or "Giblet", "Gibelet" or "Gibelletto". Jebail is historic
ByblosByblos is the Greek name of the Phoenician city Gebal . It is a Mediterranean city in the Mount Lebanon Governorate of present-day Lebanon under the current Arabic name of Jbeil and was also referred to as Gibelet during the Crusades...
(Jbeil) in
LebanonLebanon , officially the Republic of Lebanon
[Republic of Lebanon is the most common term used by Lebanese government agencies...]
.
They arrived in
PalestinePalestine is a conventional name used, among others, to describe a geographic region between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River, and various adjoining lands.As a geographical term, Palestine can also refer to 'ancient Palestine,' an area...
as early as 1099, with
Guglielmo EmbriacoGuglielmo Embriaco , was a Genoese merchant and military leader who came to the assistance of the Crusader States in the aftermath of the First Crusade....
and his brother Primo di Castello. They had Jebail, given to Hugh I Embriaco by
Bertrand of ToulouseBertrand of Toulouse or Bertrand of Tripoli was count of Toulouse, and was the first count of Tripoli to rule in Tripoli itself....
, from about 1110; it had been taken a few years before. Their power in Jebail lasted - apart from occupation by
SaladinṢalāḥ ad-Dīn Yūsuf ibn Ayyūb , better known in the Western world as Saladin, was a Kurdish Muslim who became the Sultan of Egypt and Syria. He led Islamic opposition to the Franks and other European Crusaders in the Levant...
1187-1197 - to the end to the thirteenth century, when they were defeated by Bohemond VII of Tripoli, and finally pushed out by
Muslim:A Muslim , , is an adherent of the religion of Islam. The feminine form is Muslimah . Literally, the word means "one who submits ". Muslim is the participle of the same verb of which Islam is the infinitive. Muslims believe that there is only one God, translated in Arabic as Allah...
advances.
- Hugh I Embriaco of Giblet, Lord of Giblet (c. 1110-)
- Hugh II Embriaco of Giblet, Lord of Giblet
- William I Embriaco of Giblet, Lord of Giblet
- William II Embriaco of Giblet, Lord of Giblet (-1157), married Fadie, daughter of Manasses of Hierges
Manasses of Hierges was an important crusader lord, and constable of the Kingdom of Jerusalem.He was the son of Hodierna of Rethel and Héribrand II of Hierges; Hodierna was a sister of King Baldwin II of Jerusalem...
- Bertrand I Embriaco of Giblet, Lord of Giblet, married Doleta, daughter of Stephen of Armenia
Stephen of Armenia was the Marshal of Armenia, the son of Leo I, Prince of Armenia and Beatrice de Rethel.His father made him Marshal in 1138, due to the invasion of John II Comnenus, and escaped capture by sheltering in Edessa...
- Hugh III Embriaco, Lord of Giblet (d. 1196), married Stephanie of Milly, and had:
- Plaisance Embriaco of Giblet (d. c. 1218), married Bohemond IV of Antioch
- Guy I Embriaco, Lord of Giblet (1197-1241), married in 1204 Alix, daughter of Bohemond III of Antioch, and had:
- Henri I Embriaco of Giblet, Lord of Giblet (d. c. 1271), married c. 1250 Isabelle d'Ibelin, and had:
- Guy II Embriaco of Giblet, Lord of Giblet (d. 1282) married Margaret Grenier of Sidon, daughter of Julian Grenier
Julian Grenier was the Count of Sidon from 1239 to 1260, then becoming merely titular. He was the son and successor of Balian I and Margaret of Brienne...
, Lord of SidonThe Lordship of Sidon was one of the four major fiefdoms of the Kingdom of Jerusalem, one of the Crusader States. However, in reality, it appears to have been much smaller than the others and had the same level of significance as several neighbors, such as Toron and Beirut, which were...
- Marie Embriaco of Giblet (d. Nicosia
Nicosia, known locally as Lefkosia , is the capital and largest city of Cyprus. Located on the River Pedieos and situated almost in the centre of the island, it is the seat of government as well as the main business centre...
1331, buried there), married c. 1295 Philippe d'Ibelin, Seneschal of Cyprus and Jerusalem (1253-1318)
- Balian Embriaco of Giblet (d. 1313)
- Baldwin Embriaco of Giblet (d. 1282)
- John Embriaco of Giblet (d. 1282), married Alaman N (?)
- Marie Embriaco of Giblet (d. c. 1290), married Balian II d'Ibelin, Titular Consort Lord of Sidon
The Lordship of Sidon was one of the four major fiefdoms of the Kingdom of Jerusalem, one of the Crusader States. However, in reality, it appears to have been much smaller than the others and had the same level of significance as several neighbors, such as Toron and Beirut, which were...
- Raymond Embriaco of Giblet
- Bertrand Embriaco of Giblet
- Marie Embriaco of Giblet
- Agnes Embriaco of Giblet, married Barthelemy, Lord of Soudin
- Peter Embriaco of Giblet
Peter Embriaco of Gibelet, lord of the fief of Gibelet , was the last prince of the House of Giblet in the Levant...
, the last Lord of Giblet
Another branch:
- Guillaume de Gibelet, married Fadie de Hierges and had:
- Hugues de Giblet (d. c. 1220), Lord of Besmedin, married Agnes de Ham and had:
- Raymond de Giblet (d. c. 1253), Lord of Besmedin, married firstly Marguerite de Scandelion and secondly Alix de Soudin, and had:
- Jean I de Giblet, married Poitevine, daughter of a Marshal of Tripoli
- Jean II de Giblet
Jean II de Giblet was a Christian prince of the House of Giblet, an area of the Holy Land, in the 13th-14th century. His family used to be located in the fief of Cerep in Antioch, before the area was taken by the Mamluks...
(d. c. 1315), married Marguerite du Plessis, without issue.
- Marie de Giblet
- Hugues de Giblet, died young
- Henri de Giblet (d. 1310), Lord of Besmedin, married Marguerite de Morf, without issue
- Bertrand de Giblet, died young
- Eschiva de Giblet, married Raymundo Visconti
- Agnes de Giblet
- Suzanne de Giblet, died young
- Marie de Giblet, married Guy de Montolif
- Girard de Ham de Giblet (d. 1225)
- Guillaume II de Giblet (d. c. 1243), married Anne de Montignac, and had:
- Eudes de Giblet, died young
- Girard de Giblet, died young
- Jean III de Giblet, Lord of Saint-Foucy, married Gillette d'Angiller, and had:
- Guillaume III de Giblet, married in 1318 Marie de Verny, without issue
- Marie de Giblet
- Eschiva de Giblet (d. c. 1350), married Simon Petit (d. 1355/1338)
- Estefenie de Giblet, married Amaury le Bernier
- Marie de Giblet, married Amaury le Flamenc
- Femie de Giblet, died young
- Agnes de Giblet, died young
- Adam de Giblet, Lord of Adelon
- Agnes de Giblet, married Dietrich von Dendermonde