Balian of Ibelin (1239 – 29 September 1277) was the

Lord of Arsuf The Crusader state of the Kingdom of Jerusalem, created in 1099, was divided into a number of smaller seigneuries. According to the 13th-century jurist John of Ibelin, the four highest crown vassals (referred to as barons) in the kingdom proper ...

from 1258 until the early 1260s (probably 1261), when he leased it to the

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'',

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, p.171, ch. 328, ed. Gaston Raynaud, Genève, 1887. He was the son and successor of John, Lord of Arsuf and

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. At the time when he leased/rented it to the hospital, his fief of Arsuf was worth six knights' fees and twenty sergeants'; the Hospital took up his obligations with the exception of the '' servise de cors''. He was married to

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from 1254 until their divorce in 1258, after which he moved from

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. He was created

like his father had been in 1268 and held that post until his death. Hugh III of Cyprus and Jerusalem appointed Balian

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, effectively regent, of the kingdom upon returning to

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in October 1276. Hugh's claim to the royal title, however, was disputed by

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, who sent

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as his bailiff in 1277. Balian initially refused to admit Roger into the citadel until papers signed by Charles,

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, and

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were produced and the Knights Hospitallers and

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, Patriarch of Jerusalem, had refused to intervene. To avoid war, he allowed Roger in and Charles was proclaimed king. He died on 29 September 1277, the day being known from a single copy of the ''

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''. He was succeeded by his son John, titular Lord of Arsuf (1277–1309), who married Isabella of Ibelin, daughter of Balian seneschal of Cyprus.

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