Hugo or Hugh l’Aleman (died before 26 March 1241) was a nobleman of the

Kingdom of Jerusalem The Kingdom of Jerusalem ( la, Regnum Hierosolymitanum; fro, Roiaume de Jherusalem), officially known as the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem or the Frankish Kingdom of Palestine,Example (title of works): was a Crusader state that was establish ...

Life

He was the second son of the German crusader

Garnier l’Aleman Werner of Egisheim (died after 1231) was a German Crusader, better known by his French name of Garnier l’Aleman (''Werner the German''). Life Belonging to a German noble family from Egisheim in Alsace, he is first recorded in Acre in the entour ...

and his wife Pavia Embriaco of Gibelet. His elder brother

John Aleman John Aleman (died after 1264) was the Lord of Caesarea (as John II) in the Kingdom of Jerusalem, exercising this right through his wife, Margaret, from at least 1243 until his death. He was the son of Garnier l'Aleman and Pavie de Gibelet, and the ...

became Lord of Caesarea by marriage. Hugh married Isabella (died after 1260), daughter of

Daniel I of Adelon Daniel I of Adelon or Daniel of Termonde (born before 1204; died after 1225) was Lord of Adelon in the Kingdom of Jerusalem. Life A son of Thierry de Termonde (died 1206), constable of Constantinople, and Agnese of Gibelet-Besmedin, Lady of Adelo ...

, with whom he had a daughter, who married John of Gibelet (died 1282), son of

Henry I Embriaco The Embriaco were a prominent Genoese family, who played an important role in the history of the Crusader states. It also gave consuls, admirals and ambassadors to the Republic of Genoa. The family ruled the city of Byblos (in present-day Leb ...

. Isabella is described as a widow in a charter dated 26 March 1241, proving Hugh had died by this point

Reinhold Röhricht Gustav Reinhold Röhricht (18 November 1842 – 2 May 1905) was a German historian of the Crusades. Biography He was born in Bunzlau in Silesia (now Bolesławiec, Poland), the third son of a miller. He studied at the Gymnasium in Sagan (now ...

(ed.): ''Regesta Regni Hierosolymitani.'' Ergänzungsband, Innsbruck 1904, 1098b, S. 68

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