Raoul of Saint Omer, Raoul of Tiberias or Ralph of Tiberias (died 1220) was briefly

Prince of Galilee The principality of Galilee was one of the four major seigneuries of the crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem, according to 13th-century commentator John of Ibelin, grandson of Balian. The direct holdings of the principality centred around Tiberias, i ...

and twice

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of the

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. His father was

Walter of Saint Omer Walter of Saint Omer (french: Gautier de Saint-Omer; d 1174), also known as Walter of Fauquembergues or Walter of Tiberias, was the son of William II of Saint Omer and Melisinde of Picquigny, and Prince of Galilee and Tiberias. Walter married ...

, his mother

Eschiva of Bures Eschiva of Bures, also known as Eschiva II (died in or after 1187), was Princess of Galilee in the Kingdom of Jerusalem from 1158 to 1187. Parentage Eschiva's parentage is uncertain. Historian Martin Rheinheimer proposes that she was the daughte ...

. She remarried

Raymond III of Tripoli Raymond III (1140 – September/October 1187) was County of Tripoli, count of Tripoli from 1152 to 1187. He was a minor when Order of Assassins, Assassins murdered his father, Raymond II of Tripoli. Baldwin III of Jerusalem, who was staying in Tri ...

in 1174. (Some accounts note Eschiva or Eshive as Elinard's sister). His elder brother

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tried arrange a marriage between Ralph and

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and thereby raise him to the throne, after her husband

Henry II of Champagne Henry II of Champagne (or Henry I of Jerusalem) (29 July 1166 – 10 September 1197) was count of Champagne from 1181 to 1197, and king of Jerusalem from 1192 to 1197 by virtue of his marriage to Queen Isabella I of Jerusalem. Early life Henry ...

died. This was rejected by the High Court because of his lack of wealth and instead

King Aimery Aimery of Lusignan ( la, Aimericus, , ''Amorí''; before 11551 April 1205), erroneously referred to as Amalric or Amaury in earlier scholarship, was the first King of Cyprus, reigning from 1196 to his death. He also reigned as the King of Jer ...

married her. Ralph was exiled after an assassination attempt on Aimery in 1198. At his trial Ralph devised a defence from an interpretation of the based on the requirement of a judgment in court for cases concerning lords and their vassals. The innovation was applying the Assise to the king himself. Aimery refused and his vassals withdrew service from him following ''great words'' and Ralph went into banishment. In later accounts Ralph was credited with a great achievement. He set a precedent applying the assise to the actions of the crown providing himself and his peers with justification, a method of resistance and sanctions that could be legally applied. Equally it is clear that the use the had been ineffective. Aimery had refused and Ralph had found it necessary to leave the country. He went to

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in 1198,

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in 1204.

Family

He married Agnes de Grenier, daughter of

Renaud, Lord of Sidon Reginald Grenier (1130s – 1202; also Reynald or Renaud) was Count of Sidon and an important noble in the late-12th century Kingdom of Jerusalem. Rise to fame Reginald was the son of Gerard of Sidon and Agnes of Bures, and a grandson of Eust ...

. They had: *Eschive of Tiberias, married

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