Rupen of Montfort (died 8 September 1313) was a

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nobleman, the second surviving son of

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and Eschive d'Ibelin. In 1299, Rupen married Marie d'Ibelin (d. aft. 1340), daughter of

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, Seneschal of Cyprus. They had two children: *

, titular Lord of Beirut *Jeanne of Montfort, married in 1322 Balian of Ibelin, son of Guy, Count of Jaffa. His elder brother Amalric died in 1304, and Rupen succeeded him as titular Lord of

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. In 1308, Rupen was involved in the abortive rebellion against Amalric, Prince of Tyre, who had usurped the royal power in

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. He then left Cyprus to support his mother Eschive in an unsuccessful attempt to claim the

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, and took refuge from Prince Amalric on

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. After the death of Amalric, Rupen returned to Cyprus and testified in the trial of the

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in 1311. Upon Eschive's death in 1312, Rupen became titular

Lord of Beirut 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 prope ...

. He died the following year and was buried in

Nicosia Nicosia ( ; el, Λευκωσία, Lefkosía ; tr, Lefkoşa ; hy, Նիկոսիա, romanized: ''Nikosia''; Cypriot Arabic: Nikusiya) is the largest city, capital, and seat of government of Cyprus. It is located near the centre of the Mesaor ...

. His son Humphrey succeeded him.

Ancestry

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