Hamo le Strange, Heimon Lestrange, Hamo L'Estrange or Hamo Extraneus (died late in 1272 or early 1273) was an English Crusader. His surname means ''the Foreigner''. By marriage to
Isabella of Beirut he was
Lord of Beirut in the
Kingdom of Jerusalem—he was the second of her four husbands.
Life
He was the second son of the English knight
John (III.) le Strange (died before March 1269) and his wife Lucy, daughter of Robert Tresgoz. He was lord of
Ellesmere, Shropshire
Ellesmere ( ) is a town in Shropshire, England, located near the Welsh border and the towns of Oswestry, Whitchurch and Wrexham. It is notable for its proximity to a number of prominent Meres.
History
Ellesmere Castle was probably an 11th- ...
and during the
De Montfort Rebellion
The Second Barons' War (1264–1267) was a civil war in England between the forces of a number of barons led by Simon de Montfort against the royalist forces of King Henry III, led initially by the king himself and later by his son, the fut ...
was part of the entourage of
Edward, Prince of Wales.
In 1270, he left his lands to his younger brother Robert and joined Edward on the
Seventh Crusade. Edward returned to Europe in 1272 after his father's death, leaving Hamo in the Kingdom of Jerusalem. On 21 March 1272, he married Isabella of Beirut (1252 - 1282/83), Lady of Beirut and daughter of
John II of Beirut. She was the widow of
Hugh II of Cyprus (died 1267).
Hamo's death was known in England by the end of April 1273 and so probably occurred late in 1272 or early in 1273.
On his deathbed he put Isabella and the Lordship of Beirut under the protection of the Mamluk sultan
Baibars
Al-Malik al-Zahir Rukn al-Din Baybars al-Bunduqdari ( ar, الملك الظاهر ركن الدين بيبرس البندقداري, ''al-Malik al-Ẓāhir Rukn al-Dīn Baybars al-Bunduqdārī'') (1223/1228 – 1 July 1277), of Turkic Kipchak ...
. After Hamo's death,
Hugh III of Cyprus tried to join Beirut to Cyprus by bringing Isabella to Cyprus to marry a man of his choosing, but Baibars cited Hamo's deathbed wish and prevented this. This move forced Isabella to return to Beirut in 1277, where she married
Nicolas l’Aleman The brothers Nicholas and Thomas Aleman (''floruit'' 1277) were the last Lords of Caesarea before the title went into abeyance. They lived in the Kingdom of Cyprus. Neither ruled over Caesarea, since the city had been conquered by the Mamelukes unde ...
(† 1277), Lord of Caesarea, and after his death
William Barlais
William or Guillaume Barlais was a Lord of Beirut in the Kingdom of Jerusalem, via his marriage to Isabella of Beirut in 1277 - he was her fourth and final husband. They died childless and she had no children from her previous three marriages to H ...
(† 1305/06)..
Steven Runciman
Sir James Cochran Stevenson Runciman ( – ), known as Steven Runciman, was an English historian best known for his three-volume ''A History of the Crusades'' (1951–54).
He was a strong admirer of the Byzantine Empire. His history's negative ...
: ''Geschichte der Kreuzzüge.'' Sonderausgabe in einem Band ohne Quellen- und Literaturangaben, 33–35. Tausend der Gesamtauflage. C. H. Beck, München 2001; {{ISBN, 3-406-39960-6, S. 1122.
External links
Hamon le Strange to profile fmg.ac. Accessed 20 December 2022.
References
category:13th-century deaths
category:Christians of the Crusades
Le Strange family