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
Isabella of Ibelin (1252–1282) was lady of Beirut from 1264 until her death in 1282, and also held the title of Queen of Cyprus. She was the daughter of John II of Beirut, lord of Beirut, and of Alice de la Roche sur Ognon.
Life
Isabella was a ...
he was
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 ...
in 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 ...
—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 and during the
De Montfort Rebellion 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
John of Ibelin (died 1264), often called John II, was the Lord of Beirut from 1254, named after his grandfather John I, the famous "Old Lord of Beirut", and son of Balian of Ibelin, who surrendered Jerusalem to Saladin in 1187. His parents were ...
. She was the widow of
Hugh II of Cyprus
Hugh II of Cyprus (or Hugues II de Lusignan) (June–August, 1252 or 1253 – November or December 5, 1267) was king of Cyprus and, from the age of 5 years, also Regent of the Kingdom of Jerusalem.
Biography
On January 18, 1253, at the age of tw ...
(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. After Hamo's death,
Hugh III of Cyprus
Hugh III (french: Hugues; – 24 March 1284), also called Hugh of Antioch-Lusignan and the Great, was the king of Cyprus from 1267 and king of Jerusalem from 1268. Born into the family of the princes of Antioch, he effectively ruled as regen ...
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 († 1277), Lord of Caesarea, and after his death
William Barlais († 1305/06)..
[ Steven Runciman: ''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