Hugh of Ibelin

Hugh of Ibelin (* 1130, † 1170 ) was from 1150 Lord of Ibelin, from 1152 Mr. Ramla and Mirabel and an important baron in the Kingdom of Jerusalem.

He was the eldest son of Barisan of Ibelin and Helvis of Ramla. After the death of his father in 1150 his mother Manasseh of Hierges, the constable of Jerusalem married, one of the biggest supporters of Queen Melisende in their struggle against their son, Baldwin III .. Manasseh was in 1152 banished when Baldwin was able to end the dispute victorious, what Hugo made to the owner of the dominions Ramla and Mirabel.

Hugo took part in the conquest of Ashkelon in 1153, was in 1157 taken prisoner at the battle of Banyas, but probably released the following year.

In 1159 he visited the Principality of Antioch, where he met the Byzantine emperor Manuel I Comnenus.

In 1163 he married Agnes of Edessa, the former wife of King Amalric I and mother of King Baldwin IV. , It is possible that Agnes had before 1157 engaged or married to him, she closed in any case the marriage with Amalric, as in Hugo captivity was. To be king, can Amalric 1163 had to divorce her.

Hugo took part in Amalric's Egyptian campaign in 1167, where he was responsible for the construction of a bridge over the Nile. When the Crusaders with the Sultan against Shirkuh, General Nur ad -Din, who also fought for control of Egypt, allied, Hugo was sent, together with al - Kamil, the son of the Sultan, Cairo to defend themselves - Hugo was the first Crusaders, who got the palace of the Sultan's face. At the siege of Bilbeis Hugo's life by his uncle Philip of Milly, Lord of Nablus was saved, when he broke the fall of his horse's leg.

Hugo died in 1170 on a pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela. He had no children. In Ibelin, Ramla and Mirabel his brother Baldwin took over the rule.