In 1183 Balian and Baldwin supported Raymond against Guy of Lusignan,
husband of Sibylla of Jerusalem and by now regent for
Baldwin IV, who was dying of leprosy.
The king had his 5-year-old nephew Baldwin of Montferrat crowned as co-king
in his own lifetime, in an attempt to prevent Guy from succeeding as king.
Shortly before his death in spring 1185, Baldwin IV ordered a formal
crown-wearing by his nephew at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. It
was Balian himself—a notably tall man—who carried the child Baldwin V on his
shoulder at the ceremony, signifying the support of Isabella's family for her
nephew. Soon after, the eight-year-old boy became sole king. When he, too, died
in 1186, Balian and Maria, with Raymond's support, put forward Maria's daughter
Isabella, then about 14, as a candidate for the throne. However, her husband, Humphrey IV of
Toron, refused the crown and swore fealty to Guy. Balian reluctantly also
paid homage to Guy, while his brother refused to do so and exiled himself to Antioch. Baldwin placed Balian in charge
of raising his son Thomas, the future lord of Ramla, who did not go with his
father to Antioch.
jaida pacheco on 26 Jan 10The Ibelins later claimed to be descended from the viscounts of Chartres, but according to Peter W. Edbury, Barisan was probably from northern Italy. According to Jonathan Riley-Smith, however, he may have indeed been connected to Chartres, as the brother of Hugh of Le Puiset, Count of Jaffa; he would then have also been a cousin to the Montlhéry family of King Baldwin II of Jerusalem. However, nothing certain is known of his life before 1115, when he appears as constable of Jaffa under Hugh. In 1120 he was present at the Council of Nablus, where the first laws of the kingdom were promulgated, perhaps representing the new, underaged Count of Jaffa, Hugh II. Around the same year, his services were rewarded with a marriage to Helvis of Ramla, daughter of Baldwin I of Ramla. In 1134, when Hugh II rebelled against King Fulk, Barisan supported the king, and soon became prominent at Fulk's court. In 1141, perhaps as a reward for his loyalty in 1134, he was granted the newly constructed castle of Ibelin, located in the County of Jaffa between Jaffa itself and the Fatimid Egyptian fortress of Ascalon. It was from this castle that the family took their name.
jessica dejesus on 29 Jan 10Hugh of Le Puiset, Count of Jaffa; he would then have also been a cousin to the Montlhéry family of King Baldwin II of Jerusalem. However, nothing certain is known of his life before 1115, when he appears as constable of Jaffa under Hugh. In 1120 he was present at the Council of Nablus, where the first laws of the kingdom were promulgated, perhaps representing the new, underaged Count of Jaffa, Hugh II. Around the same year, his services were rewarded with a marriage to Helvis of Ramla, daughter of Baldwin I of Ramla. In 1134, when Hugh II rebelled against King Fulk, Barisan supported the king, and soon became prominent at Fulk's court. In 1141, perhaps as a reward for his loyalty in 1134
"Barisan of Ibelin"
