Philip of Ibelin (1180–1227) explained

Philip
Succession:	regent of Cyprus
Spouse:	Alice of Montbéliard
Issue:	Maria, nun John (jurist), count of Jaffa and Ascalon
Noble Family:	House of Ibelin-Jaffa
Father:	Balian of Ibelin
Mother:	Maria Komnene
Birth Date:	1180

Philip of Ibelin (1180-1227) was a leading nobleman of the Kingdom of Cyprus. As a younger son of Balian of Ibelin and the dowager queen Maria Komnene, he came from the high Crusader nobility of the Kingdom of Jerusalem.^[1]

Life

Philip is first mentioned in 1206, when he and his older brother John of Ibelin, the Old Lord of Beirut accompanied their niece Alice^[2] to Cyprus for her marriage to Hugh I of Cyprus. Both brothers moved their power base to the island permanently before 1217, probably after coming into conflict with King John of Jerusalem. In 1218 Hugh I of Cyprus died and Philip was made steward (i.e. regent) to Henry I of Cyprus during his minority - in this position he was instrumental in the house of Ibelin's rising dominance over the island.^[3]

Marriage and issue

Philip married Alice of Montbéliard (died after 1244), a sister of Odo of Montbéliard. They had two children:

1. Maria of Ibelin († after 1244), became a nun, for whom in 1244 Alice funded the establishment of St Theodor monastery in Nicosia.^[4]
2. John of Ibelin († 1266), Count of Jaffa

Bibliography

• Steven Runciman: A History of the Crusades. 1951.
• Kenneth M. Setton, Robert Lee Wolff, Harry W. Hazard: A History of the Crusades, Volume II. The Later Crusades, 1189-1311. 2006.

References

1. Book: Boas, Adrian. The Crusader World. 14 October 2015. Routledge. 9781317408321. en.
2. Alice was the grand-daughter of their mother, Maria Kommene, by her first marriage
3. Book: Schrader, Helena P.. Rebels Against Tyranny: Civil War in the Crusader States. 23 August 2018. Wheatmark, Inc.. 9781627876247. en.
4. Book: Cyprus Today. 2006. Public Information Office. en.