Balian Granier ( Grenier ) ( Balian Granier , Grenier ) (1195-1240) - the lord of Sidon.
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Son of Renault Granier (Grenier) and Elvis d'Ibelin. He received a name in honor of Balian d'Ibelin - his maternal grandfather.
After the death of his father, he was under the care of his mother and her second husband Guy de Montfort , Senor de Castres, who was Regent of Sidon in 1205–1210.
Since 1210, Balian Granier ruled independently. Since 1227, he supported Emperor Frederick II Staufen during the Sixth Crusade and participated in his coronation by the crown of the Kingdom of Jerusalem (1229). For this, the emperor gave him control of the city of Tire, and in 1231 appointed him co-regent of Jerusalem (together with Garnier Germanicus).
In 1239, Balian Granier participated in the crusade led by Thibault IV Champagne . In the same or next year he died.
Balian Granier since 1228 was married to Ida de Reinel (d. June 5, 1254), daughter of Arnou de Reinel. William of Tire calls her the niece of Jean de Brienne . Ida is the cousin of Yolanda , wife of Frederick II Staufen. It is assumed that the emperor seduced her at his wedding on November 9, 1225.
Children:
- Gilles, died in childhood
- Julian Granier , from 1239/1240, Senor Sidon
- Philippe de Beaufort
- Isabella, died at a young age
- Agnes, wife of Guillaume de Butron, connotable of the Kingdom of Jerusalem in 1262.
Sources
- Setton, Kenneth M. (general editor) A History of the Crusades: Volume II - The Later Crusades, 1189 - 1311. Robert Lee Wolff and Harry W. Hazard, editors. University of Wisconsin Press: Milwaukee, 1969.
- Charles Du Fresne Du Cange, Les Familles d'outre-mer de Du Cange, Imprimerie Impériale 1869, pages 275 et 285
- http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/JERUSALEM%20NOBILITY.htm#_Toc483809668