Guido from Jaffa

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Guido von Ibelin (* 1250 or 1255; † February 14, 1304 ) was titular count of Jaffa (as such also Guido of Jaffa ) in the Kingdom of Jerusalem .

He was a younger son of Johann von Ibelin , Count of Jaffa and his wife Maria of Armenia. When his father died in 1266, his older brother Jakob had inherited his title and lands.

When the Mamluks Sultan of Egypt, Baibars I , attacked Jaffa in the spring of 1268 , Guido apparently commanded the defense of the city fortress. Jaffa and the Templars - Pelerin Castle were the only remaining crusader fortresses south of Acre . Guido's father had kept a non-aggression pact with the Mamluks since 1256, which they had always respected. Jakob and Guido relied on Baibars to keep the peace even after Johann's death. Therefore, when the Mamluk army appeared before it on March 7, Jaffa City was inadequately equipped for defense. After twelve hours of fighting, the city fell into the hands of the sultan. Many of the residents were killed, only Guido and the crew who holed up with him in the citadel were allowed to leave for Acre unmolested.

Later he went to live with relatives in Cyprus . After the childless death of his brother Jakob in 1276, he inherited his rights to the title.

In 1290 he married Maria von Ibelin-Askalon, only daughter of the constable Philip of Ibelin and Simone of Tiberias. The couple had five children:

  • Philipp (* 1291; † 1316), 1304 titular count of Jaffa
  • Johann († 1315/16)
  • Marie von Ibelin (* 1294; † 1316/18), ⚭ 1307/10 King Hugo IV of Cyprus (1294-1359)
  • Hugo (* around 1295; † around 1349), 1316 titular count of Jaffa, ⚭ Isabella von Ibelin († 1342), daughter of Philip of Ibelin († 1318), Seneschal of Cyprus
  • Balian (* 1302), ⚭ I) 1322 Johanna von Montfort († around 1325), II) ⚭ 1325 Margarethe von Ofen

Guido died in Cyprus in 1304 and was buried in the Nicosia cemetery.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ See Steven Runciman : History of the Crusades. Special edition in one volume without references to sources and literature. CH Beck, Munich 1978, ISBN 3-406-02527-7 , p. 1103.

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predecessor Office successor
Jacob Titular Count of Jaffa
1276–1304 		Philip
personal data
SURNAME Guido from Jaffa
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Guido from Ibelin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Titular Count of Jaffa
DATE OF BIRTH 1250 or 1255
DATE OF DEATH February 14, 1304