Hamo le Strange

Hamo le Strange (also Heimon Lestrange or Hamo L'Estrange , Latin : Hamo Extraneus , † late 1272 or early 1273) was an English crusader and by marriage lord of Beirut in the Kingdom of Jerusalem .

Origin and role in the war of the barons

Hamo le Strange was the second of four sons of John (III.) Le Strange and his wife Lucy, a daughter of Robert Tresgoz. His father was a Marcher Lord with possessions in the Welsh Marches . As a younger son, le Strange 1257 belonged to the suite of the heir to the throne Eduard . Like numerous other knights, he changed from King Heinrich III during the conflict . with a nobility opposition several times the pages. In early 1263 he supported Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester , the leader of the rebellious barons, but by the summer of 1263 he had rejoined the heir apparent Edward. The conflict between the barons and the king escalated into open war between the barons . In the Battle of Lewes in May 1264, Le Strange fought on the side of the king. After the battle he was released by the victorious barons on condition that he was answerable to the next parliament . After the victory of the royal party in 1265, Parliament sent him to Wales in September with the Irish Baron Maurice FitzGerald and a small army to take action against the Welsh prince Llywelyn ap Gruffydd , who had supported the rebels in the War of the Barons . However, they were clearly beaten by Llywelyn and had to withdraw.

Crusaders in the Holy Land

In 1270 he ceded his lands, including Ellesmere in Shropshire , to his younger brother Robert and took part in the Seventh Crusade to the Holy Land in the entourage of the heir to the throne . When Prince Edward returned to Europe in 1272, Hamo remained in the Kingdom of Jerusalem. On March 21, 1272 he married Isabella von Ibelin (* 1252; † 1282/83), mistress of Beirut, daughter of John II of Beirut , widow of King Hugo II of Cyprus († 1267). However, he died at the end of the year or beginning of 1273, and news of his death became known in England at the end of April 1273. On his deathbed, he had his wife and the rule of Beirut under the protection of the Mamluks -Sultans Baybars I asked. After his death, King Hugo III. from Cyprus and Jerusalem, however, bring Isabella to Cyprus to remarry her to a man of his choice. However, Baibars demanded her release before the island's high court, referring to the pact made with Hamo, and was proved right. Hugo had to allow Isabella to return to Beirut in 1277.

Back in Beirut, his widow married Nicolas l'Aleman († 1277), titular lord of Caesarea, and after his death, Wilhelm Barlais († 1305/06) was his fourth marriage .

Web links

• Hamon le Strange at fmg.ac (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Michael Prestwich: Edward I. University of California, Berkeley 1988, ISBN 0-520-06266-3 , p. 23
2. ^ Michael Prestwich: Edward I. University of California, Berkeley 1988, ISBN 0-520-06266-3 , p. 42
3. ^ Michael Prestwich: Edward I. University of California, Berkeley 1988, ISBN 0-520-06266-3 , p. 46
4. ^ Michael Prestwich: Edward I. University of California, Berkeley 1988, ISBN 0-520-06266-3 , p. 54
5. ^ JFA Mason: Lestrange (Le Strange), John (III) (c.1194-1269). In: Oxford DNB, online edition, May 2005. Retrieved July 16, 2014 . 
6. ↑ See Steven Runciman : History of the Crusades. Special edition in one volume without references to sources and literature, 33. – 35. Thousands of the total print run. CH Beck, Munich 2001, ISBN 3-406-39960-6 , p. 1122.

predecessor	Office	successor
Isabella	Lord of Beirut (with Isabella ) 1272–1273	Isabella (with Nicolas l'Aleman )