Hugo Garnier

Hugo's seal: "Sigilium Ugonis Granerii"

Hugo Garnier (* around 1130; † after 1167) was Lord of Caesarea in the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem .

His parents were Walter I. Garnier and Juliane. In 1154 he succeeded his father as Lord of Caesarea .

Life

In 1167 Hugo took part in his expedition to Egypt under King Amalrich I of Jerusalem . After the crusaders had pushed as far as the Nile , the Fatimid vizier Shawar signed a treaty with the crusaders with the aim of destroying the Syrian intervention army under Shirkuh . Hugo was sent together with a Knight Templar named Gottfried as negotiator to the Fatimid caliph in Cairo , so that he would formally confirm the agreement. He received an audience in the palace in Cairo, whose splendor impressed the delegation. The caliph swore under oath that he would keep the treaty. Hugo then demanded that the pact be sealed according to western custom by shaking the caliph's bare hand. This idea was outrageous for the Islamic courtiers, and their horror was increased when Hugo refused to be satisfied with the gloved hand, which was already reluctantly presented, and forced his bare hand.

On the morning of March 18, 1167 there was a battle between Amalrich's crusader army and the Syrians under Schirkuh, which the Syrians won. Amalrich was able to escape with heavy losses, while Hugo and others were taken prisoner. When Schirkuh later marched in front of Alexandria , he initially wanted to send Hugo to Amalrich's camp as a messenger, but, since Hugo refused, sent another prisoner.

Hugo presumably died later in Syrian captivity. Shirkuh and his nephew Saladin took power in Egypt until 1171.

His son and heir, Guido Garnier, followed him in Caesarea.

Marriage and offspring

Hugo married Isabella Gothman, daughter of Johann Gothman . He had three children with her:

• Guido Garnier († before 1182), Lord of Caesarea as heir to Hugo
• Walter II Garnier († around 1190), lord of Caesarea as heir to Guido
• Juliane Garnier († 1213/1216), mistress of Caesarea as heiress Walters
  • ⚭ 1) Guido Brisebarre († before 1193), son of the Lord of Beirut
  • ⚭ 2) Adhemar von Leiron († 1218), Marshal of Cyprus

After Hugo's death, Isabella married Balduin of Ibelin , Lord of Ramla and Mirabel, in 1175 .

literature

• 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 , pp. 676-678.
• Hans Eberhard Mayer : History of the crusades (= Kohlhammer Urban pocket books. 86). 8th, improved and enlarged edition. W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart et al. 1995, ISBN 3-17-013802-2 , p. 110.

Web links

Commons : Hugh of Caesarea  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Hugues at fmg.ac (English)

predecessor	Office	successor
Walter I. Garnier	Lord of Caesarea 1154–1167	Guido Garnier