Johann Gothman

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Johann Gothman ( French. Jean Gothman , lat. Iohannes Gothmannus , † after 1164) was a knight and landowner in the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem .

Life

Its origin is unclear, the surname may indicate Gothmann in today's Boizenburg / Elbe . As early as 1115, a baron named Gothman appears as a witness present in King Baldwin I's documents . He was probably related to Johann.

In 1147 he took part in an attack on Hauran in the entourage of King Baldwin IV . When the troops got into a Saracen ambush and threatened to be worn out, Gothman gave the king his horse, which was considered the fastest in the kingdom, to flee. Gothman himself was captured. Owning such a horse was certainly associated with some prestige. The fact that his daughter was married to important barons of the empire also points to Gothman's high social status.

In 1157 he was again taken prisoner by the Saracen. His wife eventually had to sell his lands to the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in order to raise the ransom for his release. He confirmed the sale with a deed dated December 3, 1161. The lands sold included five villages west of Jerusalem .

progeny

With his wife Amandala († after 1187) he had two children:

  • Ansgar ( Ancherius , † after 1161), ∞ Stephanie († after 1161);
  • Elisabeth ( Isabella , † 1177/78), ∞ I) Hugo Garnier († after 1167), Lord of Caesarea, ∞ II) Balduin of Ibelin († around 1187), Lord of Ramla and Mirabel.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Reinhold Röhricht (ed.): Regesta Regni Hierosolymitani. Oeniponti, Berlin 1893, No. 80, p. 18.
  2. ^ Wilhelm of Tire : Historia rerum in partibus transmarinis gestarum. Book 18, chapter 14.
  3. ↑ Arthur Beugnot (ed.): Assises de Jérusalem ou recueil des ouvrages de jurisprudence composés pendant le XIIIe siècle dans les royaumes de Jérusalem et de Chypre. Assises de la Cour des bourgeois. Imprimerie royale, 1843, No. 38, p. 523.

Literature and web links

  • Ronnie Ellenblum: Frankish Rural Settlement in the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem. Cambridge University Press, 2003, ISBN 0521521874 , pp. 161 ff.
  • Jean Gothman at fmg.ac (English)
personal data
SURNAME Johann Gothman
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Johann Gotmann; Jean Gothman; John Gothmannus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Knight in the Kingdom of Jerusalem
DATE OF BIRTH 12th Century
DATE OF DEATH after 1164