Manasses of Hierges

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Manasses von Hierges (* 11th or 12th century in Saint-Gérard ; † January 8, 1176 ibid) was constable in the Kingdom of Jerusalem , as well as lord of Ramla and Mirabel .

origin

His father was the crusader Heribrand III. von Hierges († 1114), lord of Hierges in the Ardennes . His mother was Hodierna von Rethel, the sister of King Baldwin II of Jerusalem . Through his mother's second marriage, Roger of the principate († 1119), regent of Antioch, was his stepfather.

Life

Manasses came to Jerusalem around 1140 and was appointed constable there by his cousin, Queen Melisende . As constable he commanded the army and was, especially after the death of Melisende's husband King Fulko in 1143, the most important official of the kingdom.

In 1144 he led the army to relieve the besieged city of Edessa , but the city had already fallen to Zengi when he arrived. In response to the fall of Edessa, the Second Crusade arrived in the Holy Land in 1148 . Manasses was present at the Council of Acre, at which the siege of Damascus was decided, which failed miserably and whereupon the crusade was broken off.

Around 1150 he married Helvis von Ramla , the widow of the Barisan von Ibelin . From the right of his wife he was from then on lord of Ramla and Mirabel and thus controlled large parts of southern Palestine , with the exception of the rule Ibelin , where Helvis' son from his first marriage, Hugo von Ibelin , ruled. The gain in power seems to have earned Manasses the mistrust of the long-established barons of the kingdom.

In the rising power struggle between Queen Melisende and her son Balduin III. Manasses stood firmly on Melisende's side. As Baldwin III. In 1152 Melisende claimed the undivided power of government and first caused a division of the country, with Melisende receiving Jerusalem and Nablus in the south and Baldwin Acre and Tire in the north. Baldwin then appointed his own constable, Humfried II of Toron , pulled many of the local barons on his side and marched south. He forced Manasses in his castle Mirabel to give up and conquered Jerusalem from Melisende. Manasses was banished into exile and replaced as constable by Humfried.

His stepson Hugo von Ibelin took over the rule of Ramla and Mirabel.

Manasses returned to his homeland. There he married after the death of his first wife, Alix von Chiny († after 1177), daughter of Albert I, Count of Chiny ( House of Chiny ). He later joined the Brogne Benedictine monastery in Saint-Gérard (near Namur ), where he died in 1176.

progeny

With his first wife, Helvis von Ramla, he had two daughters:

  • Helvis (1153/54 occupied), ∞ around 1167 Anselm von Brie
  • Isabella (1153/54 occupied) ∞ around 1180 Hugo von Mimars

He had eight children with his second wife, Alix von Chiny:

  • Heribrand († February 16, 1177)
  • Heinrich († 1213), Lord of Hierges, ∞ Yolande von Rumigny († 1248), daughter of Nicolas III, Lord of Rumigny
  • Albert II († 1218), Bishop of Verdun
  • Ludwig, Abbot of Saint-Vidon , Verdun
  • Walter († September 18)
  • Fadie, ∞ Wilhelm Embriaco († after 1204)
  • Hodernia, ∞ Mr. von Grantgerin
  • Melisende († 1200), ∞ Wilhelm von Gommegnies

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predecessor Office successor
Wilhelm I of Bures Constable of Jerusalem
1142–1152 		Humfried II of Toron
Barisan from Ibelin Lord of Ramla
(de iure uxoris )
1150–1152 		Hugo of Ibelin
Barisan from Ibelin Lord of Mirabel
(de iure uxoris)
1150–1152 		Hugo of Ibelin
personal data
SURNAME Manasses of Hierges
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Constable of Jerusalem
DATE OF BIRTH 11th century or 12th century
PLACE OF BIRTH Saint-Gérard
DATE OF DEATH January 8, 1176
Place of death Saint-Gérard