Rudolf of Saint-Omer

Rudolf von Saint-Omer , also called Rudolf von Tiberias (also Raoul or Ralph , * 1138 ; † 1219 ) was Seneschal of Jerusalem and titular prince of Galilee .

He is a younger son of Walter von Saint-Omer , Prince of Galilee and his wife Eschiva von Bures .

After the death of his father in 1178, the Principality of Galilee fell to his mother's second husband, Raymond III. of Tripoli , during whose tenure the principality was conquered by the Ayyubid Sultan Saladin . When Raimund died that same year, Rudolf's older brother Hugo II of Saint-Omer inherited only one titular principality. After his death in 1204, Rudolf inherited the titular principality in old age.

In 1194 he was appointed Seneschal of the Kingdom of Jerusalem . After the death of King Henry I of Jerusalem , his brother Hugo proposed him as a candidate to marry Queen Isabella I and to ascend the throne. However, his rival King Amalrich I of Cyprus was able to prevail against him. He was an important jurist within the kingdom and created the new collection of laws Le Livre du Roi on behalf of King Amalrich in early 1198 . He took part in the Damiette Crusade (Fifth Crusade) and died in 1219 during the siege of the Egyptian port city.

In 1168 he married Agnes Garnier, daughter of Rainald Garnier , Count of Sidon. With her he had a daughter, Eschiva von Saint-Omer , who inherited the titular principality and Odo von Montbéliard , the constable of Jerusalem and married the principality in 1240 as a result of the crusade from 1239 to 1241 through a treaty with the Ayyubid Sultan al-Salih Ismail received back from Damascus peacefully.

Individual proof

↑ L'Estoire de Eracles empereur. In: Recueil des historiens des croisades . Historiens Occidentaux. Volume 2. Imprimerie Impériale, Paris 1859, p. 334 , Liv. XXXII, cap. V.

Web links

Raoul at fmg.ac

predecessor	Office	successor
Hugo II of Saint-Omer	(Titular) Prince of Galilee 1204–1219	Odo de Montbéliard (with Eschiva de Saint-Omer )
Obertus Nepos	Seneschal of Jerusalem 1194–1219	Raymond of Gibelet

personal data
SURNAME	Rudolf of Saint-Omer
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Rudolf of Tiberias; Raoul of Saint-Omer; Ralph of Saint-Omer
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Titular Prince of Galilee, Seneschal of Jerusalem
DATE OF BIRTH	1138
DATE OF DEATH	1219

[1] L'Estoire de Eracles empereur. In: Recueil des historiens des croisades . Historiens Occidentaux. Volume 2. Imprimerie Impériale, Paris 1859, p. 334 , Liv. XXXII, cap. V.