Walter I. Garnier

Walter I. Garnier (* around 1110, † 1154 ) was Lord of Caesarea in the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem .

His parents were Eustach I Garnier and Emelotte von Jericho. He followed his father as Lord of Caesarea . He was the twin brother of Gerhard Garnier , who inherited his father in the county of Sidon .

After the death of his father, his mother married Hugo II of Jaffa , a cousin of Queen Melisende of Jerusalem , who also had a close friendship, possibly an affair, with the queen. In addition, Hugo protested against King Fulko in 1134 . After William of Tire, Walter finally charged his stepfather with high treason and conspiracy at a meeting of the Haute Cour . Hugo refuted this charge and it was decided that the charge would have to be resolved by a court battle. On the day of the fight, Hugo did not come. Hugo was later banished.

In 1148 he took part in the council of leaders of the Second Crusade in Acre , in which the attack on Damascus was decided.

Walter married a woman named Juliane with whom he had two sons. These were Eustach, who became a monk of the Order of Lazarus in Jerusalem, and Hugo , who succeeded Walter as lord of Caesarea after his death.

literature

• Jonathan Riley-Smith (ed.): Large picture atlas of the crusades. Six centuries of occidental cultural and religious history ("The atlas of the crusades"). Herder, Freiburg / B. 1992, ISBN 3-451-22535-2 , p. 39.
• Robert Payne : The Crusades. Two hundred years of struggle for the Holy Grave ("The dream and the tomb"). Albatros Verlag, Düsseldorf 2001, ISBN 3-491-96024-X , p. 146 (reprint of the Zurich edition 1986).

Web links

• Gauthier at fmg.ac (English)

predecessor	Office	successor
Eustach I. Garnier	Lord of Caesarea 1123–1154	Hugo Garnier