Embriaco family
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The Embriaco family were Genoese adventurers, who played an important part in the history of the Crusader states. They styled themselves “Lord of Jebail:[1] Jebail is historic Byblos, now Jbail in Lebanon.
They arrived in Palestine as early as 1099, with Guglielmo Embriaco and his brother Primo di Castello.[2] They had Jebail, given to Hugh I Embriaco by Bertrand of Toulouse, from about 1110; it had been taken a few years before. Their power in Jebail lasted[3] to the end to the thirteenth century, when they were defeated by Bohemond VII of Tripoli, and finally pushed out by Muslim advances.[4]
- William II Embriaco[5] married Fadie, daughter of Manasses of Hierges
- Bertrand I Embriaco married Doleta, daughter of Stephen of Armenia.
- Hugh III Embriaco[6] married Stephanie of Milly.
- Guy I Embriaco[7] married in 1204 Alix, daughter of Bohemond III of Antioch.
- Plaisance Embriaco of Gibelet[8] married Bohemund IV of Antioch.
- Guy II Embriaco married Margaret, daughter of Julian Grenier.
[edit] Notes
- ^ Seigneur de Giblet, Gibelet, Gibelletto.
- ^ [1]
- ^ Apart from occupation by Saladin 1187-1197.
- ^ Peter Embriaco was the last Lord of Jebail. [2], Steven Runciman, A History of the Crusades III, p.407.
- ^ Died 1157.
- ^ Died 1196.
- ^ Lord from 1197, died 1241, son of Hugh III.
- ^ Died c.1218, daughter of Hugh III Embriaco; Runciman, III p.149.
