Balián de Arsuf

For other uses of this term, see Balián de Ibelín (disambiguation).

Balinese of Ibelin (1239-29 September 1277), was the Lord of Arsuf from 1258 until, probably, 1261, when he sold it to the Knights Hospitallers. He was the son and successor of John of Ibelin, Lord of Arsuf, and of Alice of Haifa. When he sold Arsuf to the hospital, they took care of the six knights and twenty sergeants who worked there.

He married in 1254 with Placencia of Antioch, widow of Henry I of Cyprus. Having no children with her, he repudiated her in 1258, and moved from Antioch to Tripoli. He was named Condestable of Jerusalem, like his father, title that showed until the day of its death. Hugo III of Cyprus appointed Bailío to him, and it exerted of Regent of Jerusalem until its return from Cyprus in October of 1276. Hugo demanded the royal throne, nevertheless the title had another candidate, Carlos de Anjou, that sent in 1277 to Acre to its Bailío, Roger de San Severino.

Initially Balián refused to let Roger into the citadel, until legal documents were signed by Carlos, Maria de Antioquía (suitor), and Pope John XXI. The Knights Hospitallers and John of Versailles, Patriarch of Jerusalem refused to intervene. To avoid war, he allowed Roger to enter, proclaiming Charles as King of Jerusalem.

In 1261 he married Lucia de Chenechy with whom he had:

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