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| | eLibrary Project : Ibelin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20) |
 | | The Ibelin family claimed to be descended from the Le Puiset viscounts of Chartres, but the ancestor of the family was actually Barisan of Ibelin,Barisan, who was given the castle of Ibelin in 1141 by Fulk as a reward for his loyalty during the revolt of Hugh II of Le Puiset in 1134. |
 | | Ibelin was part of the Vassals of the Kingdom of Jerusalem,County of Jaffa, which was itself part of the royal domain after Hugh's unsuccessful revolt. |
 | | With Alice of Montbéliard, he was the father of John of Ibelin (jurist),John of Ibelin, count of Jaffa and Ascalon, regent of Jerusalem, and author of the Assizes of the Haute Cour of Jerusalem, the most important legal document from the crusader kingdom. |
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