Rainald of Haifa

Rainald of Haifa (also spelled Reynald, French: Renaud de Caiphas) was a nobleman in the Kingdom of Jerusalem who was the first governor of the city of Jerusalem after it was recovered in 1229.

Rainald was a younger son of Lord Pagan II of Haifa.[1] His older brother, Rohard II, became lord of Haifa.[2] His attested in various acts, usually without any title, between 1197 and 1234.[3]

Following the Sixth Crusade the Treaty of Jaffa in 1229, the city of Jerusalem itself was returned to the kingdom. The Emperor Frederick II, before leaving for Europe on 1 May, appointed Rainald as his bailli (lieutenant) in the city.[4] He appointed Balian of Sidon and Garnier l'Aleman to share the bailliage of Acre, thus dividing the lieutenancy of the kingdom.[5] Within a few weeks of Frederick's departure, Rainald had to call upon his colleagues in Acre for military aid when a group of Muslims from the region of Hebron and Nablus attacked the city. Balian and Garnier forced the raiders to retire.[6]

Rainald is attested as chamberlain of the kingdom in 1230–1232.[7] The office subsequently became hereditary in his family, which adopted Chamberlain as a surname.[8] According to the Lignages d'Outremer, Rainald married Isabelle, daughter of Guy Brisebarre the Younger and Juliana of Sidon.[9] They had four sons (Hugh, Philip, John and Guy) and three daughters (Odiard, Sibylla and Hawise).[10] John succeeded him as chamberlain.[11] Hugh, Philip and Guy died without descendants, but all three daughters married and had children: Odiard with Raymond Blondiau, Hawise with Daniel of Molembec and Sibylla with Jean de Morpho.[12]

References

  1. ↑ Nielen 2003, p. 71 n54.
  2. ↑ Nielen 2003, p. 71.
  3. ↑ LaMonte 1932, p. 255.
  4. ↑ Hamilton 2016, p. 234.
  5. ↑ Riley-Smith 1973, p. 319.
  6. ↑ Runciman 1954, p. 193.
  7. ↑ LaMonte 1932, p. 255. On p. 122, he calls Rainald marshal, but does not list him among the marshals on p. 254
  8. ↑ LaMonte 1932, p. 122. Nielen 2003, p. 71 n54, has him appointed chamberlain in 1232.
  9. ↑ Nielen 2003, p. 71; LaMonte 1947, p. 153.
  10. ↑ Nielen 2003, pp. 71–72.
  11. ↑ Nielen 2003, p. 72 n55.
  12. ↑ Nielen 2003, p. 72.

Sources

  • Hamilton, Bernard (2016). "Queen Alice of Cyprus". In Boas, Adrian J. (ed.). The Crusader World. University of Wisconsin Press. pp. 225–240.
  • LaMonte, John L. (1932). Feudal Monarchy in the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem 1100 to 1291. Medieval Academy of America.
  • LaMonte, John L. (1947). "The Lords of Caesarea in the Period of the Crusades". Speculum. 22 (2): 145–161.
  • Nielen, Marie-Adélaïde, ed. (2003). Lignages d'Outremer. Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres.
  • Riley-Smith, Jonathan (1973). Feudal Nobility and the Kingdom of Jerusalem, 1174–1277. Archon Books.
  • Runciman, Steven (1954). A History of the Crusades. Vol. 3: The Kingdom of Acre and the Later Crusades. Cambridge University Press.
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