- The
Embriaco family were a
prominent Genoese family, who pla**** an
important role in the
history of the
Crusader states. It also gave consuls, admirals...
- the
Genoese as
payment for
military aid. The
Genoese admiral Guglielmo Embriaco was
awarded the city of Byblos. The
County of
Tripoli was an autonomous...
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Peter Embriaco of Gibelet, lord of the fief of
Gibelet (modern Byblos), was the last
prince of the
House of
Giblet (
Embriaco family) in the Levant. He...
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Guglielmo Embriaco (Latin
Guillermus Embriacus,
Genoese Ghigærmo de ri Embrieghi,
English William the Drunkard; born c. 1040), was a
Genoese merchant and...
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Guido I
Embriaco or Guy I of
Gibelet (born c. 1180; died
after September 1238) was "Lord (Signore) of Gib(e)let" or "Gibelletto", the
modern and historic...
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Bertrand Embriaco (a
cousin of Guy I
Embriaco),
murdered by some serfs, but the
bitterness continued. Bertrand's son
Bartholomew Embriaco became mayor...
- Guy II or
Guido II,
surnamed Embriaco (died 1282), was the lord of
Gibelet (Arabic Jubayl, Gr**** Byblos) from
about 1271
until his death. Guy was the eldest...
- In the
siege of
Jerusalem in 1099,
Genoese crossbowmen led by
Guglielmo Embriaco acted as
support units against the
defenders of the city.
After the capture...
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having a
daughter with him, Cécile.
After his death, she
married Hugh III
Embriaco, lord of
Byblos (Gibelet)
around 1179. Hugh died in 1196. In 1197 she accompanied...
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Genoese and
their allies. Upon his return, he made
enemies with the
powerful Embriaco family,
which governed Byblos through Guy II.
Tripoli was very weak at...
