Jean II de Giblet

Jean II de Giblet (d. 1315) was a Christian prince of the House of Giblet, an area of the Holy Land, in the 13th-14th century. His family used to be located in the fief of Cerep in Antioch, before the area was taken by the Mamluks. He was married to Marguerite du Plessis.

Jean de Giblet is recorded as witness in a contract signed with Venice by Amalric de Lusignan, Prince of Tyre and governor of Cyprus. ["Les Familles d'Outre-Mer" by Charles du Cange, p.333 [http://books.google.co.jp/books?id=bvt_gv5EwgkC&pg=PA331&ots=cdTwOu-B-B&dq=Jean+I+de+Giblet&as_brr=3&sig=0c4oNJULBml-qjs5C3Bgj0nwBF8 Online] ]

He is mentioned by the medieval historian, the Templar of Tyre:

In early 1300, Jean and Guy d'Ibelin had moved in with their troops from Cyprus in response to an earlier call by the Mongol leader Ghazan to reoccupy the Holy Land. They established a base in the castle of Nefin in Gibelet on the Syrian coast with the intention of joining Ghazan, but he had already retreated at that point. [Demurger, p.144] ["After Ghazan had left, some Christians from Cyprus arrived in Gibelet and Nefin, led by Guy, Count of Jaffa, and Jean d'Antioche with their knights, and from there proceeded to go to Armenia where the camp of the Tatars was. But Ghazan was gone, so they had to return."|Le Templier de Tyr, 614. - Le Templier de Tyr, 614: "Et apres que Cazan fu partis aucuns crestiens de Chipre estoient ales a Giblet et a Nefin et en seles terres de seles marines les quels vous nomeray: Guy conte de Jaffe et messire Johan dantioche et lor chevaliers; et de la cuyderent aler en Ermenie quy estoit a lost des Tatars. Cazan sen estoit retornes: il se mist a revenir"] They attempted to besiege the new city of Tripoli, but in vain, [Jean Richard, p.481] and soon had to reembark for Cyprus.

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*"Les Familles d'Outre-Mer" by Charles du Cange, p.333 [http://books.google.co.jp/books?id=bvt_gv5EwgkC&pg=PA331&ots=cdTwOu-B-B&dq=Jean+I+de+Giblet&as_brr=3&sig=0c4oNJULBml-qjs5C3Bgj0nwBF8 Online]