 Balian of Beirut

Balian of Beirut (died 1247) was the Lord of Beirut, the second of his family, from 1236, and a son of the famous "Old Lord" John of Ibelin, by his second wife Melisende of Arsuf.From his father he assumed the leadership of the nobility in the War of the Lombards, fought against the agents of the Emperor Frederick II.