Eustace Grenier

Eustace I Garnier
Lord of Sidon
Reignb. 1110–1123
SuccessorEustace II
Lord of Caesarea
Reign1110–1123
SuccessorWalter
Died15 June 1123
Burial
SpouseEmma of Chocques
IssueWalter
Gerard (also known as Eustace II)
Names
Eustachius Latin Granarius (Garnier)
HouseGranier or Grenier
ReligionRoman Catholicism

Eustace I Granier, also known as Eustace Grenier or Eustace Garnier, called in Latin Eustachius Granarius in the charters[1] (born around 1070 and died on 15 June 1123), was a Flemish crusader who took part in the First Crusade. He became lord of Caesarea in 1101 and lord of Sidon in 1110. On 18 April 1123, he was elected constable and bailiff of Jerusalem during the captivity of Baldwin II of Jerusalem.[2] Shortly before his death, he defeated a Fatimid army at the Battle of Yibneh near Ibelin.
Eustace Grenier is quoted in a text in verse written during his life in honour of the knights of the diocese of Thérouanne who accompanied Baldwin of Boulogne to the Holy Land.
Contemporary authors and historians identify Eustace Grenier as a nobleman from the diocese of Thérouanne in the County of Saint-Pol. Alan V. Murray, historian of the Crusades, writes: "However, his origins can be established with a high degree of certainty. The Versus de viris illustribus diocesis Tarvanensis qui in sacra fuere expeditione identifies him as a Fleming from the diocese of Therouanne".[3]

  1. ^ Hans Eberhard Mayer, Kings and Lords in the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem, Variorum, 1994, p. 122.
  2. ^ Runciman 1989, pp. 162–163.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Murray 194 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).