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Henry of Milly
Crusader noble of the 12th-century From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Henry of Milly (died 1164), also known as Henry the Buffalo (Henri le Bufle) (Latin: Henricus Bubalus), was the lord of Petra, one of the vassal fiefs of the Lordship of Transjordan in the Kingdom of Jerusalem.
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Early life
Henry was the son of Guy of Milly, lord of Nablus, and Stephanie of Nablus. He was the brother of Guy of Milly , seneschal of the Kingdom of Jerusalem, and Philip of Milly, the next lord of Transjordan and the grand master of the Knights Templar.[1]
Career
Henry appears in 1155 as a witness to a charter in which Queen Melisende of Jerusalem confirms a donation from Hugh of Ibelin and Baldwin of Ibelin to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, and another charter in the same year in which Philip of Milly made a donation to the Order of St. Lazarus. He also witnessed a charter of King Amalric in 1164.[citation needed]
Marriage
One manuscript of the Lignages d'Outremer indicates that the wife of "Henry the Buffalo"[a] was the sister of Reginald, lord of Sidon,"[b] but this seems unlikely, as Reginald's parents married in around 1138. Another manuscript of the Lignages d'Outremer mentions "Girart and Gautier, and Agnes who married Henry the Buffalo"[c] as the children of "Gerard Grenier … lord of Caesarea"[d] and his wife "Agnes, the niece of the patriarch Ernoul of Jerusalem"[e] but this statement is also an anachronism. Regardless, it seems certain that Agnes is a member of the Grenier family, and the most likely solution is that she is the daughter of Gerard Grenier.[citation needed]
In any case, the couple had children:[2]
- Helvis of Milly, who married Adam III of Bethsan
- Stephanie of Milly, who was married firstly to William Dorel, lord of Botron, then to Hugh III Embriaco, lord of Gibelet
- Agnes of Milly, who married Joscelin of Courtenay, titular count of Edessa
- Sibille of Milly, who married Eustace "le Petit"
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