Julian Grenier was the Count of Sidon from 1239 to 1260, then becoming merely titular. He was the son and successor of Balian I

Balian Grenier

Balian I Grenier was the Count of Sidon and one of the most important lords of the Kingdom of Jerusalem from 1202 to 1241. He succeeded his father Renaud. His mother was Helvis, a daughter of Balian of Ibelin...

 and Margaret of Brienne (daughter of the Count of Brienne, older brother of John of Brienne

John of Brienne

John of Brienne was a French nobleman who became King of Jerusalem by marriage, and ruled the Latin Empire of Constantinople as regent.-Life:...

). He did not exhibit the wisdom of his father in his dealings with the Saracens.

In 1260, he attacked adjanct ares of Damas

Damas

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, killing a Mongol officer in the process. The officer was the nephew of Kitbuqa

Kitbuqa

Kitbuqa Noyan was a Nestorian Christian and a member of the Naiman Turks, a group that was subservient to the Mongol Empire. He was a lieutenant and confidant of the Mongol Ilkhan Hulagu, assisting him in his conquests in the Middle East...

, Mongol general of Hulegu Khan. The Mongols avenged themselves by ravaging the territory of Sidon and sacked the castle. But Julian had laready left the area beyond the sea. Julian, in response, sold the county to the Knights Templar

Knights Templar

The Poor Fellow-Soldiers of Christ and of the Temple of Solomon , commonly known as the Knights Templar, the Order of the Temple or simply as Templars, were among the most famous of the Western Christian military orders...

. Ruined by the sale, he entered the order of the Temple himself.

In 1252, he married Euphemia, daughter of Hethum I of Armenia

Hethum I of Armenia

Hethum I ruled the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia from 1226 to 1270. He was the son of Constantine, Lord of Baberon and Partzapert and was the founder of the dynasty which bears his name: the Hetoumids...

. Between 1256 and 1261, he carried on relationship with Plaisance of Antioch

Plaisance of Antioch

Queen Plaisance of Cyprus, born Plaisance of Antioch or Plaisance de Poitiers was a daughter of Bohemund V of Antioch and his second wife, the Italian noblewoman Lucienne dei Conti di Segni, kinswoman of Pope Innocent III...

, widow of Henry I of Cyprus

Henry I of Cyprus

Henry I of Cyprus, nicknamed the Fat, aka Henry of Lusignan or Henri I le Gros de Lusignan was King of Cyprus from 1218 to 1253. He was the son of Hugh I of Cyprus and Alice of Champagne of Jerusalem. When his father Hugh I died on January 10, 1218, the 8-month-old Henry became king...

, and enraged the Pope

Pope

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. It was not until 1263, that he separated from Euphemia. With Euphemia he had three children:

• Balian II, who died at Botron in 1277
• John, died in Armenia in 1289
• Margaret, married Guy II Embriaco

Sources

• Setton, Kenneth M. (general editor) A History of the Crusades: Volume II — The Later Crusades, 1189 – 1311. Robert Lee Wolff and Harry W. Hazard, editors. University of Wisconsin Press: Milwaukee, 1969.