# Balian of Ibelin

> He held Jerusalem's walls when Saladin's army came in 1187, then walked out and handed over the keys. That surrender — not a battle win, but the choice to stop one — is why the name still gets Googled.

*Crusader and noble of the Kingdom of Jerusalem*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/balian-of-ibelin

## Identity
- **Country:** Israel
- **Born:** 1135
- **Died:** 1193
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Balian of Ibelin inherited his lordship in 1170, a minor noble in a kingdom built by Crusaders who'd claimed the Holy Land eighty years earlier. By 1187 that kingdom was collapsing. When Saladin's forces encircled Jerusalem, Balian was inside, tasked with a defense nearly everyone knew couldn't hold. He negotiated terms instead of a massacre. On 2 October 1187, he surrendered the city. He lived another six years, his name now attached to the hinge moment when Jerusalem changed hands — not through heroism, but through the arithmetic of sieges and the will to avoid slaughter.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 62.1 / 100
- **Momentum:** 19.4 / 100  (trend: RISING)
- **Historical depth:** 24.5 / 100
- **Now attention:** 25.9 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 50.0 / 100
- **Country rank:** #177

## Topics
#Politicians, #Politician, #Politics, #Medieval Era

## Sources
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balian_of_Ibelin)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q374385)
- [Pantheon 2.0](https://pantheon.world/profile/person/Balian%20of%20Ibelin)
- [Баліян II Ібелін](https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%96%D1%8F%D0%BD_II_%D0%86%D0%B1%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%96%D0%BD)
- [Балиан от Ибелин](https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%BE%D1%82_%D0%98%D0%B1%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BD)
- [ইবেলিনের বেলিয়ান](https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0_%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8)
- [Balian d'Ibelin](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balian_d'Ibelin)
- [Balian z Ibelinu](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balian_z_Ibelinu)
- [Balian von Ibelin](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balian_von_Ibelin)
- [Μπαλιάν του Ιμπελέν](https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9C%CF%80%CE%B1%CE%BB%CE%B9%CE%AC%CE%BD_%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%85_%CE%99%CE%BC%CF%80%CE%B5%CE%BB%CE%AD%CE%BD)
- [Balián de Ibelín](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bali%C3%A1n_de_Ibel%C3%ADn)
- [بالین ابلین](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%86_%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%86)
- [Balian d'Ibelin (mort en 1193)](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balian_d'Ibelin_(mort_en_1193))
- [באליאן מאיבלין](https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%91%D7%90%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%90%D7%9F_%D7%9E%D7%90%D7%99%D7%91%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%9F)
- [Balian od Ibelina](https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balian_od_Ibelina)
- [Ibelin Balian](https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibelin_Balian)
- [Բալիան դ'Իբելին](https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B2%D5%A1%D5%AC%D5%AB%D5%A1%D5%B6_%D5%A4'%D4%BB%D5%A2%D5%A5%D5%AC%D5%AB%D5%B6)
- [Balian dari Ibelin](https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balian_dari_Ibelin)
- [Baliano di Ibelin](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baliano_di_Ibelin)
- [ბალიან დე იბელინი](https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%91%E1%83%90%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C_%E1%83%93%E1%83%94_%E1%83%98%E1%83%91%E1%83%94%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98%E1%83%9C%E1%83%98)
- [발리앙 디블랭](https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%B0%9C%EB%A6%AC%EC%95%99_%EB%94%94%EB%B8%94%EB%9E%AD)
- [Balianus de Ibelino](https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balianus_de_Ibelino)
- [Balian dari Ibelin](https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balian_dari_Ibelin)
- [Balian van Ibelin](https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balian_van_Ibelin)
- [Balian z Ibelinu](https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balian_z_Ibelinu)
- [باليان](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86)
- [İbelinli Baliyan](https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%B0belinli_Baliyan)

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