Rupen of Montfort was a Cypriot nobleman, the second surviving son of Humphrey of Montfort

Humphrey of Montfort (died 1284)

Humphrey of Montfort was a nobleman of the Kingdom of Jerusalem.Humphrey was the second son of Philip of Montfort, Lord of Tyre by his second wife Maria of Antioch-Armenia, Lady of Toron....

 and Eschive d'Ibelin

Eschive d'Ibelin (1253-1312)

Eschive d'Ibelin was the daughter of Jean d'Ibelin , lord of Beirut, and of Alice de la Roche sur l'Ognon.She became lady of Beirut on the death of her sister Isabelle d'Ibelin in 1282.-Marriages and children:...

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In 1299, Rupen married Marie d'Ibelin (d. aft. 1340), daughter of Balian of Ibelin

Balian of Ibelin (1240-1302)

Balian of Ibelin , seneschal of Cyprus, was son of Guy of Ibelin, constable of Cyprus, and Philippa Berlais.He married Alice de Lampron, granddaughter of Stéphanie de Barbaron and Raymond-Roupen d'Antioche, and they had:...

, Seneschal of Cyprus. They had two children:

• Humphrey of Montfort, titular Lord of Beirut
• Jeanne of Montfort, married in 1322 Balian of Ibelin, son of Guy, Count of Jaffa.

His elder brother Amalric died in 1304, and Rupen succeeded him as titular Lord of Toron

Toron

Toron, now Tibnin or Tebnine in southern Lebanon, was a major Crusader castle, built in the Lebanon mountains on the road from Tyre to Damascus....

. In 1308, Rupen was involved in the abortive rebellion against Amalric, Prince of Tyre

Amalric, Prince of Tyre

Amalric de Lusignan or Amaury II de Lusignan, Prince of Tyre , of the Lusignan family, was a son of Hugh III of Cyprus and Isabella of Ibelin.-Biography:...

, who had usurped the royal power in Cyprus

Kingdom of Cyprus

The Kingdom of Cyprus was a Crusader kingdom on the island of Cyprus in the high and late Middle Ages, between 1192 and 1489. It was ruled by the French House of Lusignan.-History:...

. He then left Cyprus to support his mother Eschive in an unsuccessful attempt to claim the Duchy of Athens

Duchy of Athens

The Duchy of Athens was one of the Crusader States set up in Greece after the conquest of the Byzantine Empire during the Fourth Crusade, encompassing the regions of Attica and Boeotia, and surviving until its conquest by the Ottoman Empire in the 15th century....

, and took refuge from Prince Amalric on Rhodes

Rhodes

Rhodes is an island in Greece, located in the eastern Aegean Sea. It is the largest of the Dodecanese islands in terms of both land area and population, with a population of 117,007, and also the island group's historical capital. Administratively the island forms a separate municipality within...

. After the death of Amalric, Rupen returned to Cyprus and testified in the trial of 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...

 in 1311.

Upon Eschive's death in 1312, Rupen became titular Lord of Beirut. He died the following year and was buried in Nicosia

Nicosia

Nicosia from , known locally as Lefkosia , is the capital and largest city in Cyprus, as well as its main business center. Nicosia is the only divided capital in the world, with the southern and the northern portions divided by a Green Line...

. His son Humphrey succeeded him.