Philip of Ibelin (1180-1227) was a leading nobleman of the Kingdom of Cyprus.
As a younger son of Balian of Ibelin and the dowager queen Maria Komnene, he came from the high Crusader nobility of the Kingdom of Jerusalem.
[1] Philip is first mentioned in 1206, when he and his older brother John of Ibelin, the Old Lord of Beirut accompanied their niece Alice[Note 1] to Cyprus for her marriage to Hugh I of Cyprus.
Both brothers moved their power base to the island permanently before 1217, probably after coming into conflict with King John of Jerusalem.
In 1218, Hugh I of Cyprus died and Philip was made steward (i.e. regent) to Henry I of Cyprus during his minority - in this position he was instrumental in the house of Ibelin's rising dominance over the island.