Officers of The Kingdom of Jerusalem - Viscounts and Castellans

Viscounts and Castellans

These two offices were sometimes held by one person and sometimes held by two separate people; sometimes one or the other was not held at all. They were named by the king and occupied the Tower of David, but their specific duties are mostly unknown and were probably not particularly important; one of the duties of the viscount was apprehending criminals and administering justice in the lower-class burgess court. Like the office of butler, these offices may not have survived the move to Acre.

• Anselm (castellan, c. 1110)
• Pisellus (viscount, c. 1110)
• Anscatinus (viscount, 1120–1135?)
• Roard the elder (both?, 1135?–1150?)
• Arnoul (viscount, 1155–1181?)
• Eudes of St. Amand (both?, c. 1160)
• Roard the younger (castellan, 1165–1177?)
• Peter of Creseto (castellan, c. 1173?)
• Balian of Jaffa (castellan, c. 1178)
• Peter of Creseto (castellan, c. 1178)