Stéphanie was the second daughter of a noblewoman named Agnes and
Henry of Milly or of
Nablus, lord of
Petra, one of the vassal fiefs of the
Lordship of Transjordan in the
Kingdom of Jerusalem. She had three surviving sisters, who all married into the leading families of the
Crusader States. Helvis of Milly, who married Adam III of Bethsan;
Agnes of Milly, who married
Joscelin of Courtenay, titular
count of Edessa; and Sibille of Milly, who married Eustace "le Petit". Stéphanie's paternal uncles included
Guy of Milly fr],
seneschal of the Kingdom of Jerusalem, and
Philip of Milly, the lord of Transjordan and the
grand master of the Knights Templar. Her first husband was William Dorel, Lord of
Botron, with whom she had a daughter, Cécile. After William's death, she married
Hugh III Embriaco, (before 1164 – c. 1196) around 1179. The
Embriaco family were a prominent
Genoese family in the
Crusader states. In 1184, Hugh succeeded his father, Hugh II, as Lord of
Gibelet (
Byblos) in the
County of Tripoli. Hugh died in 1196. In 1197, Stéphanie is known to have accompanied an army to besiege
Byblos, which had been captured by the Muslims, and bribed a guard to open up the city to them. She seemed to have died soon after this. and Hugo, and two daughters:
Plaisance of Gibelet (died 1217), who married
Bohemond IV of Antioch and Pavie, who married
Garnier l'Aleman and became the mother of
John Aleman, known as John II,
Lord of Caesarea within the
Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem, through his wife,
Margaret of Caesarea from at least 1243 until his death after 1263. ==References==