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    The double County of Jaffa and Ascalon was one of the four major seigneuries comprising the major Crusader state of the Kingdom of Jerusalem, according...
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    John of Ibelin, the four highest crown vassals (referred to as barons) in the kingdom proper were the count of Jaffa and Ascalon, the prince of Galilee...
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  • was the count of Jaffa and Ascalon, the eldest son of Marquess William V of Montferrat and Judith of Babenberg. He was the older brother of Conrad, Boniface...
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    County of Jaffa and Ascalon. It is associated with the 1192 Battle of Jaffa and subsequent Treaty of Jaffa, a truce between Richard the Lionheart and...
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    count of Jaffa and Baldwin III's brother, who later succeeded him as king. Together the two formed the County of Jaffa and Ascalon, which became one of the...
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    within a year William died, leaving her pregnant and in possession of the County of Jaffa and Ascalon. Shortly after giving birth to a son, Baldwin, Sibylla...
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  • of Ramla was one of the Crusader vassal states of the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem. It has been vassal to and part of the County of Jaffa and Ascalon....
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    Blanche was born in 1253 in Jaffa, County of Jaffa and Ascalon during the Seventh Crusade led by her father, Louis IX of France. In November 1269, she...
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    held the County of Jaffa and Ascalon and was married to Reginald of Sidon. He was appointed Agnes's Constable in Jaffa and later Constable of the Kingdom...
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    the constable Amalric of Lusignan, and enfeoffed him with the County of Jaffa and Ascalon. March 18 – Emperor Takakura is forced to abdicate by Taira no...
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    siege of Ascalon took place from 25 January to 22 August 1153, in the time period between the Second and Third Crusades, and resulted in the capture of the...
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    Arsuf, and the Knights Hospitaller) and Venice (aided by the Count of Jaffa and Ascalon, John of Ibelin, and the Knights Templar) over control of Acre,...
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    Ascalon was added to Amalric's fief of Jaffa, creating the double County of Jaffa and Ascalon. In 1152 Baldwin also defeated an Ortoqid invasion of the...
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  • Pennsylvania, US County of Jaffa and Ascalon in the Crusader state Kingdom of Jerusalem Jaffa Gate, one of the seven main open Gates of the Old City of Jerusalem...
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    Israel, southern Lebanon, southwest Syria County of Jaffa and Ascalon: southern Israel, eastern Egypt Lordship of Oultrejordain: south-west Jordan Buffavento...
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    to the Kingdom of Jerusalem, where she married Queen Melisende's younger son, Count Amalric, and became countess of Jaffa and Ascalon. Though she was...
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    Outremer where his uncle John of Brienne was the ruler of Jerusalem. In 1235 John gave him the County of Jaffa and Ascalon, that and arranged a marriage with...
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    Baldwin IV of Jerusalem and the wife of Reginald of Sidon), who held the county of Jaffa and Ascalon. Agnes appointed Aimery as Constable of Jaffa, and later...
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    Appanage (category Monarchy and money)
    only crusader state of equal rank in protocol to the states of Western Europe, the Kingdom of Jerusalem, the County of Jaffa and Ascalon was often granted...
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  • castle of Ibelin, located in the County of Jaffa between Jaffa itself and the Fatimid Egyptian fortress of Ascalon. It was from this castle that the...
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    Ramla (redirect from History of Ramla)
    the Kingdom of Jerusalem, the Lordship of Ramla within the County of Jaffa and Ascalon. It was a city of some economic significance and an important...
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  • the constable Amalric of Lusignan, and enfeoffed him with the County of Jaffa and Ascalon. March 18 – Emperor Takakura is forced to abdicate by Taira no...
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    of Hethum I of Armenia, and was the father of James, count of Jaffa and Ascalon and also a noted jurist; and of Guy, count of Jaffa and Ascalon and husband...
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    was King of Jerusalem from 1163, and Count of Jaffa and Ascalon before his accession. He was the second son of Queen Melisende and King Fulk, and succeeded...
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    Geoffrey of Lusignan (before 1150 – May 1216) was the Lord of Vouvant and Soubise, and Count of Jaffa and Ascalon. He was also Lord of Mervent and Moncontour...
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    born in mid-1161. His parents were Amalric, then the count of Jaffa and Ascalon, and Agnes of Courtenay. Baldwin's godfather was his paternal uncle, King...
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    accused him of infidelity with Melisende. Hugh rebelled in protest. Hugh secured himself to Jaffa, and allied himself with the Muslims of Ascalon. He was...
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    youngest son of Barisan of Ibelin, and brother of Hugh and Baldwin. His father, a knight in the County of Jaffa, had been rewarded with the lordship of Ibelin...
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    mid-September, Saladin had taken Acre, Nablus, Jaffa, Toron, Sidon, Beirut, and Ascalon. The survivors of the battle and other refugees fled to Tyre, the only...
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    Longsword—the eldest son of William V, Marquess of Montferrat—marries Baldwin IV's sister, Sibylla. William is made the count of Jaffa and Ascalon. Winter. Raynald...
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