The double County of Jaffa and Ascalon was one of the four major seigneuries of the Kingdom of Jerusalem, according to 13th-century commentator John of Ibelin. Official language Latin, French, Italian, and other western languages; Greek and Arabic also widely spoken Capital Jerusalem, later Acre Constitution Various laws, so-called Assizes of Jerusalem The Kingdom of Jerusalem was a Christian kingdom established in the Levant in 1099 by the First Crusade. ... John of Ibelin (1215– December, 1266), count of Jaffa and Ascalon, was a noted jurist and the author of the longest legal treatise from the Kingdom of Jerusalem. ...

History

Jaffa was fortified by Godfrey of Bouillon after the First Crusade in 1100, and was unsuccessfully claimed by Daimbert of Pisa, the first Patriarch. It remained part of the royal domain until it was given to Hugh of Le Puiset in 1110. When Hugh II rebelled against King Fulk in 1134 the county was divided into a number of smaller holdings, and Jaffa itself became a royal domain. Soon it was designated as the apanage of Fulk's second son, Amalric. In 1153, Fulk's first son King Baldwin III conquered Ascalon, and it was added to the territory of his brother Amalric. Jaffa (Hebrew יָפוֹ, Standard Hebrew Yafo, Tiberian Hebrew Yāp̄ô; Arabic يَافَا Yāfā; also Japho, Joppa), is an ancient city located in Israel. ... Godfrey of Bouillon Godfrey of Bouillon (c. ...     The First Crusade was launched in 1095 by Pope Urban II to regain control of the sacred city of Jerusalem and the Christian Holy Land from Muslims. ... Events William II of England dies in a hunting accident - Henry I becomes King of England King Henry I proclaims the Charter of Liberties, one of the first examples of a constitution. ... Dagobert (also Daimbert), Archbishop of Pisa, was the first Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem after it was captured in the First Crusade. ... The Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem is one of the Roman Catholic patriarchs of the east. ... Le Puiset is a small commune of the Eure-et-Loir département of France. ... Events December 4 - First Crusade: The Crusaders conquer Sidon. ... Hugh II of Le Puiset or Hugh II of Jaffa (c. ... Fulk of Anjou (1092 – November 10, 1143), king of Jerusalem from 1131, was the son of Fulk IV, count of Anjou, and his wife Bertrada (who ultimately deserted her husband and became the mistress of Philip I of France). ... Events Baalbeck taken by Genghis Khan House of Brandenburg begins when Albrecht the Bear is made head of the Nordmark St. ... The system of appanage has greatly influenced the territorial construction of France and explains the flag of many provinces of France. ... Events January 6 - Henry of Anjou arrives in England. ... Baldwin III (1130-1162) was king of Jerusalem from 1143-1162. ... The Siege of Ascalon took place in 1153, resulting in the capture of that Egyptian fortress by the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem. ...

It passed in and out of direct royal control when its holders were husbands or close relatives of the then-reigning monarch or royal heir, or its usufruct went to a member of the royal family. In that period, it usually produced income for one or several members of Amalric's first family. In 1221 it was given to Walter IV of Brienne by his uncle the king-consort John of Brienne, Walter being married to a granddaughter of the late king-consort Amalric II, who had held the county as successor of his brother king-consort Guy. Around 1250 it was given to a branch of the Ibelin family. With the capture of Jaffa by Baibars in 1268, the countship became titular. It was bestowed anew upon John Perez Fabrice by James II of Cyprus and Jerusalem. Usufruct describes the legal right to utilise and derive profit from property that belongs to another person, as long as the property is not damaged. ... Centuries: 12th century - 13th century - 14th century Decades: 1170s 1180s 1190s 1200s 1210s - 1220s - 1230s 1240s 1250s 1260s 1270s Years: 1216 1217 1218 1219 1220 - 1221 - 1222 1223 1224 1225 1226 See also: 1221 state leaders Events May 13 - End of the reign of Emperor Juntoku of Japan Emperor Chukyo... Gauthier, or Gualtero, was born around the same time (1205) as his father has lost his bud to sicilian throne and died in prison. ... John of Brienne (c. ... Events December 13 - Death of Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor Louis IX of France is captured by Muslims and has to ransom himself Mabinogion appears Albertus Magnus isolates the element arsenic Vincent of Beauvais writes proto-encyclopedic The Greater Mirror City of Stockholm founded Alphonso III of Portugal takes Algarve... Ibelin was a castle in the crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem in the 12th century (at modern Yavne, 31. ... al-Malik al-Zahir Rukn al-Din Baibars al-Bunduqdari (also spelled Baybars) (1223 – July 1, 1277) was a Mamluk Sultan of Egypt and Syria. ... For broader historical context, see 1260s and 13th century. ... James II (the Bastard) of Cyprus (c. ...

Vassals

The County of Jaffa and Ascalon had a number of vassals of its own:

• Lordship of Ramla
• Lordship of Ibelin
• Lordship of Mirabel (technically separate from the above, but held by the Ibelins)

The Lordship of Ramla was one of the vassal states of the Kingdom of Jerusalem. ... Ibelin was a castle in the crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem in the 12th century (at modern Yavne, 31. ...

Counts of Jaffa and Ascalon

(italicized names are titular counts only)

• Roger and Gerard (c. 1100)
• Royal domain (1100–1110)
• Hugh I of Le Puiset (1110–?), first cousin of king Baldwin II
• Albert of Namur ?
• Hugh II (1122–1134), confiscated
• Royal domain (1134–1151)
• Amalric I (1151–1163)
• Royal domain (1163–1176), Amalric's divorced wife Agnes received some income, then it passed to Sibylla whose husbands held it in her right:
• William of Montferrat and Sibylla (1176–1180)
• Guy of Lusignan and Sibylla (1180–1186)
• Geoffrey of Lusignan (1191–?), Guy's brother
• Amalric II (?–1197), Guy's brother, and then king-consort
• Royal domain (1197–1221)
• Walter IV of Brienne (1221–1244), nephew of John of Brienne and husband of Amalric II's granddaughter
• John of Ibelin (1250–1266), Queen Isabella's half-brother's son
• James of Ibelin (1266–1268, titular 1268–1276)
• Guy of Ibelin (1276–1304)
• Hugh of Ibelin (1304–1349)
• Balian of Ibelin (1349 – c. 1352)
• Guy of Ibelin (c. 1352 – c. 1353)
• Balian of Ibelin (c. 1353 – c. 1365)
• John of Ibelin (c. 1365 – c. 1367)
• Mary of Ibelin (with Regnier le Petit) (c. 1367)
• Florin (c. 1450) perh. the same as
• Jacques de Flory (d. 1463)
• John Perez Fabrice
• Louis Perez Fabrice
• Georges Contaren
• N. Contaren
• Georges Contaren II (c. 1579)

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See also

• Vassals of the Kingdom of Jerusalem

The Crusader state of the Kingdom of Jerusalem, created in 1099, was divided into a number of smaller seigneuries. ...

Sources

• John L. La Monte, Feudal Monarchy in the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem, 1100-1291. The Medieval Academy of America, 1932.
• Jonathan Riley-Smith, The Feudal Nobility and the Kingdom of Jerusalem, 1174-1277. The Macmillan Press, 1973.
• Steven Runciman, A History of the Crusades, Vol. II: The Kingdom of Jerusalem and the Frankish East, 1100-1187. Cambridge University Press, 1952.
• Steven Tibble, Monarchy and Lordships in the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem, 1099-1291. Clarendon Press, 1989.