Everything about County Of Jaffa And Ascalon totally explained
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County of Jaffa and Ascalon was one of the four major seigneuries comprising the major
crusader state, the
Kingdom of Jerusalem, according to 13th-century commentator
John of Ibelin.
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.
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 county became titular. It was bestowed anew upon John Perez Fabrice by
James II of Cyprus and Jerusalem.
Vassals
The County of Jaffa and Ascalon had a number of vassals of its own:
Counts of Jaffa and Ascalon
(italicized names are titular counts only)
Roger and Gerard (c. 1100)
Royal domain (1100–1110)
Hugh I (1110–1118), first cousin of king Baldwin II
Albert (1118–1122), second husband of Hugh I's widow
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 (1176–1177)
Sibylla (1177–1180)
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 II 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)Further Information
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