County of Jaffa and Ascalon

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The County of Jaffa and Ascalon was a prominent coastal lordship of the medieval Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem, centered on the strategic ports of Jaffa and Ascalon in the Levant.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Crusader county
feudal lordship
vassal state
borderedBy County of Ramla
Lordship of Ibelin
linked to: House of Ibelin
coastlineOn Mediterranean Sea
establishedAfter First Crusade
establishedBy Crusaders
feudalSystem Frankish feudal law
governedBy count
hadFortification citadel of Jaffa
fortifications of Ascalon
hadVassal lesser lordships and fiefs within its territory
hasCapital Jaffa
hasPort Ascalon
Jaffa
hasTerritory Ascalon
Darum
Ibelin
linked to: House of Ibelin

Jaffa
Lydda
Ramla
language Arabic
Latin
Old French
legalTradition Assizes of Jerusalem
locatedIn Levant
linked to: Levant region

Palestine
partOf Kingdom of Jerusalem
politicalStructure hereditary fief
religion Latin Christianity
strategicRole control of coastal trade routes
defense of access to Jerusalem from the coast
suzerain King of Jerusalem
timePeriod High Middle Ages
wasContestedBy Ayyubid dynasty
Mamluk Sultanate
wasHeldBy Amalric of Jerusalem
Baldwin I of Jerusalem
Baldwin II of Jerusalem
House of Ibelin
John of Brienne
John of Ibelin, the Old Lord of Beirut
Walter IV of Brienne
wasImportantFor pilgrim traffic to the Holy Land
supply and reinforcement of Jerusalem from Europe
wasIntegratedInto royal domain of the Kingdom of Jerusalem
wasSceneOf battles between Crusaders and Muslim forces

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Crusader states hasPart County of Jaffa and Ascalon
Guy of Lusignan positionHeld Count of Jaffa and Ascalon
linked to: County of Jaffa and Ascalon
Baldwin III of Jerusalem title Count of Jaffa and Ascalon
linked to: County of Jaffa and Ascalon
Amalric I of Jerusalem positionHeld Count of Jaffa and Ascalon
linked to: County of Jaffa and Ascalon
Lords of Lusignan ruledTerritory County of Jaffa and Ascalon