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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Statements (48)

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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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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 ⓘ