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  County of Jaffa and Ascalon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The double 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.
Jaffa was fortified by Godfrey of Bouillon after the First Crusade in 1100, and was unsuccessfully claimed by Daimbert of Pisa, the first Patriarch.
With the capture of Jaffa by Baibars in 1268, the county became titular.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/County_of_Jaffa_and_Ascalon   (479 words)

  
 Jaffa on Equality, Democracy, Morality
Jaffa states his argument for equality perhaps most fully here: "'That all men are created equal' arises from our experience of a class of beings called 'men.' We abstract from the experience of a number of individual human beings the common noun 'man'....
Jaffa himself recognizes almost the identical point: "A community of Christians (or of a particular denomination of Christians) may ask themselves whether, in compelling non-Christians (or Christians of another denomination) to join their church, they are violating the golden rule not to do unto others what they would not have others do to them.
Jaffa might raise a parallel contention against unanimous surrender to a Hobbesian sovereign: "The three powers of government are then symbolically present in the Declaration of Independence as aspects of that God in the Declaration who results from Creation, and who is the pattern and support for government in agreement with the rights of man....
www.lewrockwell.com /gordon/gordon5.html   (15561 words)

  
 My Family
Children were: Frederic Namur LIEGE -Bishop, Albert de Jaffa NAMUR -Count, Godfrey NAMUR -Count, Adelaide DE NAMUR.
Parents: Count Berenger NAMUR and N.N. He was married to Ermengarde LORRAINE.
She was married to Count Theobald III BRIE on 1 Jul 1199.
gordonrosalynd.tripod.com /green/d206.htm   (616 words)

  
 Raid by Count Peter of Brittany against Muslim lands in 1239
Then the count himself and the rest of his men laid in wait at another spot where the convoy would pass, so that if one attack failed, the other must succeed.
The count saw that his men were suffering and the unbelievers were doing as they liked with them; then he had a horn sounded.
The count gave many of his beasts to the commanders of the host; some were very pleased and others were scornful and jealous because he had won so much plunder.
www.deremilitari.org /resources/sources/ctit4.htm   (1893 words)

  
 Welcome To Jaffa
Jaffa and Haifa ports were considered to be the major ports in Palestine, and both were publicly owned and operated by the Government of Palestine.
Jaffa was the most advanced city in Palestine in the development of its commercial, banking, fishing, and agriculture industries.
Jaffa had many factories specializing in cigarette making, cement making, tile and roof tile production, iron casting, cotton processing plants, traditional handmade carpets, leather products, wood box industry for Jaffa orange, textile, presses and publications.
www.palestineremembered.com /Jaffa/Jaffa/index.html   (2518 words)

  
 Medieval Sourcebook: William of Tyre: Deeds Done Beyond the Sea
The count of Tripoli was only vaguely interested in events so far to the east, and in Jerusalem, King Fulk bad just died, leaving the government in the hands of Queen Melisende as regent for their thirteen year old son, Baldwin III.
The sixth of the Latin kings of Jerusalem was the lord Baldwin IV, son of the lord King Amalric of illustrious memory and of the Countess Agnes, daughter of the younger Count Jocelin of Edessa.
The latter group asserted publicly that the aforesaid Count was not equal to the burden of administration and that be was not qualified to conduct the affairs of the Kingdom.
www.fordham.edu /halsall/source/tyre-cde.html   (16596 words)

  
 The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire Chapter 58
At Clermont, in the territories of the count of Auvergne,
Stephen, count of Chartres, of Blois, and of Troyes, was one of the richest princes of the age; and the number of his castles has been compared to the three hundred and sixty-five days of the year.
Two of their most respectable chiefs, the duke of Lorraine and the count of Tholouse, were carried in litters: Raymond was raised, as it is said by miracle, from a hopeless malady; and Godfrey had been torn by a bear, as he pursued that rough and perilous chase in the mountains of Pisidia.
www.ccel.org /g/gibbon/decline/volume2/chap58.htm   (16679 words)

  
 DECLINE & FALL
At Clermont, in the territories of the count of Auvergne, (13) the pope might brave with impunity the resentment of Philip; and the council which he convened in that city was not less numerous or respectable than the synod of Placentia.
His father was of the noble race of the counts of Boulogne: Brabant, the lower province of Lorraine, (43) was the inheritance of his mother; and by the emperor's bounty he was himself invested with that ducal title, which has been improperly transferred to his lordship of Bouillon in the Ardennes.
The influence of his relic or trophy, was felt by the servants, and perhaps by the enemies, of Christ; (99) and its potent energy was heightened by an accident, a stratagem, or a rumor, of a miraculous complexion.
matrix.csustan.edu /XLib/History/Decline/volume2/chap58.htm   (14285 words)

  
 Jerusalem
He in turn was succeeded by his cousin, Baldwin II, who was followed by his son-in-law, Fulk V the Young, count of Anjou (1092-1143).
Count of Jaffa and Ascalon; succeeded brother Baldwin III as king; struggled (1163-74) with Nureddin for control of Egypt, three times invading it; attacked by Saladin (1170); formed alliance with Byzantine empire.
Son of Eustace II, count of Boulogne, and brother of Godfrey of Bouillon; accompanied Godfrey on First Crusade (1096-99); took Edessa (1098); elected by nobles to succeed Godfrey (1100); increased Latin kingdom by taking Acre (1104), and other coastal cities; built Krak de Montreal (1115).
website.lineone.net /~johnbidmead/jerusalem.htm   (2263 words)

  
 Ibelin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
With Alice of Montbéliard, Philip was the father of John of Ibelin, count of Jaffa and Ascalon, regent of Jerusalem, and author of the Assizes of the Haute Cour of Jerusalem, the most important legal document from the crusader kingdom.
John married Maria, sister 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 of his cousin Maria, Hethum's daughter.
Hugh of Ibelin, count of Jaffa, married Isabella of Ibelin
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ibelin   (1333 words)

  
 ORB: The Online Reference Book for Medieval Studies
But he could not enjoy his victory, for he knew that more crusader armies were on their way.
Count William of Nevers had in the meantime set out into Asia Minor on his own hook.
They certainly did not linger to aid Baldwin: they had done their tour and were already ship-board by the end of April, 1102.
www.the-orb.net /textbooks/crusade/1101.html   (2776 words)

  
 TtH Drabbles
Additionally, you may write for an FFA pairing on any topic-- the current count is 1350/2006 ficlets, which is still 656 under the year end goal.
Additionally, you may write for an FFA pairing on any topic-- the current count is 1318/2006 ficlets, which is still 688 short of the year-end goal.
Additionally, you may write for an FFA pairing on any topic-- the current count is 1286/2006 ficlets, which is still 720 short of the year-end goal.
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 Women in power 1150-1200
Hodierna was married to Count Raymond II of Tripoli.
Married to Count Friedrich von Formbach, who was killed in 1059, and Duke Ordulf von Sachsen (1020-72), and was a central figure in the Saxon opposition against king Heinrich IV, who held her prisoner around 1076.
Her cousin Gilbert, Count of Gravina, already present in the south, was an enemy of Peter's and, according to Hugo Falcandus, strongly opposed to his cousin's government.
www.guide2womenleaders.com /womeninpower/Womeninpower1150.htm   (6567 words)

  
 Jerusalem Peace Treaty of Jaffa (020303)
The second, short-lived phase began with the reoccupation of Jerusalem by the Franks under the terms of the Treaty of Jaffa and Tell Ajul, ratified on 18 February 1229.
With the signing of the Treaty of Jaffa (February 18, 1229), the Sultan of Egypt, El-Kamel, conceded the Holy Places of Jerusalem and its surrounding territory to Frederick II for a period of ten years.
He ordered Count Thomas [of Acerra] whom he had assigned to remain as his representative in the country to use corporal punishment on any he found in the country, so that the punishment of one would terrify all.
www.solami.com /jaffa1.html   (9950 words)

  
 Baldwin IV of Jerusalem (The Leper King)
Baldwin IV (Baldwin the Leper), c.1161–1185, Latin king of Jerusalem (1174–85), son and successor of Amalric I. Raymond, count of Tripoli, was regent from 1174 to 1176.
Baldwin IV was educated by the historian William of Tyre (later Archbishop of Tyre and Chancellor of the kingdom), who made a disturbing discovery about the prince: he and his friends were playing one day, attempting to injure each other by pinching their arms, but Baldwin felt no pain.
Count Raymond fled to Tyre, and the king's stepfather Reginald of Sidon rescued a number of the fugitives, but the prisoners included the Grand Master, Baldwin of Ibelin, and Hugh of Tiberias, one of Raymond of Tripoli's stepsons.
www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/1628480/posts   (2396 words)

  
 Melisende:  A True Queen   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Some said that the king cherished a deep distrust of the count, who was rumored to be on too familiar terms with the queen, and of this there seemed to be many proofs.
Among these supporters was, her son- Amaury count of Jaffa, Philip of Nabalus and, Rohard the Elder.
She is shown by William of Tyre as an emissary of the court sent to reconcile the count of Tripoli and his wife<22>.
www.loyno.edu /history/journal/1998-9/Edie.htm   (5959 words)

  
 Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem
1194), count of Jaffa and Ascalon who was also appointed regent of the kingdom by the invalid Baudoin IV.
But Baudoin IV then changed his mind, took away the regency, and abdicated in 1182 in favor of Sybille's son Baudoin V. This child died in 1186, soon after his uncle, and Sybille became queen of Jerusalem, and was crowned with her husband Guy de Lusignan.
Monuments in the West: Marguerite, daughter of Louis d'Acre, vicomte de Beaumont, himself son of Jean de Brienne, king of Jerusalem, was married to Bohemond VII, count of Tripoli (d.
www.heraldica.org /topics/national/jerusale.htm   (2781 words)

  
 Banks/Dean Genealogy - Person Page 92
Mathilda of Normandy (?) married Eudes II of Blois, son of Count Eudes I of Blois and Bertha of Burgundy, between 1003 and 1004.
She married William I of Poitou, son of Count Ebles Mancer and Eremburg (?), in 935.
Ermengarde de Bourbon (?) married Count Fulk IV of Anjou "Rechin", son of Count Aubri-Geoffrey of the Gatinais and Ermengarde of Anjou, in 1070.
www.gordonbanks.com /gordon/family/2nd_Site/geb-p/p92.htm   (2058 words)

  
 King Hetum II's Chronicle, Cilician Armenia, Byzantine History, Ayyubids, Mamluks
The count of Jaffa, Sir John [of Ibelin](Chuan), died.
In the same year a daughter, Fimi, was born to the Armenian king.
In 717 A.E. [1268] Bunduqdar, sultan of Egypt, took Jaffa and demolished Beaufort (Piafo'rd).
rbedrosian.com /chet2.htm   (1595 words)

  
 Unilateral Give, Unilateral Take By Roni Ben Efrat
They announced their opposition to disengagement because it does not ensure the minimal Palestinian needs, but in crucial Knesset votes they either abstained or cast their Nays when they knew the Ayes would win.
In Knesset committees, when the count looked close, two of them voted for disengagement.
Published in Jaffa by Arabs and Jews, it features political analysis, investigative reporting, interviews, eye-witness reports, gender studies, arts, and more.
www.countercurrents.org /pa-efrat040305.htm   (977 words)

  
 Israeli Awards   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
counts 2 points Each station may be worked only once per band.
All modes and bands are good, and contacts (or reports for SWL's) with the same station on different bands will count.
All stations from Jaffa plus Tel-Avivians with special prefixes like 4X5, 4X40, 4X85 etc. are good for 5 points a piece.
www.iarc.org /awards/awards.html   (1408 words)

  
 Frederick II Crusade
The Emperor put the Lord of Beirut and the old Lord of Caesarea,[Gautier III, Count of Caesarea, and brother-in-law of John d'Ibelin] who was Constable of Cyprus, at his own table.
He placed the King of Cyprus and the King of Salonika [Demetrius of Monterrat, titular king of Salonica] at the first place at another long table, together with the Marquis of Lancia [Manfred II, Marquis of Lancia, vicar-general of Lombardy] and the other barons of Germany and of the Kingdom.
Some of them ­ namely Sir John d'Ibelin, later Count of Jaffa, who was then a child, his sister, and other gentle-folk ­ fled in the midst of the winter.
www.ordotempli.org /frederick_ii_crusade.htm   (3135 words)

  
 d'anjou - Name Index - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
Braud II Count of Clermont-Ferrand (ou d'Auvergne) b.1333
Guillaume I Count of Clermont-Ferrand (ou d'Auvergne) b.1175
Jean I Count of Clermont-Ferrand (ou d'Auvergne) b.1280
www.geocities.com /wi4r92/index3.htm   (390 words)

  
 Chapter The First Crusade. of History of The Decline And Fall of The Roman Empire by Gibbon
The king, in person, presided in the upper court, the court of the barons.
Of these the four most conspicuous were the prince of Galilee, the lord of Sidon and Cæsarea, and the counts of Jaffa and Tripoli, who, perhaps with the constable and marshal, were in a special manner the compeers and judges of each other.
But all the nobles, who held their lands immediately of the crown, were entitled and bound to attend the king's court; and each baron exercised a similar jurisdiction on the subordinate assemblies of his own feudatories.
www.bibliomania.com /2/1/62/109/25700/22.html   (819 words)

  
 The Crusader period
In 1115 the name of the abbot Raymond appears on a document of donation by the Count Riccardo of Calabria, who gave various possessions in the West to the community of the Holy Savior on Mt Tabor.
John of Ibelin, count of Jaffa, and Balian of Ibelin, count of Arsuf, resigned themselves to accept the conditions of the Mameluke sultan, one of which involved the exchange of prisoners.
On April 8, the representatives of the government of Acre went to negotiate with Baibars in his camp on Tabor.
www.christusrex.org /www1/ofm/san/TAB14cru.html   (3095 words)

  
 al-jabhawi   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
This is because Hassan Nasrallah did not count on Lebanon being itself.
By my counting around one third of the propaganda videos recording attacks on US convoys during the month of Ramadan were made by unknown Shiite groups (e.g., Kataeb Ahl al-Haq and Kataeb al-Imam Hadi).
In addition Nasrallah has some advice for those who are counting on a US victory in Iraq and the greater Middle East.
www.jaffa.net   (8282 words)

  
 John Buchan : The Path of the King : Chapter 4. Eyes of Youth
He was a Scot, Sir Patrick, the Count of Dunbar, who already shook with the fever which was to be his death.
The Count of Jaffa, whose tower stood on the borders and who was therefore rarely quit of strife, convoyed him a stage or two on his way.
The lord of Jaffa turned back when the snows of Lebanon were falling behind on their right.
www.classicreader.com /read.php/sid.1/bookid.1202/sec.5   (6184 words)

  
 [No title]
The compiler of this work, Jean d'Ibelin, was count of Jaffa and Ascalon, lord of Baruth (Berytus) and Rames, and died A.D. 1266, (Sanut, l.
5, 8.) The family of Ibelin, which descended from a younger brother of a count of Chartres in France, long flourished in Palestine and Cyprus, (see the Lignages de deca Mer, or d'Outremer, c.
The History Of The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire —Fall In The East —Chapter 58
www.ccel.org /g/gibbon/decline/volume2/nt580/135.htm   (96 words)

  
 gastria castle-txt-1
While they were encamped at the bottom of the moat, the Templars sent warning of their presence to King Henry and the Lord of Beirut.
The latter sent to Gastria the young John of Ibelin, later Count of Jaffa, with a body of cavalry; he took the rebels prisoner and brought them to Nicosia where they were thrown into the same prison as their friends who had been captured on the battlefield of Agridi (3).
In 1308 Gastria was treated the same as the other possessions of the Templars; the castle was confiscated and handed over to the Order of the Hospital (4).
www.allcrusades.com /CASTLES/CYPRUS/GASTRIA/gastria_txt_1.html   (1617 words)

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