County of Jaffa and Ascalon
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The double County of Jaffa and Ascalon was one of the four major seigneuries comprising the major Crusader state of the Kingdom of Jerusalem, according to 13th-century commentator John of Ibelin.
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County of Jaffa and Ascalon | |||||||||
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1100–1268 | |||||||||
Status | Vassal of Kingdom of Jerusalem | ||||||||
Capital | Jaffa | ||||||||
Common languages | Latin, Old French, Italian (also Arabic and Greek) | ||||||||
Religion | Roman Catholicism, Eastern Catholicism, Greek Orthodoxy, Syriac Orthodoxy, Islam, Judaism | ||||||||
Government | Feudal monarchy | ||||||||
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• c.1100 | Roger and Gerard | ||||||||
• 1266–1268 | James of Ibelin | ||||||||
Historical era | High Middle Ages | ||||||||
• First Crusade | 1100 | ||||||||
• Conquered by Baibars | 1268 | ||||||||
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