County of Jaffa and Ascalon

County of Jaffa and Ascalon
1100–1268
StatusVassal of Kingdom of Jerusalem
CapitalJaffa
Common languagesLatin, Old French, Italian (also Arabic and Greek)
Religion
Roman Catholicism, Eastern Catholicism, Greek Orthodoxy, Syriac Orthodoxy, Islam, Judaism
GovernmentFeudal monarchy
Count 
• c.1100
Roger and Gerard
• 1266–1268
James of Ibelin
Historical eraHigh Middle Ages
• First Crusade
1100
• Conquered by Baibars
1268
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Fatimid Caliphate
Mamluk Sultanate (Cairo)

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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