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The county of Jaffa is a stronghold on the littoral of the Royaume of Jerusalem, which is also a walk vis-a-vis the Egypt Fatimide.

History

The town of Jaffa was taken as of 1099, and Baudoin I {{er}} made of it a county which he entrusted to Hugues of Puiset. In 1135 the count Hugues II was shown of adultery with the queen Mélisende of Jerusalem, and its county was confiscated, to be given in Apanage to family members royal. In 1153, the town of Ascalon is taken, and the county becomes county of Jaffa and Ascalon . Jaffa was taken by Saladin after the Bataille of Hattin in 1187, and was reconquered in 1191 by Richard Lion-hearted. It was definitively taken by the Moslems in 1268.

Geography

Stronghold along the coast enters the Mediterranean and Jerusalem

Feudality

Suzerain: king de Jérusalem.

Vassal:

• the lord of Ascalon
• the lord of Ibelin
• the lord of Rowed
• the lord of Mirabel

List counts

1118-1122: Hugues I {{er}} of Puiset

1122-1123: Albert de Namur, married to Mabille de Roucy, widow of Hugues Ist.

1123-1135: Hugues II of Puiset, wire of Hugues Ier and Mabille de Roucy

1135-1151: royal field

1157-1163: Amaury I {{er}} of Jerusalem, brother of the king Baudouin III

1163-1176: royal field

1176-1177: Guillaume de Montferrat and his wife Sybille of Jerusalem, sister of Baudouin IV the Leprous

1177-1180: Sibyl of Jerusalem, only countess in title.

1180-1186: Guy de Lusignan and his wife Sibyl of Jerusalem.

1186-1191: royal field

1191-1193: Geoffroy de Lusignan († 1224)

1193-1198: Amaury II of Lusignan (+1205)

1198-1208: royal field

1208-1209: Hugues Ier of Cyprus and its wife Alix of Champagne

1209-1221: royal field

1221-1246: Gautier de Brienne, nephew of Jean de Brienne, king de Jérusalem

1247-1266: Jean d' Ibelin († 1266)

1266-1276: Jacques d' Ibelin († 1276), wire of the precedent. It loses Jaffa in 1268.

1276-1304: Guy d' Ibelin, Cypriot baron, his brother.

1304-1316: Philippe d' Ibelin, his son.

1316-1349: Hugues d' Ibelin (+1349), seneshal of Jerusalem, his brother.

1349-1352: Balian d' Ibelin (+1352), his/her son.

1352-1365: Guy d' Ibelin (+1365), his brother.

1365-1368: Jean d' Ibelin (+1367), his son. 1368-1375: Royal field ?

1375-1375: To disavow LePetit, Cypriot lord, brother-in-law of the precedent.

1375-1439: Royal field

1439-1463: Jacques de Flory, governor of the kingdom of Cyprus (Prime Minister) (+1463).

1463-1473: Juan Perez Fabrice, Catalan, captain of the galères of Cyprus (+1473).

1473-1474: Louis Perez Fabrice, his minor son (+1474).

1474-1510: Giorgio Contarini, cousin of Catherine Cornaro.

1510-1560: Tommaso Contarini, his/her son.

1560-1578: Giorgio II Pietro Domenico Contarini, his/her son. After the catch of Cyprus by the Turks, it loses the Cypriot strongholds attached under " Count de Jaffa and of Ascalon". The title of count de Jaffa is from now on a strictly Venetian feudal title.

1578-1617: Tommaso II Contarini, his/her son.

1617-1630: Giulio Contarini, his/her son.

1630-1675: Tommaso III Contarini, extraordinary proveditor of Dalmatie, his son, without posterity. The title and the prerogatives passed to a branch downward junior by Contarini of the count Giorgio II.

1675-1684: Frederico Contarini, his/her cousin, without posterity.

1684-1714: Angelo Contarini, its nephew.

1714-1756: Giorgio III Contarini, member of the the Council of the Ten, his/her son.

1756-1783: Alvise Contarini, senator, his son.

1783-1810: Alvise II Giorgio Contarini, senator, his son, without posterity.

1810-1817: Alvise III Angelo Contarini del Zaffo, his/her brother.

1817-?: Alvise IV Gaspare Contarini del Zaffo, his/her son.

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