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unusual facts about Officers of the Kingdom of Jerusalem


Theodora Komnene

Attard, archbishop of Nazareth, Humphrey II of Toron, constable of Jerusalem, Joscelin Piscellus, and William de Barris were sent to Constantinople to negotiate a marriage for the king (Attard died while on the mission).


Assizes of Jerusalem

The chest supposedly could have only been opened by the king, the Patriarch of Jerusalem, and the viscount of Jerusalem.

Héribrand II of Hierges

His son Manasses was constable of the kingdom of Jerusalem from 1144 to 1152.

John of Lusignan

Loysia of Lusignan, (probably) married after March 19, 1406 her cousin Eudes of Lusignan (d. Palermo, 1421), Titular Seneschal of Jerusalem, in the service of the King of Aragon, son of James I of Lusignan, King of Cyprus, and wife Helvis or Helisia of Brunswick-Grubenhagen, without issue

Odo de St Amand

He was Marshal of Jerusalem and later Viscount.

Plaisance of Antioch

Plaisance, supported by a majority of the nobles, was accepted as acting regent and then appointed her former father-in-law John of Ibelin (lord of Arsuf) to rule as bailiff in her place; he had already been bailiff before her arrival and both Bohemund and John of Jaffa had hoped the presence of Plaisance and Hugh would eliminate the need for another bailiff.


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