Hugo II of Jaffa

Hugo von Le Puiset ( French : Hugues du Puiset , * around 1106, † around 1134) was as Hugo II of Jaffa Count of Jaffa and son of Hugo I of Jaffa . He is often imprecisely referred to as Hugo II of Le Puiset , but should not be confused with his father, who as Hugo II was lord of Le Puiset.

His father was the master of Le Puiset . According to the chronicle of William of Tire , his parents made a pilgrimage to Jerusalem during the reign of King Baldwin II . Hugo was born in Apulia during this trip . His father became Count of Jaffa in 1110 and died around 1118. Hugo's stepfather, Albert of Namur , administered the county as long as he was a minor. In 1123 Hugo took over the county and married Emma von Jericho, niece of the Patriarch of Jerusalem Arnulf von Chocques and widow of Eustach I Garnier , lord of Caesarea.

Hugo was probably close friends with his cousin, Queen Melisende ; it is believed that he also had an affair with her and thus got into some conflicts with her jealous husband, Fulko V. von Anjou . It is also said that Hugo was very arrogant and did not recognize the king.

It is believed that Hugo, together with Roman von Le Puy , Lord of Outrejordain, rebelled against Fulko in 1134 . After William of Tire, Walter I. Garnier , lord of Caesarea and stepson of Hugo, accused him of high treason and conspiracy at a meeting of the Haute Cour . Hugo contradicted this charge and it was decided that the charge had to be resolved out of court. On the day of the fight, Hugo did not come, but fled to Askalon , where he sought protection at the Egyptian garrison there. When he returned to Jaffa , one of his own vassals, Barisan of Ibelin , took him prisoner and handed him over to the king. The common punishment for high treason and conspiracy was the confiscation of all goods and lifelong banishment: Hugo got away with a three-year banishment.

While Hugo was waiting for the ship that was supposed to take him into exile, a Breton knight tried to murder him. He was injured and his attacker was arrested, sentenced and executed. After recovering from his injuries, he went to Apulia to see his relative, King Roger II of Sicily , who made him Count of Gargano . Hugo died shortly afterwards.

See also: Le Puiset house

literature

• Erich Brandenburg : The descendants of Charlemagne (= library of classical works of genealogy. 1). Facsimile reprint from 1935, 2nd revised edition. Degener & Co, Neustadt an der Aisch 1998, ISBN 3-7686-5102-9 , p. 77, plate 38.
• Johannes Lehmann: The crusaders. Adventurer of God. Gondrom, Bindlach 1991, ISBN 3-8112-0902-7 , p. 211.
• Robert Payne : The Crusades. Two hundred years of struggle for the Holy Sepulcher. Albatros, Düsseldorf 2001, ISBN 3-491-96024-X , pp. 146-147.
• Régine Pernoud : Women at the time of the Crusades (= Herder spectrum. 4375). Herder, Freiburg (Breisgau) 1995, ISBN 3-451-04375-0 , pp. 63-67.
• Jonathan Riley-Smith (ed.): Large picture atlas of the crusades. Six centuries of occidental cultural and religious history. Herder, Freiburg (Breisgau) et al. 1992, ISBN 3-451-22535-2 , p. 34.
• Steven Runciman : History of the Crusades. Special edition in one volume without references to sources and literature, 14. – 17. Thousands of the total print run. CH Beck, Munich 1978, ISBN 3-406-02527-7 , pp. 472, 494-497, 534-536.

Web links

• Hugo II. Von Le Puiset at Mittelalter-genealogie.de

predecessor	Office	successor
Hugo I.	Earl of Jaffa 1118–1134	Crown domain