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Joscelin I, Count of Edessa.
Prince of Galilee (1112-1119) and Count of Edessa (1072-1131)
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About Joscelin I, Count of Edessa
Joscelin I, also known as Joscelin of Courtenay was a Frankish nobleman of the House of Courtenay who ruled as the lord of Turbessel (1101–1113), prince of Galilee (1113–1119) and count of Edessa (1118–1131). Joscelin came to the Levant in the aftermath of the 1101 Crusade, and served his cousin Baldwin of Bourcq, count of Edessa, receiving lands west of the Euphrates. By 1113, these had formed into a wealthy lordship around Turbessel, but he was dispossessed by Baldwin soon after. He went to the Kingdom of Jerusalem, where King Baldwin I made him the prince of Galilee.
Everything about Joscelin I, Count of Edessa →- Occupation
- ruler, feudatory, royalty, monarch
- Position held
- Count of Edessa, prince of Galilee and lord of Tiberias
- Citizenship
- France
- Born
- 1072
- Died
- 1131, 1131