Hugh of Saint Omer[1] (died 1106) was the Prince of Galilee and Lord of Tiberias from 1101 to his death. The Principality of Galilee was one of the four major seigneuries of the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem, according to 13th-century commentator John of Ibelin Tiberias ( British English: /taɪˈbɪəriæs -əs/ American English: /taɪˈbɪriəs/ טְבֶרְיָה Tverya; طبرية Ṭabariyyah Fauquembergues and Saint Omer are both situated near each other. Fauquembergues is a commune of France, situated in the Pas-de-Calais département and in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region Hugh was lord of the former and his family, which was to gain fame in subsequent Crusades, hailed from the latter. The Crusades were a series of military campaigns of a religious character waged by much of Christian Europe against external and internal opponents
Himself born in Thérouanne, Hugh accompanied Baldwin of Boulogne on the First Crusade and into Mesopotamia in 1098, where he carved out the County of Edessa. Thérouanne is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais département in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France. Baldwin I of Jerusalem, formerly Baldwin I of Edessa, born Baldwin of Boulogne (French Baudouin de Boulogne 1058? - April 2, 1118, was The First Crusade was launched in 1095 by Pope Urban II with the dual goals of conquering the sacred city of Jerusalem and the Holy Land and freeing Mesopotamia (from the Greek meaning "land between the rivers" is an area geographically located between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers largely corresponding The County of Edessa was one of the Crusader states in the 12th century, based around a city with an ancient history and an early tradition of Christianity He was at Jerusalem in 1101, when Tancred of Hauteville was entrusted with the regency of the Principality of Antioch. Tancred ( 1072 - December 5 or December 12, 1112) was a Norman leader of the First Crusade who later became Prince The Principality of Antioch, including parts of modern-day Turkey and Syria, was one of the Crusader states created during the First Crusade Tancred's vacant Galilean principality was granted to Hugh. Hugh was captured and executed following an ambush of his troops during a raid into Turkish territory. The Great Seljuq Empire was a Medieval Sunni Muslim empire established by the Qynyq branch of Oghuz Turks that once controlled A like fate awaited his successor, Gervaise of Bazoches. Gervaise of Bazoches (died May 1108 Prince of Galilee and Lord of Tiberias, was a crusader on the First Crusade.
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- ^ Hugh of Falkenberg, Hugh of Fauquembergues.
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