James (also ''Jacques'' or ''Jacob''; 1152 – 7 September 1191) was a son of Nicholas d'Oisy, Lord of Avesnes and Matilda de la Roche. He was the lord of Avesnes, Condé, and Leuze from 1171. In November 1187, James joined the

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as leader of a detachment of French,

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, and Frisian crusaders arriving by ship on the

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coast near Acre around 10 September 1189. James and his men came as military reinforcements for the

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. At the Battle of Arsuf, James was thrown from his saddle and, after slaying fifteen enemy warriors, was himself cut down. The next day, a search party of

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and

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found his body on the battlefield. It was taken back to Arsuf and buried there in a ceremony attended by

Richard the Lionheart Richard I (8 September 1157 – 6 April 1199) was King of England from 1189 until his death in 1199. He also ruled as Duke of Normandy, Aquitaine and Gascony, Lord of Cyprus, and Count of Poitiers, Anjou, Maine, and Nantes, and was overl ...

and

Guy of Lusignan Guy of Lusignan (c. 1150 – 18 July 1194) was a French Poitevin knight, son of Hugh VIII of Lusignan and as such born of the House of Lusignan. He was king of Jerusalem from 1186 to 1192 by right of marriage to Sibylla of Jerusalem, and King ...

.Thomas Asbridge, ''The Crusades. The War for the Holy Land'', 474. He married Adela (died 1185), daughter of Bouchard of Guise, and was the father of: *

Walter II of Avesnes Walter II of Avesnes (b. 1170 – d.1244) was lord of Avesnes, Leuze, of Condé and Guise, and through his marriage to Margaret of Blois, he became count of Blois and Chartres. He was the son of James of Avesnes, and Adèle, lady of Guise. Wa ...

(FR)Henri Platelle, ''Présence de l'au-delà: une vision médiévale du monde'', (Presses Universitaires du Septentrion, 2004), 296. *

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, lord of

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*William (died 1219) * Bouchard IV of Avesnes *Matilda, married (1) Nicholas IV of Rumigny and (2) Louis IV of Chiny *Adelaide, married Rogier of Rosoy (died 1246) *Ida (1180–1216), married Engelbert IV of Edingen *Adela, married (1) Henry III of Grandpré and (2)

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