Jordan IV (died 1288) was the

Lord of L'Isle-Jourdain L'Isle-Jourdain ( oc, Ylla or ) was a lordship and then county near Gers in Gascony during the High Middle Ages. It took its name, Jourdain, from its crusading baron who was baptised in the River Jordan on the First Crusade. Its last count sold th ...

and a vassal of Alfonso of Poitou. He was a

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r during the Italian crusades of Guelph against Ghibelline. His son-in-law was

Aimery IV of Narbonne Aimery IV (or Aimeric IV) ( it, Amerigo di Narbona) (c. 1230 – October 1298) was the Viscount of Narbonne, an Italian ''condottiero'' and captain. Aimery first entered Italy in the service of Charles I of Anjou, who had been granted the Sicilian ...

, who led the armies of

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and

Anjou Anjou may refer to: Geography and titles France * County of Anjou, a historical county in France and predecessor of the Duchy of Anjou **Count of Anjou, title of nobility *Duchy of Anjou, a historical duchy and later a province of France **Duk ...

in the Battle of Campaldino in 1289 and his brother was the provost of

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. Sometime before his activities in Italy Jordan (''Jourdan'' in contemporary

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) participated in a ''

torneyamen A ''torneyamen'' (; ca, tornejament ; "tournament") or ''certamen'' was a lyric genre of the troubadours of the thirteenth century. Closely related to the ''tenso'', a debate between two poets, and the ''partimen'', a question posed by one poet ...

'', a poetical tournament, with

Guiraut Riquier Guiraut Riquier de Narbona ( 1230 in Narbonne – 1292 in Narbonne or Rodez) is among the last of the Occitan troubadours. He is well known because of his great care in writing out his works and keeping them together—the New Grove Encyclopedia c ...

Raimon Izarn Ramon Pelegero Sanchis, who takes the stage name of Raimon (), is a Spanish singer. He performs in the musical style of Nova Cançó, and in the Catalan language. Biography Youth Raimon was born in Xàtiva in the province of Valencia, Spain ...

, and

Paulet de Marseilla Paulet de Marselha ( fl. 1262–1268) was a Provençal troubadour from Marseille. Three of his eight surviving works are dedicated to Barral dels Baus, the viscount of Marseille. Three were love songs composed in Marseille during an era of ...

. In 1266, after drawing up a will, he brought a contingent of knights and crossbowmen to Italy with him in support of

Charles of Anjou Charles I (early 1226/12277 January 1285), commonly called Charles of Anjou, was a member of the royal Capetian dynasty and the founder of the second House of Anjou. He was Count of Provence (1246–85) and Forcalquier (1246–48, 1256–85) i ...

. He was praised by

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and enfeoffed in the

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and

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by Charles, but he soon returned to

Gascony Gascony (; french: Gascogne ; oc, Gasconha ; eu, Gaskoinia) was a province of the southwestern Kingdom of France that succeeded the Duchy of Gascony (602–1453). From the 17th century until the French Revolution (1789–1799), it was part o ...

. Charles warned him to return or suffer his fiefs to be confiscated and titles revoked, but he lingered until October 1282, when he returned with a new band of soldiers. In 1285, he joined

Philip III of France Philip III (1 May 1245 – 5 October 1285), called the Bold (french: le Hardi), was King of France from 1270 until his death in 1285. His father, Louis IX, died in Tunis during the Eighth Crusade. Philip, who was accompanying him, returned ...

on the

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. He died in 1288. His first wife was Faydide, heiress of Odo, Lord of Casaubon. His second wife was Vacquerie, daughter of Adhémar, Lord of Monteil. From his first marriage he had: * Jordan V, his successor *Indie, married Bertrand, Lord of Caumont *Margaret, married Guy of Comminges From his second marriage he had: *Bertrand, Lord of Mauvesin,

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, Corbonne, Saint-Paul,

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, Ausun, and Lombières *Joan, married the aforementioned Aimery *Thiburge, Lady of Pribac, married Gauthier du Fossé, Lord of Bramenac, and then

Bernard IV of Astarac Bernard IV of Astarac (1249– c. 1291) was a count of the . Family He was the third son of Centule I and Séguine d'Armagnac, and the brother of Centule II. Bernard became Count of Astarac following the disappearance of his brother, who died ...

*Gaucerande, married Stephen Colonna

Sources

*Durrieu, Paul. ''Les Gascons en Italie''. Auch, 1885. * Housley, Norman. ''The Italian Crusades: The Papal-Angevin Alliance and the Crusades Against Christian Lay Powers, 1254-1343''. Oxford University Press: 1982. *Betti, Maria Pia. "Le tenzoni del trovatore Guiraut Riquier." ''Studi mediolatini e volgari'', 44 (1998), 7–193. Available a
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