Thierry d'Orca ( French: ''Thierry d'Orgue'' or ''Their d'Orguenes'',

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: ''Theodoricus de Orca'', before 1174–1207) was Lord of Arsuf by marriage in the

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. Thierry was probably a French

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who came with the

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to the

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in 1190. Their origin is unknown. It was among the retinue of Count

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, who ascended as

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in 1192. This allowed him to marry

Melisende of Arsuf Melisende (born before 1177 – died after 1215) was the hereditary Lady of Arsuf from 1177 and the second wife of the powerful nobleman John, Old Lord of Beirut. Life She was born sometime before 1177, the eldest daughter of Guy, Lord of Ars ...

, the heiress of the Lordship of Arsuf. He had seven daughters with Melisande, all of them were killed before him.Cf. '' Lignages d’Outre-Mer''. Marciana Ms Francese 20, CC.LXXXVIII, p. 63. d'Orca died in 1207 without any heirs. After his death, his widow married with John of Ibelin, the "Old Lord of Beirut."

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{{DEFAULTSORT:d'Orca, Thierry Christians of the Third Crusade 1207 deaths Nobility of the Kingdom of Jerusalem Year of birth uncertain