Jordan IV (died 1288) was the Lord of L'Isle-Jourdain 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) () (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 crown by Pope Clement ...

, who led the armies of

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and

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in the

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in 1289 and his brother was the

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

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) participated in a ''

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'', 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 Dictionary ...

, Raimon Izarn, and Paulet de Marseilla. 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 or Charles d'Anjou, was King of Sicily from 1266 to 1285. He was a member of the royal Capetian dynasty and the founder of the House of Anjou-Sicily. Between 1246 a ...

. He was praised by

Pope Clement IV Pope Clement IV (; 23 November 1190 – 29 November 1268), born Gui Foucois (; or ') and also known as Guy le Gros ( French for "Guy the Fat"; ), was bishop of Le Puy (1257–1260), archbishop of Narbonne (1259–1261), cardinal of Sabina ( ...

and enfeoffed in the

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and

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by Charles, but he soon returned to

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. 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 (), 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 to France and wa ...

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, Montagnac, 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 *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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