Geoffrey of Langley
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Geoffrey of Langley was an English knight and ambassador of the 13th century. He participated to the crusade of Edward I of England
Edward I of England
Edward I , also known as Edward Longshanks and the Hammer of the Scots, was King of England from 1272 to 1307. The first son of Henry III, Edward was involved early in the political intrigues of his father's reign, which included an outright rebellion by the English barons...

 in the Holy Land
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 in 1270-71.

Geoffrey de Langley was also sent to the Mongol Il-Khanid court in 1291. Geoffrey left from Genoa
Genoa
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, where he was joined by the Khan's ambassador to the West Buscarel of Gisolfe to go to the Mongol capital of Tabriz
Tabriz
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. The embassy is known in some detail because the financial accounts of it have remained. Geoffrey returned to Genoa on 11 January 1293.

Geoffrey of Langley was a member of the English knights under Edmond of Lancaster who went to France in 1294.
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