Gervaise of Bazoches Prince of Galilee and Lord of Tiberias, was a crusader on the First Crusade

First Crusade

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Before the crusade, he was the advocate

Advocate

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 of Mont-Notre-Dame

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 and brother of Hugh, lord of Bazoches-sur-Vesles

Bazoches-sur-Vesles

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. In the Holy Land, he was an officer of Baldwin I of Jerusalem

Baldwin I of Jerusalem

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, who conferred Galilee on him after the death of Hugh of Saint Omer

Hugh of Saint Omer

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. In May 1108, his troop of eighty knights and two hundred infantrymen was defeated by Toghtekin

Toghtekin

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, atabeg

Atabeg

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 of Damascus

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, and Gervaise was taken prisoner, like his predecessor. Tughtikin proposed the cities of Acre

Acre

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, Haifa

Haifa

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, and Tiberias as a suitable ransom, Baldwin refused and offered an amount of silver. Gervaise was subsequently executed, also like his predecessor.

Sources

• Alan V. Murray, The Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem: A Dynastic History 1099-1125. Prosopographia et Genealogica, 2000.