Lordship of L'Isle-Jourdain
L'Isle-Jourdain (Occitan: Ylla or Ilha) 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 the fief to the King of France.
Lords[]
- c.1000-1038
- 1038-1089
- 1089-1132
- 1132-?
- ?-1195
- 1196-1205 married 1175 to Esclarmonde of Foix (died 1215) six children.
- 1205-1228
- 1228-1240
- Jordan IV 1240-1271
- 1271-1303 or 1306
- Bernard IV Jordan 1303 or 1306-1340
Counts[]
- Bertrand I 1340-1349
- 1349-1365
- 1365-1369
- 1369-1375
- 1375-1405
- John I 1405-1421
Further reading[]
- Kicklighter, Joseph (1987). "The Nobility of English Gascony: The Case of Jourdain de l'Isle". Journal of Medieval History. 13 (4): 327–42. doi:10.1016/0304-4181(87)90035-2.
Categories:
- Lists of office-holders
- Counts of Isle-Jourdain
- Lists of counts of France