Hugh I (died between 1112 and 1118) was the Lord of Le Puiset (as Hugh II) from 1097 to 1106 and

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from 1110 until his death. He was the son of Hugh I of Le Puiset and Alice of

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. He is often confused with his son, who was also known as Hugh II of Le Puiset, though the latter was actually only

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. Through his mother he was a cousin of Baldwin of Le Bourg and Joscelin of Courtenay, who were lords in

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. Hugh acted as lord of Le Puiset until 1106 as tutor to his young nephew Hugh III. After his tenure was up, he went to the Holy Land in the company of Bohemond of Taranto and there received the county of Jaffa. By his wife Mabel, daughter of

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and Sybil of Hauteville, he had one son, Hugh, who succeeded to Jaffa following the regency of his mother's second husband, Albert of Namur.

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* 11th-century births 1110s deaths Christians of the Crusades Counts of Jaffa and Ascalon {{France-noble-stub