Geoffrey of Langley was an English knight and ambassador of the 13th century. He participated in the crusade of Edward I of England in the

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in the years 1270–71. Geoffrey de Langley was also sent to the Mongol Il-Khanate court of Ghazan in 1291.''The medieval expansion of Europe'' J. R. S. Phillips p.126
/ref> Geoffrey left from Genoa, where he was joined by the Khan's ambassador to the West

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to go to the Mongol capital of Tabriz. 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

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who went to France in 1294.

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Ambassadors of England 13th-century English people Medieval English diplomats Christians of Lord Edward's crusade Ilkhanate 13th-century diplomats 1290s in the Mongol Empire {{England-diplomat-stub