Hugh II of Jaffa

His father was Mr. Le Puiset. According to the chronicle of William of Tyre, his parents made the pilgrimage during the reign of King Baldwin II in Jerusalem. Hugo was born during this trip in Puglia. His father was Count of Jaffa in 1110 and died around 1118. Hugos stepfather, Albert of Namur, the county managed as long as he was underage. 1123 took over the county Hugo and married Emma of Jericho, niece of the Patriarch of Jerusalem Arnulf of Chocques and widow of Eustace I. Garnier, Lord of Caesarea.

Hugo was probably a close friend of his cousin, Queen Melisende; it is believed that he also had an affair with her, and thus in some conflicts with her jealous husband, Fulk V of Anjou, came. It also says that Hugo was very arrogant and the king not recognized.

It is believed that Hugo in 1134 rebelled along with Roman of Le Puy, Lord of Outrejordain against Fulk. According to William of Tyre complained Walter I. Garnier, Lord of Caesarea and stepson of Hugo, at him for treason and conspiracy at a meeting of the Haute Cour. Hugo rejected this accusation and it was decided that the prosecution would have to be settled out of court. On the specified day of the fight Hugo did not come, but fled to Ashkelon, where he sought protection from the local Egyptian garrison. When he returned to Jaffa, he took one of his own vassals, namely Barisan of Ibelin in prison, and delivered him from the king. The usual punishment for treason and conspiracy was the seizure of all goods and lifelong exile: Hugo escaped with a three-year exile.

When Hugo on the ship that would take him into exile, waiting, tried to assassinate him a Breton knight. He was injured and his attacker was arrested, convicted and executed. After he had recovered from his injuries, he went to Apulia to his relative of King Roger II of Sicily, which made him the Earl of Gargano. Shortly thereafter, Hugo died.