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The Christian name Jean runs in the French St. Leger family.
Another, Sir Jean De St. Leger, accompanied Robert, Duke of Normandy on the First Crusade 1096.
Another St. Leger rode with Philip Augustus in Palestine in 1191.
A map of Jerusalem 1099 – 1147 during the times of the Crusades, shows a " Leger's Pool " just outside Damascus Gate.
Geoffrey De St. Leger fought with Richard I of England in Palestine from 1186 to 1201 or 1202.
He was present at the siege of Acre in 1187.
Ralph St. Leger, Lord of Ulcombe also took part in the siege of Acre in 1187 .. His tomb still exists in Ulcombe Church.
He returned to England around 1201.
As his son carried the same name there are confusions but a Ralph St. Leger was a signatory to Magna Carta in 1215.
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