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James (also Jacques or Jacob; 1152 – 7 September 1191) was a son of Nicholas d’Oisy Lord of Avesnes and Matilda de la Roche. He was the lord of Avesnes Condé and Leuze from 1171. He participated in the Third Crusade as leader of a detachment of French Flemish and Frisian soldiers which arrived in the Holy Land in 1189.
