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Baldwin's godfather was his paternal uncle, King Baldwin III, who joked that his christening present was the Kingdom of Jerusalem. [1] The kingdom and other crusader principalities , though surrounded by Arab Muslim states, were ruled by Franks , French -speaking Catholics who had arrived in the Levant from Western Europe and remained Western ...
The Battle of Montgisard was fought between the Kingdom of Jerusalem and the Ayyubid Dynasty on 25 November 1177 at Montgisard, in the Levant between Ramla and Yibna. [4] The 16-year-old Baldwin IV of Jerusalem, severely afflicted by leprosy, led outnumbered Christian forces against Saladin's troops in what became one of the most notable ...
Baldwin I 1058–1118 r. 1100–1118: Baldwin II 1060–1131 r. 1118–1131: House of Rethel: Melisende 1105–1161 r. 1131–1153: Fulk 1092–1143 r. 1131–1143: House of Anjou: Baldwin III 1130–1163 r. 1143–1163: Amalric I 1136–1174 r. 1163–1174: Aleramici: Baldwin IV 1161–1185 r. 1174–1185: William Longsword 1140–1177 ...
English: Genealogical tree of the Kingdom of Jerusalem and the Crusader States, from their foundation following the First Crusade to the domination of Cyprus by the Poitiers-Lusignan line after the fall of Jerusalem.
In the historical grand strategy simulation game, Crusader Kings III, the Melisende Psalter is an object the ruler can collect if their spouse or lover is cheating on them, as a reference to Fulk's attempt to win back Melisende's favor with the gift during her affair with Hugh II of Jaffa. It is called 'The Psalter of Cuckoldry', with a ...
Baldwin of Jerusalem may refer to: Baldwin I of Jerusalem (also Baldwin I of Edessa, 1058?–1118), first king of Jerusalem; Baldwin II of Jerusalem (also Baldwin II of Edessa, died 1131), King of Jerusalem; Baldwin III of Jerusalem (1130–1162), King of Jerusalem from 1143 to 1163. Baldwin IV of Jerusalem (1161–1185), King of Jerusalem
The Kingdom of Jerusalem still hoped for an opportunity to attack Egypt, but they were not strong enough. In 1178, a fortress at Jacob's Ford - a border crossing outpost north of Lake Tiberias , called by the Arab scholars Beit el-Ahzan - was built as a post of defense and a base from which attacks in the future might be made.
The life of Saladin and the fall of the kingdom of Jerusalem. FV Éditions. ISBN 9791029904271. Runcimen, Steven (1952). A history of the Crusades. and the Frankish East, 1100–1187. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Ibn al-Athir (2003). Mohammad Youssef al-Daqaq (ed.). The Complete History, Volume 10 (in Arabic) (4 ed.). Beirut: Dār al ...