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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 ...
The siege of Jacob's Ford was a victory of the Muslim Sultan Saladin over the Christian King of Jerusalem, Baldwin IV.It occurred in August 1179, when Saladin conquered and destroyed Chastelet, a new border castle built by the Knights Templar at Jacob's Ford on the upper Jordan River, a historic passage point between the Golan Heights and north Galilee.
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 ...
Baldwin, carried on a stretcher to relieve the pain of his leprosy, immediately marched with a relief force, with his regent Raymond III of Tripoli as acting commander. A beacon was promptly lit on the Tower of David in Jerusalem as a sign that help was coming to relieve the siege. [ 5 ]
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.
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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.