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Baldwin IV (1161–1185), known as the Leper King, was the king of Jerusalem from 1174 until his death in 1185. He was admired by his contemporaries and later historians for his willpower and dedication to the Kingdom of Jerusalem in the face of his debilitating leprosy .
The king or queen of Jerusalem was the supreme ruler of the Kingdom of Jerusalem, ... As a leper he was not expected to live long, and served with a number of regents ...
The Leper King and His Heirs: Baldwin IV and the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-64187-6. Riley-Smith, Jonathan (1973). The feudal nobility and the kingdom of Jerusalem, 1147–1277. Macmillan. Runciman, Steven (1952). A History of the Crusades: The Kingdom of Jerusalem and the Frankish East, 1100-1187 ...
Having developed a life-threatening fever, the king summoned the High Court in June and made Guy regent. [45] Baldwin retained only the royal title and the city of Jerusalem. [46] Guy proved far too unpopular to be an effective military leader, [47] and gravely insulted the incapacitated king by refusing to exchange Jerusalem for Tyre. [46]
Bernard Hamilton, The Leper King and his Heirs, Cambridge University Press, 2000. Runciman, Steven (1952). A History of the Crusades, Volume II: The Kingdom of Jerusalem and the Frankish East. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. R. C. Smail, Crusading Warfare, 1097–1193. Cambridge University Press, 1956.
The burghers of Jerusalem ceremoniously receive Baldwin. [87] [88] November 15–December 21. Baldwin makes raids against Muslim territory as far as Ascalon and Wadi Musa. [87] December 25. Daimbert crowns Baldwin as the first king of Jerusalem in the Church of the Nativity. [88] [89] Tancred establishes the Benedictine Abbey of Mount Tabor. [90]
The tomb of Baldwin V is the best known among the tombs of the kings of Jerusalem and an important example of crusader art. Baldwin V reigned as the king of Jerusalem from 1185 until his death at the age of eight in 1186. [1] He was buried in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in the city of Jerusalem as the last of seven Latin monarchs
The Conquest of Jerusalem and the Third Crusade: Sources in Translation. Ashgate, 1996. Hamilton, Bernard. The Leper King and his Heirs: Baldwin IV and the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005. Kenneth Setton, ed., A History of the Crusades. Madison, 1969–1989 (available online). Morton, Nicholas.