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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.
As Thomas Madden says, Baldwin was the true founder of the kingdom of Jerusalem, who had transformed a tenuous arrangement into a solid feudal state. With brilliance and diligence, he established a strong monarchy, conquered the Palestinian coast, reconciled the crusader barons, and built strong frontiers against the kingdom's Muslim neighbours.
Baldwin I (1060s – 2 April 1118) was the first count of Edessa from 1098 to 1100 and king of Jerusalem from 1100 to his death in 1118. He was the youngest son of Eustace II, Count of Boulogne, and Ida of Lorraine and married a Norman noblewoman, Godehilde of Tosny.
This diagram lists the rulers of the kingdom of Jerusalem, since the conquest of the city in 1099, ... Baldwin I 1058–1118 r. 1100–1118: Baldwin II 1060–1131
Baldwin grants Edessa to Baldwin of Bourcq and departs for Jerusalem. [86] Late October. Baldwin of Boulogne's supporters prevent Tancred from seizing Jerusalem and Jaffa. Daimbert takes refuge at a monastery on Mount Zion. [87] November 9. The burghers of Jerusalem ceremoniously receive Baldwin. [87] [88] November 15–December 21.
Acre, Kingdom of Jerusalem aged about 52 Baldwin III 1143–1163 with Melisende until 1153 [5] 1130 son of King Fulk and Queen Melisende: Theodora Komnene 1158 no children: 10 February 1163 Beirut, Kingdom of Jerusalem aged 33: Crowned co-king with his mother Melisende on Christmas Day 1143 shortly after the death of his father Fulk. Just 13 ...
Baldwin's birth year is unknown. It is only known that his father, Count Hugh I of Rethel, was born in the 1040s and Baldwin was already an adult by the 1090s.Baldwin was the lord of Bourcq when he joined the army of his kinsman Godfrey of Bouillon at the beginning of the First Crusade. [1]
King Baldwin IV of Jerusalem died in 1185, leaving the Kingdom of Jerusalem to his nephew Baldwin V, whom he had crowned as co-king in 1183. Count Raymond III of Tripoli again served as regent. The following year, Baldwin V died before his ninth birthday, and his mother, Sybilla , sister of Baldwin IV, crowned herself queen and her husband, Guy ...