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15 March 2026
The Double Marriage
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So Sibylla of Jerusalem married Guy of Lusignan and spoiled the plot of others to marry her to someone else. Her brother, King Baldwin IV o...
13 March 2026
Queen Sibylla of Jerusalem
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King Amalric I of Jerusalem, and his first wife, Agnes of Courtenay , had three children. When Amalric was forced to put Agnes aside via an...
12 March 2026
Amalric and the Assassins
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In 1173 King of Jerusalem Amalric I tried to make an alliance with the Order of Assassins . They were a sect of Shi'ite Islam whose goa...
04 March 2026
Agnes of Courtenay
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Some women in the Middle Ages became pawns as wives to powerful men. Some women had power in their own right and wielded it despite oppositi...
19 March 2025
Replacing Baldwin
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I've written many times before about the importance of marriages in noble families, forging alliances with other powerful families throu...
18 March 2025
The Leper Warrior
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Although Baldwin IV of Jerusalem was confirmed to have leprosy, he was still the only viable candidate to succeed his father, Amalric, as K...
17 March 2025
The Leper King
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When William of Tyre was asked by King Amalric of Jerusalem to raise and tutor his son, Baldwin (1161 - 1185), he noticed something unusual...
16 March 2025
William of Tyre
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The First Crusade founded several Christian territories in the East. In order of their founding, they were the County of Edessa, the Princip...
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