Daily Medieval

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...

The King and Queen of Jerusalem were very involved in supporting and promoting the Christian religion. Queen Melisende contributed to many...

When Thierry of Alsace, the Count of Flanders, made his third pilgrimage to the Holy Land in 1157, he took his wife, Sibylla of Anjou . They...

When Fulk V of Anjou married his daughter Sibylla (c. 1112 – 1165) to William Clito , a grandson of William the Conqueror, it seemed like a ...

So King Henry I of England managed to get the marriage of William Clito and Sibylla of Anjou annulled in 1124 through the help of Pope Cali...

When William the Conqueror died, he had already made his wishes clear about the division of his lands. His older son, Robert Curthose , bec...