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On the morning of 29 June 1170, the inhabitants of what are now western Syria, central southern Turkey, and Lebanon w...
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January 1169 saw the death of Bertrand of Blancfort, the master of the Templars. Bertrand was not as keen on invading...
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Yesterday's post introduced the phrase more muris in pera, "like a mouse in a wallet." It was said by William of Tyre...
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(I said we would get back to Amalric, but I've discovered a side story that I would rather not put off.)King of Jerus...
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In 1163, the young Fatimid caliph of Egypt was al-Adid, who was only 12 and a puppet of several strong nobles and viz...
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Born into the Zengid Dynasty, Al-Malik al-Adil Abu al-Qasim Nūr al-Dīn Maḥmūd bin Imad al-Dīn Zengī, known as Nur ad-...
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Baldwin III, King of Jerusalem, contracted dysentery in 1162 after taking some pills from a Syriac physician. He was ...
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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 wiel...
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Queen Melisende and Fulk of Anjou had a second son, Amalric, born in 1136. When his grandfather, King Baldwin II of J...
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The young King Baldwin III of Jerusalem really wanted to be seen as a military commander. To do this, he would have t...
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After the defeat and embarrassment of the Bosra incident, Queen Melisende tried to keep her son and co-ruler, King Ba...
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The decision to go to Bosra (pictured) and help Altuntash become ruler of the Hauran against the wishes of Damascene ...
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With Fulk of Anjou dead from a riding accident in 1143, Melisende now had full control over the Kingdom of Jerusalem ...
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The King and Queen of Jerusalem were very involved in supporting and promoting the Christian religion. Queen Melisend...
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After a rocky start to their life as King and Queen of Jerusalem, Fulk of Anjou and Melisende started to work togethe...
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Fulk of Anjou made sure that King of Jerusalem Baldwin II's choice of eldest daughter Melisende to succeed him was fi...
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Baldwin II, Count of Edessa, and Morphia of Melitene had four daughters. When it seemed likely that a son was not goi...
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When Thierry of Alsace, the Count of Flanders, made his third pilgrimage to the Holy Land in 1157, he took his wife, ...
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When Fulk V of Anjou married his daughter Sibylla (c. 1112 – 1165) to William Clito, a grandson of William the Conque...
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So King Henry I of England managed to get the marriage of William Clito and Sibylla of Anjou annulled in 1124 through...