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We're going to look at the man who unexpectedly became King of Jerusalem in 1192.Henry was the son of the Count of Ch...
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The question of who should be King of Jerusalem came up after the death of Queen Sibylla of Jerusalem during the Sieg...
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Richard I of England was now the leader of the Crusader force, and it was his responsibility to manage the final term...
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With Philip of France and Richard of England at Acre with their armies (the illustration shows Philip arriving in Pal...
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So Conrad of Montferrat married Isabella of Jerusalem,. the rightful queen, and took her back to Tyre while the forme...
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With the death of Queen Sibylla of Jerusalem during the Siege of Acre, her husband, Guy of Lusignan, lost his claim t...
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The first big clash between the army of Saladin and the Christians besieging the city of Acre led to thousands of los...
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So King of Jerusalem Guy of Lusignan was camped at Acre, ready to besiege the city and take control of it as a base f...
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A couple weeks ago I mentioned the events that led to Saladin coming to power in Egypt. From there he had two choices...
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The Siege of Acre was two years long and a major event in the history of the Crusades. Although started independently...
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Gerard de Riefort (that's his coat of arms to the left) is another of the many characters who has no known background...
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Founded originally to care for the sick and poor in Jerusalem, there were new statutes for the Hospitallers in March ...
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Roger de Moulins was not known to history until 1177 when he became Grandmaster of the Knights Hospitaller. His chief...
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In the 12th century, while the kingdoms established in the Holy land by Western Europeans were struggling to maintain...
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So Heraclius of Jerusalem set off for Europe to find support for the Latin kingdoms in the Holy Land and perhaps a hu...
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When King Baldwin IV of Jerusalem as worried about finding a husband for his sister who could run the kingdom, he sen...
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So Sibylla of Jerusalem married Guy of Lusignan and spoiled the plot of others to marry her to someone else. He broth...
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After the death of William of Montferrat, Sibylla of Jerusalem needed a new husband. The kingdom of Jerusalem was in ...
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King Amalric I of Jerusalem, and his first wife, Agnes of Courtenay, had three children. When Amalric was forced to p...
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In 1173 King of Jerusalem Amalric I made an alliance with the Order of Assassins. They were a sect of Shi'ite Islam w...