Daily Medieval

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A daily post on the Middle Ages by Tim Shaw.

Daily Medieval

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  • Baldwin vs. Melisende

    The young King Baldwin III of Jerusalem really wanted to be seen as a military commander. To do this, he would have t...

  • Baldwin and the Second Crusade

    After the defeat and embarrassment of the Bosra incident, Queen Melisende tried to keep her son and co-ruler, King Ba...

  • Baldwin in Bosra

    The decision to go to Bosra (pictured) and help Altuntash become ruler of the Hauran against the wishes of Damascene ...

  • Queen Melisende

    With Fulk of Anjou dead from a riding accident in 1143, Melisende now had full control over the Kingdom of Jerusalem ...

  • Melisende and Fulk, Part 3

    The King and Queen of Jerusalem were very involved in supporting and promoting the Christian religion. Queen Melisend...

  • Melisende and Fulk, Part 2

    After a rocky start to their life as King and Queen of Jerusalem, Fulk of Anjou and Melisende started to work togethe...

  • Melisende and Fulk, Part 1

    Fulk of Anjou made sure that King of Jerusalem Baldwin II's choice of eldest daughter Melisende to succeed him was fi...

  • Melisende

    Baldwin II, Count of Edessa, and Morphia of Melitene had four daughters. When it seemed likely that a son was not goi...

  • Sibylla in Jerusalem

    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

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

  • The Death of William Clito

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

  • The Story of William Clito

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

  • Giovanni of Crema

    When Pope Honorius II wanted to resolve a dispute in England between the Archbishops of Canterbury and York, he sent ...