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  Baldwin III of Jerusalem: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com - All about Baldwin III of Jerusalem   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Baldwin III, king of Jerusalem (1143—1162), was the eldest son of Fulk of Jerusalem by his wife Melisende.
Baldwin III was the first of the kings of Jerusalem who was a native of the soil of Palestine.
Baldwin was a man of a subtler type--a man capable of dealing with the intrigues of a court and with problems of law, and, as such, suited for guiding the middle age of the kingdom, which the different qualities of his predecessors had been equally suited to found.
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 Baldwin III of Jerusalem - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Baldwin was among the second generation of children born to the descendents of the original crusaders.
Baldwin, perhaps eager to impress the great magnates of Europe who had arrived in his kingdom, agreed to the plan, but the ensuing siege of Damascus was a fiasco and ended in defeat after only four days.
Baldwin was unable to help defend Turbessel, the last remnant of the county of Edessa, and was forced to cede it to Byzantine emperor Manuel I Comnenus in 1150.
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 Station Information - Baldwin III of Jerusalem
Baldwin III (1130-1162) was king of Jerusalem from 1143-1162.
In 1149, after the failure of the crusade, Baldwin III appeared in Antioch as regent after the fall of Raymund, the husband of the princess Constance, daughter of Bohemund II of Antioch.
Baldwin III was the first of the kings of Jerusalem who was born in Palestine.
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 BALDWIN III. - LoveToKnow Article on BALDWIN III.
From these internal dissensions Baldwin was now summoned to the north, to regulate anew the affairs of Antioch and also those of Tripoli, where the death of Count Raymund had thrown on his shoulders the cares of a second regency.
From 1156 to 1158 Baldwin was occupied in hostilities with Nureddin.
Baldwin was a man of a subtler typea man capable of dealing with the intrigues of a court and with problems of law, and, as such, suited for guiding the middle age of the kingdom, which the different qualities of his predecessors had been equally suited to found.
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 Encyclopedia: Baldwin III of Jerusalem   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Baldwin III became regent of Antioch when Raymond was killed at the Battle of Inab.
Baldwin was unable to defend Turbessel, the last remnant of the county of Edessa, and was forced to cede it to Byzantine emperor Manuel I Comnenus.
Baldwin successfully besieged and captured Ascalon in the spring of 1153, securing the border with Egypt, although this would later lead to aggressive campaigns against Jerusalem's southern border by the Fatimids of Egypt.
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 brief history of the Crusader States - world history   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
On the advise of an Armenian lord, Baldwin, brother of Godfrey of Bouillon, steered towards Edessa, in ancient Osroene (east of Cilicia), which was still mostly Christian and had a numerous Armenian population.
Jerusalem was known to Muslims as Al Quds, or The Sacred, because they believed it to be the place from where Muhammad ascended to heaven.
Baldwin III of Jerusalem made an alliance with Byzantine emperor Manuel I Komnenos (1143-1180), who was having some successes against the Seljuks.
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 Comnenus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Their daughter Theodora married into the Angelus family; Theodora's grandsons were the emperors Isaac II Angelus and Alexius III Angelus.
The Comnenus dynasty was very much involved in crusader affairs, and also intermarried with the royal families of the Principality of Antioch and the Kingdom of Jerusalem - Theodora, niece of Manuel I Comnenus, married Baldwin III of Jerusalem, and Maria, grand-niece of Manuel, married Amalric I of Jerusalem.
Remarkably, despite the general tendency for Byzantine emperors to be overthrown after a few years, Alexius ruled for 37, and his son John II ruled for 25, after uncovering a conspiracy against him by his sister, the chronicler Anna Comnena, and her husband Nicephorus Bryennius.
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 Raynald_of_Chatillon
Neither King Baldwin nor Aimery of Limoges, the Latin Patriarch of Antioch, approved of Constance's choice of a husband of such lower birth.
Because his wife Constance had died in 1163, Raynald married another wealthy widow, Stephanie, the widow of both Humphrey III of Toron and Miles of Plancy, and the heiress of the lordship of Oultrejordain, including the castles Kerak and Montreal to the southeast of the Dead Sea.
The siege was raised by Count Raymond III of Tripoli, and Reynald was quiet until 1186.
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 Amalric I of Jerusalem
Amalric was the son of Fulk of Jerusalem, and the brother of Baldwin III.
The reign of Amalric I was focused on Egypt.
His son and successor Baldwin IV was young, weak, and a leper, and the series of regencies and alliances over the following decade would eventually lead to the fall of Jerusalem.
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 Baldwin   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Baldwin Piano is the largest manufacturer of pianos and keyboard instruments in the United States.
Baldwin was a bishop of Kraków in the 12th century, died ~1109.
Baldwin, James Mark was a philosopher and psychologist.
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 Articles - Fulk of Jerusalem   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Fulk was born between 1089 and 1092, the son of Count Fulk IV of Anjou and Bertrade de Montfort.
Baldwin II had no male heirs but had already designated his daughter Melisende to succeed him.
She allied with Pons of Tripoli and Joscelin II of Edessa to prevent Fulk from marching north in 1132; Fulk and Pons fought a brief battle before peace was made and Alice was exiled again.
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 Maximilian Genealogy Master Database 2000 - pafg67 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
Geoffrey III the Bearded of ANJOU died 1068 in in prison.
Fulk III the Black of ANJOU Conte D'Anjou [Parents] was born 956.
Fulk III the Black of ANJOU Conte D'Anjou was born 956 and died 21 Jun 1040.
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 Politics in the Latin Kingdom
Baldwin III was preoccupied with dynastic quarrels among the members of the royal family and with the pretensions of the Byzantine Emperor, Manuel, to suzerainty over Antioch.
Baldwin's death, early in 1162, and the accession of his brother Amalric, signaled a revival of Frankish interest in Egypt and the beginning of a competition for power there between the Latin king and his Moslem competitor, Nur-ad-Din.
When Baldwin came officially of age in 1177, Raymond's influence and that of the party he represented waned perceptibly, for Baldwin IV was at first determined to rule in his own right.
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 Baldwin I   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Baldwin I, 1058?-1118 (r.1100-18), was a brother of GODFREY OF BOUILLON, whom he accompanied in the First CRUSADE.
Baldwin III, 1130-62 (r.1143-62), the son of Fulk of Anjou, ruled as Latin power in the East began to decay.
(Baldwin of Boulogne), 1058?–1118, Latin king of Jerusalem (1100–1118), brother and successor of Godfrey of Bouillon, whom he accompanied on the First Crusade (see Crusades).
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 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Pope Urban III
Uberto, of the noble Milanese family of the Crivelli, was created cardinal by Lucius III in 1182 and Archbishop of Milan in 1185.
It has been noticed that the breach between Lucius III and Frederick coincided with the arrival in Northern Italy (August, 1185) of Constance, the heiress of the Kingdom of Sicily, who was betrothed to Frederick's son Henry.
Urban maintained the refusal of Lucius III to crown Henry, and the Patriarch of Aquileia was induced by the emperor to perform the office, although it belonged to the pope in right of the Archbishopric of Milan which he had retained, possibly to that end, after his election.
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 chronological 1100 - 1149
Baldwin the second is his cousin and the choice of the various barons.
Baldwin III is the first king of Jerusalem actually born in Palestine.
The army consists of forces under the command of Baldwin III, survivors of Conrad III's trip across Anatolia, and the cavalry of Louis VII which had sailed directly to Jerusalem (his infantry was supposed to march to Palestine, but they were all killed along the way).
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 Kingdom of Jerusalem 1099-1291   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The flag of the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem was white with a yellow cross (potent?) and four smaller crosses in the arms.
The Crusaders flag/arms of Jerusalem that became known in heraldry simply as Jerusalem cross has 5 crosses: one large cross potent and 4 crosslets, the crosses are yellow and the field is white.
Nevertheless, it is true that King Baldwin III of Jerusalem (1141-1162) used a plain white flag to which a yellow cross was added by King Amalrich I (1162-1173).
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 Mediaeval Billon Denier of Baldwin III, Jerusalem - Birmingham Museums & Art Gallery Information Centre   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
This coin was minted the fourth of the crusader kings of Jerusalem, Baldwin III (1143-62).
He came to the throne when he was only 13 and was the first King of Jerusalem to be born in the Holy Land.
During his reign, the crusaders began to lose territory to the Muslims.The building on the reverse is the so-called Tower of David, one of the towers of the Citadel in Jerusalem, which served as the royal palace in the 12th century.
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 Baldwin III de Jerusalén   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Baldwin III (1130-1162) era rey de Jerusalén a partir de 1143-1162.
Baldwin no fue satisfecho con este acuerdo, y convenció a los otros nobles de Jerusalén que se aliaran con él.
En Baldwin 1162 muerto y fue tenido éxito por su hermano Amalric I. Baldwin III era el primer de los reyes de Jerusalén que fue llevada en Palestina.
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 MSN Encarta - Search Results - Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem
Jerusalem, Latin Kingdom of, medieval Christian state comprising what is now Israel, as well as parts of Jordan and Lebanon, with its capital at...
Baldwin III, Baldwin IV, Guy of Lusignan, Jerusalem, Latin Kingdom of, Knight Templar
Baldwin I (of Jerusalem), Baldwin II (of Jerusalem), Baldwin III, Baldwin IV
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 All My Family   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Parents: BALDWIN III Count of Flanders and Matilda BILLUNG of Saxony.
Parents: BALDWIN V de Lille, Count of Flanders and Adela de France Countess of Contenance.
Children were: BALDWIN VI Count of Flanders, Robert I (the Frisian) count of Flanders 1071-93, Matilda (Maud) of Flanders.
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 Second Crusade
After Edessa was recaptured by the Muslims in 1144, the Second Crusade was summoned by Roman bishop Eugenius III, and preached by Bernard of Clairvaux in France and Germany.
In consultation with King Baldwin III of Jerusalem and his nobles, the Crusaders decided to attack Damascus in July.
Pope Eugenius III in 1145 issued a formal crusade bull, the first of its kind, with precisely worded provisions designed to protect crusaders' families and property...
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 Medieval Sourcebook: William of Tyre: Outremer, 1150-1185
The sixth of the Latin kings of Jerusalem was the lord Baldwin IV, son of the lord King Amalric of illustrious memory and of the Countess Agnes, daughter of the younger Count Jocelin of Edessa.
Baldwin was scarcely thirteen years old when his father died.
The Estrangement Between Raymond of Tripoli and Baldwin IV [Adapted from Brundage] The accession of the young leper king to the Latin throne came at a time when Saladin was making his successful bid to take over the lands formerly controlled by Nur ad-Din.
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 AllRefer.com - Baldwin III, Latin king of Jerusalem (Ancient History, Late Roman And Byzantine, Biography) - ...
Baldwin III, Latin king of Jerusalem, Ancient History, Late Roman And Byzantine, Biographies
Baldwin III 1130–62, Latin king of Jerusalem (1143–62), son and successor of Fulk.
Baldwin in 1153 took Ashkelon and foolishly directed his policy against the Egyptians rather than the Turks.
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 My Complete Family
He previously was a member of Triumvirate with Mark Anthony and Lepidus who put to death 300 senators and 2000 knights in a liquidation of their enemies; was a brother to our 'Grandmother' Octavia 'THe Elder'; He was our Uncle not Grandfather Parents: GAIUS OCTAVIUS IV and ATTIUS BALBUS.
BALDWIN III Count of Hainault died in 1120.
Parents: King of Jerusalem BALDWIN II Count of Hainault and IDA.
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 Angevin. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
The first was represented by Charles of Durazzo (Charles III of Naples), a great-grandson through the male line, and by his children, Lancelot and Joanna II.
Although Louis III and René were successively designated as heirs by Joanna II, Naples was seized by King Alfonso V of Aragón and eventually remained in Spanish hands.
The theoretical claim to Jerusalem stemmed from Charles I of Naples, whom Pope John XXI invested (c.1276) with the title.
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 Ancestors of Eugene Ashton ANDREW & Anna Louise HANISH Count Fulk V ANJOU ANDREW ANGERMUELLER HANISH STRUDELL Decendants
Baldwin of Flanders, however, returned home with a wound from an arrow, of which he shortly died...The close of the year saw no turn of the tide in favour of Henry.
Probably also the absence of Fulk of Anjou, who had gone on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem soon after his treaty of 1119 with Henry, was a cause of delay, for the natural first move would be for him to demand a return of his daughter and her dowry.
A younger son inherited the Kingship of Jerusalemas Baldwin III and was succeeded by Almaric I, Baldwin IV, and Baldwin V, with whom the branch ended (1186)..."
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