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| | Kingdom of Jerusalem - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article |
 | | During Baldwin's reign the Kingdom began to collapse internally, as factions formed behind Baldwin's cousin, Count Raymond III of Tripoli, who led the "nobles' party" of native barons, and Baldwin's incompetent brother-in-law, Guy of Lusignan, who led the "court party", backed by the royal family and relative newcomers to the kingdom. |
 | | Baldwin IV died in 1185, and was succeeded by his infant nephew Baldwin V, son of his sister Sibylla. |
 | | His close ally Raynald of Chatillon, the lord of Oultrejourdan and the fortress of Kerak, provoked Saladin into open war, and in 1187 the army of the Kingdom was utterly destroyed at the Battle of Hattin. |
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