Baldwin II of Jerusalem
| Baldwin II | |
|---|---|
| King of Jerusalem | |
| Reign | 2 April 1118 – 21 August 1131 |
| Coronation | 25 December 1119 |
| Predecessor | Baldwin I |
| Successors | Fulk and Melisende |
| Count of Edessa | |
| Reign | 1100–1118 |
| Predecessor | Baldwin I |
| Successor | Joscelin I |
| Born | c. 1075 Rethel, Kingdom of France |
| Died | 21 August 1131 (aged c. 56) Jerusalem, Kingdom of Jerusalem |
| Burial | Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem |
| Spouse | Morphia of Melitene |
| Issue |
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| House | House of Rethel |
| Father | Hugh I, Count of Rethel |
| Mother | Melisende of Montlhéry |
Baldwin II, also known as Baldwin of Bourcq (c. 1075 – 21 August 1131), was Count of Edessa from 1100 to 1118, and King of Jerusalem from 1118 until his death.[1] He traveled with Godfrey of Bouillon and Baldwin of Boulogne to the Holy Land during the First Crusade.[2]
More readings
- Asbridge, Thomas (2013). "How the Crusades Could Have Been Won". How the Crusades Could Have Been Won: King Baldwin II of Jerusalem's Campaigns against Aleppo (1124–5) and Damascus (1129). Vol. 11. Boydell & Brewer. pp. 73–94. doi:10.1515/9781782041672-005. ISBN 9781843838609. JSTOR 10.7722/j.ctt31njvf.7.
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References
- ↑ Murray, Alan V. (1994). "Baldwin II and his Nobles: Baronial Factionalism and Dissent in the Kingdom of Jerusalem, 1118–1134". Nottingham Medieval Studies. 38: 60–85. doi:10.1484/J.NMS.3.229. ISSN 0078-2122.
- ↑ Tyerman, Christopher (2006). God's War: A New History of the Crusades. The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-02387-1.
Other websites
- Media related to Baldwin II of Jerusalem at Wikimedia Commons