Coronation of Baldwin V in Jerusalem (1186)

Name: Coronation of Baldwin V in Jerusalem (1186)
Start: 1183

Type Event Region Western Asia Time 1183

In 1186, Baldwin IV of Jerusalem, gravely ill with leprosy, crowned his nephew Baldwin V, son of Sibylla, establishing arrangements for a child king …

Timeline

1183Jerusalem · LevantBaldwin IV, knowing his time was short, designated his nephew Baldwin V as heir and arranged for a regency council including Raymond III and others to counterbalance Sibylla's faction.
1183Jerusalem · LevantBaldwin V was crowned at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre or the royal palace, taking the throne in name as co-ruler with Baldwin IV, becoming the child king of the Kingdom of Jerusalem.

Sources

The Leper King and His Heirs: Baldwin IV and the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem — Bernard Hamilton (2000)
A History of the Crusades, Vol. II: The Kingdom of Jerusalem — Steven Runciman (1952)