Amalric of Nesle

Type Figure Region Kingdom of Jerusalem Time c. 1100–1180 Also known as Amalric of Nesle、Amalric de Nesle、Arnald Amalric

Amalric of Nesle, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, born around 1100, patriarch from 1170 until his death in 1180, previously Archbishop of Tyre, deeply …

Timeline

1152–1170Tyre · TyreAmalric came from the French Nesle family and rose to Archbishop of Tyre in the Crusader church system, accumulating ecclesiastical and political connections in the Holy Land that laid the groundwork for his later elevation to patriarch.
1170–1180Jerusalem · Kingdom of JerusalemAfter becoming patriarch in 1170 he presided over the highest church affairs in the Holy Land, taking part in royal coronations and mediating noble factions. During Baldwin IV's reign he maneuvered among court factions, upholding church jurisdiction and the religious order of the Crusader kingdom, dying in 1180.

Sources

Regesta Regni Hierosolymitani (MXCVII-MCCXCI) — Reinhold Röhricht (1893)
The Latin Church in the Crusader States: The Secular Church — Bernard Hamilton (1980)