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Baldwin IV Crowned King of Jerusalem
On July 15, 1174, thirteen-year-old Baldwin IV was crowned King of Jerusalem by Latin Patriarch Aimery de Nesle at the Holy Sepulchre, three days aft…
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- 1174Jerusalem · JerusalemKing Amalric died on July 11; the kingdom's clergy and secular nobles gathered in Jerusalem and after three days of deliberation unanimously chose his eldest son Baldwin IV to succeed. Baldwin was only thirteen and already showed leprosy symptoms; the nobles expected that if his condition worsened, his sister Sibylla and her husband would inherit.
- 1174Church of the Holy Sepulchre · JerusalemOn July 15—the 75th anniversary of the First Crusade's capture of Jerusalem—Latin Patriarch Aimery de Nesle anointed and crowned Baldwin IV at the Holy Sepulchre, witnessed by the bishops and nobles. Baldwin then began to rule under the regency of Count Raymond III of Tripoli.
Sources
- Baldwin IV of Jerusalem https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baldwin_IV_of_Jerusalem
- Coronations of the kings and queens of Jerusalem https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coronations_of_the_kings_and_queens_of_Jerusalem
- William of Tyre, Chronicon — William of Tyre https://www.myweb.ttu.edu/jhowe/syllabi/Baldwin%20IV.html