1161 - Events. Bartholomew Iscanus becomes Bishop of Exeter. 1161 - Births. September 23 - Emperor Takakura of Japan (died 1181) Constance, Duchess of Brittany (died 1201) Baldwin IV of Jerusalem (died 1185) Wincenty Kadłubek, Polish bishop and saint (died 1223) 1161 - Deaths. April 18 - Theobald of Bec, Archbishop of Canterbury June 14 - Emperor Qinzong of China (born 1084) ...

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In 1161 Melisende had what appears to be a stroke. Her memory was severely impaired and she could no longer take part in state affairs. Her sisters, the countess of Tripoli and abbess of Bethany, came to nurse her before she died on September 11, 1161. Melisende was buried next to her mother Morphia in the shrine of Our Lady of Josaphat. Melisende, like her mother, bequeathed property to the Orthodox monastery of Saint S'eba. William of Tyre, writing on Melisende's 30-year reign, wrote that "she was a very wise woman, fully experience ...

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Baldwin IV (1161 – 1185), called the Leper or the Leprous, the son of Amalric I of Jerusalem and his first wife Agnes of Courtenay, was king of Jerusalem from 1174 to 1185. Baldwin IV of Jerusalem - Political maneuvering. Baldwin spent his youth in his father's court in Jerusalem, having little contact with his mother, Agnes of Courtenay, Countess of Jaffa and Ascalon. Baldwin IV was educated by the historian William of Tyre, who discovered that the boy was a leper: the boy and his friends w ...

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He succeeded on his father Demetre I’s death in 1156. He changed his father’s defensive policy into more aggressive one and resumed offensive against the neighboring Seljuk rulers in Armenia. With his ascent to the throne, Giorgi III launched a successful campaign against the Seljuk sultanate of Khlat (the Shah-Armen State) in 1156. Giorgi took and annexed the Armenian cities of Ani and Dvin in 1161-1162. However, the Seljuk counterattacks made the King to cede Ani to a Muslim ruler on the terms of vassalage. The city was finally ...

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Melisende suffered a stroke in 1161 and died in Nablus. Baldwin III died unexpectedly in 1162, leaving Amalric as heir. These events placed Agnes' marriage in jeopardy. Agnes was an easy target as she held no political value. Edessa was firmly in enemy hands and she could offer no diplomatic cachet. Additionally, she was ambitious and had made enemies at court. The chronicle of Ernoul hints at a perceived slight on her moral character with "car telle n'est que roine doie iestre di si haute cite comme de Jherusalem" ("such a woman should not ...

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