Principality of Antioch - Article Index

Encyclopedia - Principality Of Antioch: Encyclopedia Ii - Principality Of Antioch - Foundation
While Baldwin of Boulogne and Tancred headed east from Asia Minor to set up the County of Edessa, the main army of the First Crusade cont...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Battle Of Harran: Encyclopedia - Battle Of Harran
The Battle of Harran took place on May 7, 1104 between the Crusader states of the Principality of Antioch and the County of Edessa, and t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Baldwin Iv Of Jerusalem: Encyclopedia - Baldwin Iv Of Jerusalem
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...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1268: Encyclopedia - 1268
For broader historical context, see 1260s and 13th century. 1268 - Events. 1268 - Europe. October 29 - Conradin, the last legitimate...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Antioch: Encyclopedia - Antioch
Antioch on the Orontes (Greek Αντιοχεια ἡ επι Δαφνη) is located on the eastern side (left bank) of the Orontes River ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1100: Encyclopedia - 1100
1100 - Events. William II of England dies in a hunting accident - Henry I becomes King of England King Henry I proclaims the Charter o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - County Of Edessa: Encyclopedia - County Of Edessa
The County of Edessa was one of the Crusader states in the 12th century, based around a city with an ancient history and an early traditi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Crusader States: Encyclopedia - Crusader States
The Crusader states were the feudal territories created by Catholic Western Europeans during Holy Wars, called crusades because they carr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1149: Encyclopedia - 1149
1149 - Events. Castle of Carimate destroyed. Nur ad-Din defeats the Principality of Antioch at the Battle of Inab. 1149 - Births. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Crusade Of 1101: Encyclopedia - Crusade Of 1101
The Crusade of 1101 was a minor crusade, actually three separate movements, organized in 1100 and 1101 in the successful aftermath of the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lists Of Office-holders: Encyclopedia Ii - Lists Of Office-holders - Heads Of State Or Government Modern Entities
See also: List of national leaders (in office), state leaders by year. Lists of office-holders - Middle East & North Africa. Alger...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - May 18: Encyclopedia Ii - May 18 - Births
May 18 - 1048 to 1899. 1048 - Omar Khayyám, Persian poet (d. 1123) 1186 - Konstantin of Rostov, Prince of Novgorod (d. 1218) 1474 - I...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lists Of Office-holders: Encyclopedia Ii - Lists Of Office-holders - Heads Of State Or Government Modern Entities
See also: List of national leaders (in office), state leaders by year. Lists of office-holders - Africa. Algeria Heads of state of Al...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Extinct States: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Extinct States - Modern States
List of extinct states - States and territories grouped by geographical location. In and around what is now Bulgaria Third Bulgarian...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Amalric I Of Jerusalem: Encyclopedia Ii - Amalric I Of Jerusalem - Conflicts With The Muslim States
As a Crusader state Jerusalem was constantly in a state of war. Since Baldwin III's blunder by attacking allied Damascus during the Secon...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Baibars: Encyclopedia Ii - Baibars - Biography
He was a commander of the Mamluks in around 1250, when he defeated the Seventh Crusade of Louis IX of France. He was still a commander un...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kingdom Of Jerusalem: Encyclopedia Ii - Kingdom Of Jerusalem - Life In The Kingdom
The Latin population of the kingdom was always small; although a steady stream of settlers and new crusaders continually arrived, most of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lusignan: Encyclopedia Ii - Lusignan - Crusader Kings
The Lusignans were among the French nobles who made great careers in the Crusades. An ancestor of the later Lusignan dynasty in the Holy ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shaizar: Encyclopedia Ii - Shaizar - Munqidhite Shaizar
The Munqidhites controlled territory east of Shaizar, across the Nosairi Mountains to the Mediterranean coast, from the coastal cities of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mu'in Ad-din Unur: Encyclopedia Ii - Mu'in Ad-din Unur - Governor Of Damascus
In 1140 Jamal ad-Din died, and Mu'in ad-Din continued to rule as regent for Jamal ad-Din's son Mujir ad-Din. That year, Mu'in ad-Din besi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Philip Count Of Flanders: Encyclopedia Ii - Philip Count Of Flanders - Count Of Flanders
His reign began in 1157, while he acted as regent and co-count for his father Thierry, who was frequently away on crusade. He defeated Fl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fulk Of Jerusalem: Encyclopedia Ii - Fulk Of Jerusalem - Crusader And King
By 1127 Fulk was preparing to return to Anjou when he received an embassy from King Baldwin II of Jerusalem. Baldwin II had no male heirs...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Norman Conquest Of England: Encyclopedia Ii - Norman Conquest Of England - Conquest Of England
King Harald of Norway invaded northern England in September 1066 which left Harold of England little time to gather an army. Harold's for...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Baldwin Iii Of Jerusalem: Encyclopedia Ii - Baldwin Iii Of Jerusalem - Succession
Baldwin was among the second generation of children born to the descendents of the original crusaders. He was 13 years old when his fathe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nur Ad-din: Encyclopedia Ii - Nur Ad-din - Unification Of The Muslim Kingdom
It was Nur ad-Din's dream to unite the various Muslim forces between the Euphrates and the Nile to make a common front against the crusad...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1260s: Encyclopedia Ii - 1260s - War And Politics
1260s - Europe. 1260 - The Baltic Samogatians and Curonians defeat the Teutonic knights in the Battle of Durbe. 1263 - October - Kin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Siege Of Ascalon: Encyclopedia Ii - Siege Of Ascalon - Background
Ascalon was Fatimid Egypt's greatest frontier fortress. A battle was fought there in 1099 in the aftermath of the First Crusade and the f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Zengi: Encyclopedia Ii - Zengi - Zengi Against Damascus
Zengi became atabeg of Mosul in 1127, and of Aleppo in 1128, uniting the two cities under his personal rule, and was formally invested as...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Crusader States: Encyclopedia Ii - Crusader States - Facing Islam
While the Reconquista, the centuries long fight to reconquer the Iberian peninsula on the Arabo-Barbaresque Moors (who called it al-Andal...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Baldwin Ii Of Jerusalem: Encyclopedia Ii - Baldwin Ii Of Jerusalem - King Of Jerusalem
Upon the death of Baldwin I in 1118, the crown was offered to the king's elder brother Eustace III, but Joscelin of Courtenay insisted th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Crusade Of 1101: Encyclopedia Ii - Crusade Of 1101 - The Lombards
In September of 1100, a large group of Lombards left from Milan. These were mostly untrained peasants, led by the Archbishop of Milan. Wh...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Battle Of Myriokephalon: Encyclopedia Ii - Battle Of Myriokephalon - The March
Manuel gathered an army, supposedly so large that it spread across ten miles, and marched towards the border with the Seljuks. Arslan tri...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1268: Encyclopedia Ii - 1268 - Events
1268 - Europe. October 29 - Conradin, the last legitimate male heir of the Hohenstaufen dynasty of Kings of Germany and Holy Roman Em...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Antioch: Encyclopedia Ii - Antioch - History Of Antioch
Antioch - Prehistory. The site appears not to have been found wholly uninhabited. A settlement, Meroe, boasting a shrine of Anait, call...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Baldwin Iv Of Jerusalem: Encyclopedia Ii - 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 ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Baldwin Of Ibelin: Encyclopedia Ii - Baldwin Of Ibelin - Family
In 1157 Baldwin married Richilde of Bethsan, with whom he had the following children: Thomas of Ibelin, lord of Ramla (died 1188) Eschiv...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - County Of Edessa: Encyclopedia Ii - County Of Edessa - Foundation
In 1098, Baldwin of Boulogne left the main Crusading army, which was travelling south towards Antioch and Jerusalem, and went first south...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Second Crusade: Encyclopedia Ii - Second Crusade - Background
After the First Crusade and the minor Crusade of 1101 there were three crusader states established in the east: the Kingdom of Jerusalem,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Knights Hospitaller: Encyclopedia Ii - Knights Hospitaller - History
Knights Hospitaller - Foundation and early history. In 600, Abbot Probus was commissioned by Pope Gregory the Great to build a hospital...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vassals Of The Kingdom Of Jerusalem: Encyclopedia Ii - Vassals Of The Kingdom Of Jerusalem - Inheritance In The Kingdom Of Jerusalem
Lordships in the Kingdom of Jerusalem were usually hereditary, in principle, but in practice the circumstances were such that their holde...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Baldwin Iv Of Jerusalem: Encyclopedia Ii - 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 ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Crusader States: Encyclopedia Ii - Crusader States - Facing Islam
While the Reconquista, the centuries long fight to reconquer the Iberian peninsula on the Arabo-Barbaresque Moors (who called it al-Andal...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kingdom Of Jerusalem: Encyclopedia Ii - Kingdom Of Jerusalem - Life In The Kingdom
Jerusalem came to be known as Outremer, the French word for "overseas." As new generations grew up in the kingdom, they began to think of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Treaty Of Devol: Encyclopedia Ii - Treaty Of Devol - Settlements
In September 1108, Alexius requested that Bohemund negotiate with him at the imperial camp at Diabolis (Devol). Bohemund had no choice bu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fulk Of Jerusalem: Encyclopedia Ii - Fulk Of Jerusalem - Death
In 1143, while the king and queen were on holiday in Acre, Fulk was killed in a hunting accident. His horse stumbled, fell, and Fulk's sk...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fulk Of Jerusalem: Encyclopedia Ii - Fulk Of Jerusalem - Securing The Borders
Jerusalem's northern border was of great concern. Fulk had been appointed regent of the Principality of Antioch by Baldwin II. As regent ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kingdom Of Jerusalem: Encyclopedia Ii - Kingdom Of Jerusalem - Foundation And Early History
The First Crusade was preached at the Council of Clermont in 1095 by Pope Urban II, with the goal of assisting the Byzantine Empire again...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Crusader States: Encyclopedia Ii - Crusader States - Exterminating Paganism In Europe
Crusader states - Prussia. During the Northern Crusades, a Monastic State of the Teutonic Knights was founded in Prussia to combat paga...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Battle Of Myriokephalon: Encyclopedia Ii - Battle Of Myriokephalon - The Battle
At this point Manuel had about 25 000 men, although he may have had as many as 50 000. This included a force from the Principality of Ant...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kingdom Of Jerusalem: Encyclopedia Ii - Kingdom Of Jerusalem - Jerusalem In The Mid-12th Century
Baldwin II was succeded in 1131 by his daughter Melisende, who ruled jointly with her husband Fulk, the former Count of Anjou. During the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kingdom Of Jerusalem: Encyclopedia Ii - Kingdom Of Jerusalem - Disaster And Recovery
Amalric was succeeded by his young son, Baldwin IV, who was discovered at a very young age to be a leper. During Baldwin's reign the king...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kingdom Of Jerusalem: Encyclopedia Ii - Kingdom Of Jerusalem - The Kingdom Of Acre
For the next hundred years, the Kingdom of Jerusalem clung to life as a tiny kingdom hugging the Syrian coastline. Its capital was moved ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fulk Of Jerusalem: Encyclopedia Ii - Fulk Of Jerusalem - Count Of Anjou
Fulk was born between 1089 and 1092, the son of Count Fulk IV of Anjou and Bertrade de Montfort. In 1092, Bertrade deserted her husband a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Norman Conquest Of England: Encyclopedia Ii - Norman Conquest Of England - Significance
The changes that took place because of the Norman conquest were significant for both English and European development. One of the most ob...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vassals Of The Kingdom Of Jerusalem: Encyclopedia Ii - Vassals Of The Kingdom Of Jerusalem - County Of Jaffa And Ascalon
Main article: County of Jaffa and Ascalon Jaffa, on the Mediterranean coast, was fortified after the First Crusade, and was a separate co...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Treaty Of Devol: Encyclopedia Ii - Treaty Of Devol - Background
In 1097, the Crusader armies assembled at Constantinople after having traveled separately eastward through Europe. Alexius I, who had req...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shaizar: Encyclopedia Ii - Shaizar - Description Of The City
Referring to the crusader siege of Shaizar in 1157, William of Tyre writes: "The city of Shayzar lies upon the same Orontes river which ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shaizar: Encyclopedia Ii - Shaizar - Early History
Located on the Orontes to the northwest of Hama, Shaizar was an ancient town, known as Senzar or Sezar in the Amarna letters. To the Gree...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vassals Of The Kingdom Of Jerusalem: Encyclopedia Ii - Vassals Of The Kingdom Of Jerusalem - Principality Of Galilee
Main article: Principality of Galilee The Principality of Galilee was established by Tancred in 1099. The principality became the fief of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vassals Of The Kingdom Of Jerusalem: Encyclopedia Ii - Vassals Of The Kingdom Of Jerusalem - Lordship Of Sidon
Main article: Lordship of Sidon Sidon was captured in 1110 and given to Eustace I Grenier. Vassals of the Kingdom of Jerusalem - Lordshi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Zengi: Encyclopedia Ii - Zengi - Legacy
He was the founder of the eponymous Zengid dynasty. In Mosul he was succeeded by his eldest son Saif ad-Din Ghazi I and in Aleppo he was ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Zengi: Encyclopedia Ii - Zengi - Conflict With The Crusaders And Byzantines
In 1137 Zengi besieged Hims again but Mu'in ad-Din successfully defended it; in response to Zengi's renewed attacked, Damascus allied wit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vassals Of The Kingdom Of Jerusalem: Encyclopedia Ii - Vassals Of The Kingdom Of Jerusalem - Lordship Of Oultrejordain
Main article: Lordship of Oultrejordain The Lordship of Oultrejordain, consisting of land with an undefined boundary to the east of the J...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Philip Count Of Flanders: Encyclopedia Ii - Philip Count Of Flanders - War With France
Philip returned from Palestine in 1179, and Louis VII, now sick, named him guardian of his young son Philip II. The count had the king ma...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nur Ad-din: Encyclopedia Ii - Nur Ad-din - The War Against The Crusaders
See also: Jihad Nur ad-Din was the second son of Imad ad-Din Zengi, the Turkish atabeg of Aleppo and Mosul, who was a devoted enemy of th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mu'in Ad-din Unur: Encyclopedia Ii - Mu'in Ad-din Unur - The Second Crusade
In 1148 news reached Damascus of a new crusade, called in response to Zengi's capture of Edessa in 1145. Mu'in ad-Din prepared for the in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lists Of Office-holders: Encyclopedia Ii - Lists Of Office-holders - Heads Of Modern Subnational Entities
Lists of office-holders - Australia. Premiers of New South Wales Premiers of Queensland Premiers of South Australia Premiers of Tasman...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lists Of Office-holders: Encyclopedia Ii - Lists Of Office-holders - Heads Of State Or Government Defunct Entities
Lists of office-holders - Ancient world. Akkad Kings of Akkad Gutian kings Assyria Kings of Assyria Athens King of Athens Archo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lists Of Office-holders: Encyclopedia Ii - Lists Of Office-holders - Heads Of International Organizations
See also international organization leaders by year. President of the European Commission United Nations Secretary-General United Nation...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mu'in Ad-din Unur: Encyclopedia Ii - Mu'in Ad-din Unur - Death
After returning to Damascus in July of 1149, Mu'in ad-Din "ate a hearty meal, as was his usual custom, and was seized thereafter by a loo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Siege Of Ascalon: Encyclopedia Ii - Siege Of Ascalon - Aftermath
Ascalon was turned into a diocese directly under the Patriarch of Jerusalem, although in earlier times it had been a suffragan of the Bis...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nur Ad-din: Encyclopedia Ii - Nur Ad-din - Legacy
According to William of Tyre, although Nur ad-Din was “a mighty persecutor of the Christian name and faith,” he was also “a just pr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nur Ad-din: Encyclopedia Ii - Nur Ad-din - Death And Succession
During this time Nur ad-Din was busy in the north, fighting the Ortoqids, and in 1170 he had to settle a dispute between his nephews when...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nur Ad-din: Encyclopedia Ii - Nur Ad-din - The War Against The Crusaders
See also: Jihad Nur ad-Din was the second son of Imad ad-Din Zengi, the atabeg of Aleppo and Mosul, who was a devoted enemy of the crusad...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fulk Of Jerusalem: Encyclopedia Ii - Fulk Of Jerusalem - Family
In 1110, Fulk married Ermengarde of Maine (died 1126), the daughter of Elias I of Maine. Their four children were: Geoffrey of Anjou Sib...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Baibars: Encyclopedia Ii - Baibars - Legacy
Baibars was a popular ruler in the Muslim World who had defeated the crusaders in 3 crusades. In order to support his military campaigns,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lists Of Office-holders: Encyclopedia Ii - Lists Of Office-holders - Heads Of International Organizations
See also international organization leaders by year. President of the European Commission United Nations Secretary-General United Nation...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Extinct States: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Extinct States - Ancient And Medieval States
States and realms that disappeared in ancient history. List of extinct states - Ancient Europe North Africa and the Near East. Adiaben...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Knights Hospitaller: Encyclopedia Ii - Knights Hospitaller - Mimic Orders
Following the end of World War II, and taking advantage of the lack of State Orders in the Italian Republic, an Italian had given himself...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Knights Hospitaller: Encyclopedia Ii - Knights Hospitaller - The Modern Sovereign Military Order Of Malta
The Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of St. John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta, better known as the Sovereign Military Order of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lists Of Office-holders: Encyclopedia Ii - Lists Of Office-holders - Heads Of State Or Government Defunct Entities
Lists of office-holders - Ancient world. Akkad Kings of Akkad Gutian kings Assyria Kings of Assyria Athens King of Athens Archo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lists Of Office-holders: Encyclopedia Ii - Lists Of Office-holders - Heads Of Modern Subnational Entities
Lists of office-holders - Australia. Premiers of New South Wales Premiers of Queensland Premiers of South Australia Premiers of Tasman...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Norman Conquest Of England: Encyclopedia Ii - Norman Conquest Of England - Control Of England
Once England had been conquered the Normans faced a number of challenges in maintaining control. The Anglo-Norman speaking Normans were i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Norman Conquest Of England: Encyclopedia Ii - Norman Conquest Of England - Origins
Normandy is a region in northwest France which at the time had experienced extensive Viking settlement. About 150 years before the Norman...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - May 18: Encyclopedia Ii - May 18 - Deaths
May 18 - 1450 to 1899. 1450 - Sejong the Great of Joseon, ruler of Korea (b. 1397) 1550 - John, Cardinal of Lorraine, French churchman...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Knights Hospitaller: Encyclopedia Ii - Knights Hospitaller - Protestant Continuation In Continental Europe
Following the Protestant Reformation, most German chapters of the order declared their continued adherence to the Order while accepting P...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kingdom Of Jerusalem: Encyclopedia Ii - Kingdom Of Jerusalem - The Later Kingdom
For the next hundred years, the Kingdom of Jerusalem clung to life as a tiny kingdom hugging the Syrian coastline. Its capital was moved ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Crusade Of 1101: Encyclopedia Ii - Crusade Of 1101 - Aftermath
William of Nevers also escaped to Tarsus and joined the rest of the survivors there. Raymond of Toulouse later joined them there as well....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Crusade Of 1101: Encyclopedia Ii - Crusade Of 1101 - The French And Bavarians
As soon as William II left Constantinople, a third army arrived, led by William IX of Aquitaine, Hugh of Vermandois (one of those who had...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Baldwin Iv Of Jerusalem: Encyclopedia Ii - Baldwin Iv Of Jerusalem - Failing Health And Death
Although Baldwin seems to have held no ill-will towards his sister, in the early months of 1184 Baldwin attempted to have the marriage be...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Baldwin Iv Of Jerusalem: Encyclopedia Ii - Baldwin Iv Of Jerusalem - Baldwin's Rule
Baldwin reached majority later that same year, and Raymond of Tripoli stepped down. Disadvantaged, young Baldwin had few male relatives t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - County Of Edessa: Encyclopedia Ii - County Of Edessa - Conflicts With Muslim Neighbours
Baldwin II quickly became involved in the affairs of northern Syria and Asia Minor. He helped secure the ransom of Bohemund I of Antioch ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - County Of Edessa: Encyclopedia Ii - County Of Edessa - Vassals Of Edessa
County of Edessa - Lordship of Turbessel. Turbessel was firstly the lordship of Joscelin I when he was not yet the Count of Edessa. It ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kingdom Of Jerusalem: Encyclopedia Ii - Kingdom Of Jerusalem - Disaster And Recovery
Amalric was succeeded by his young son, Baldwin IV, who was discovered at a very young age to be a leper. During Baldwin's reign the King...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kingdom Of Jerusalem: Encyclopedia Ii - Kingdom Of Jerusalem - Mid-12th Century
Baldwin II was succeded in 1131 by his daughter Melisende, who ruled jointly with her husband Fulk. During their reign Jerusalem exercise...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kingdom Of Jerusalem: Encyclopedia Ii - Kingdom Of Jerusalem - Foundation And Early History
The kingdom came into being with the Crusader capture of Jerusalem in 1099, the climax of the First Crusade. Godfrey of Bouillon, one of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Siege Of Ascalon: Encyclopedia Ii - Siege Of Ascalon - Siege Of Ascalon
Encouraged by these victories, Baldwin decided to make an assault on Ascalon in 1153. With the entire army of Jerusalem he marched to the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Norman Conquest Of England: Encyclopedia Ii - Norman Conquest Of England - Significance
The changes that took place as a result of Norman conquest were significant for both English and European development. One of the most ob...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Baldwin Iii Of Jerusalem: Encyclopedia Ii - Baldwin Iii Of Jerusalem - Byzantine Alliance
Baldwin's modest recovery garnered him enough prestige to seek a wife from the Byzantine Empire. In 1157 he sent Humphrey of Toron to neg...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Baldwin Iii Of Jerusalem: Encyclopedia Ii - Baldwin Iii Of Jerusalem - Recovery
During the civil war, Nur ad-Din had been busy consolidating his control of Damascus following the death of Mu'in ad-Din. With Syria unit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Baldwin Iii Of Jerusalem: Encyclopedia Ii - Baldwin Iii Of Jerusalem - Civil War
By 1152 Baldwin had been of age to rule by himself for seven years, and he began to assert himself in political affairs. Though he had no...   » Read the article