Baldwin I. d. February 4, 1118 Crusader, first King of Jerusalem. He was the younger brother of Godfrey of Bouillon the Potector of the Holy Sepulchre and was supposed to become a priest. In 1096 he joined the first crusade. He followed Tancred of Hauteville and was there when Tancred took Tarsus. He followed the invitation of Thoros of Edessa who later adopted him. After Thoros death he became the first count of Edessa. Godfrey died in July 1100 and on Christmas Day of the same year Baldwin was crowned King of Jerusalem. (Bio by: Lutetia) Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem, Yerushalayim (Jerusalem District), Israel
Of Anjou, Baldwin III b. 1130 d. February 10, 1163 King of Jerusalem. Oldest son of King Fulk and his second wife Melisende of Rethel. Baldwin II had named three heirs on his deathbed, his daughter, her husband Fulk and their two year old son Baldwin. After Fulk's death Melisende acted as regent for her son and reigned her (territorially undefined) part of the kingdom. By 1152 Baldwin demanded more authority and the relationship between mother and son cooled down and...[Read More] (Bio by: Lutetia) Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem, Yerushalayim (Jerusalem District), Israel
Of Anjou, Fulk V. b. 1092 d. November 10, 1143 French Nobility. King of Jerusalem, Count of Anjou, Touraine and Maine, also known as Fulk V "The Young". He was the only son of Fulk IV "Le Rechin" of Anjou and his fifth wife Bertrade de Montfort, who left her husband to become first mistress and later wife of King Philipp. He succeeded his father in 1109 and continued the war with Maine that his father had started. He invaded it and in 1110 married Eremburge of...[Read More] (Bio by: Lutetia) Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem, Yerushalayim (Jerusalem District), Israel
d. February 4, 1118