Baldwin IV of Jerusalem

of the main things that I will be pointing out to you today is Sybilla's love story, Balians real home, and the creation of the longbow. This may not be interesting right now, but after you read the rest I would hope that you can walk away with an understanding as to what Hollywood does to make their movies more appealing to you with less historical corrections, enjoy! So let's talk about Sybilla, the beautiful princess and soon to be Queen of Jerusalem. In the movie “Kingdom of Heaven”, she was forced to marry the fourth son of the Lord of Lusignan, Guy de Lusignan. “ This explanation of events makes perfect sense and appears borne out by Sibylla’s subsequent behavior”…

Baldwin III and Baldwin IV encountered many problems and difficulties when coming into power. To overcome these problems they needed a strong government a strong defence and a strong leadership abilities all of which the two leaders were lacking. Nevertheless the leaders did make or attempt to make several advancements for the kingdom. It should also be considered that the majority of problems faced by both leaders were beyond their control and they had little or no involvement in creating. To…

The second time two adversaries met on the battlefield was in 1179 at the Battle of Marj Ayyun, this time Saladin defeated Baldwin IV who barely managed to avoid being captured by the Saracens. In 1183 Saladin once again went on the offensive against Raynald of Châtillon, Lord of Oultrejordain, whose castle fortress was at Kerak, after Raynald captured the town of Aqaba, which lay within striking distance of Mecca. Saladin lay siege to Kerak in 1183 and again in 1184 but made a tactical…

The seventh crusade was slightly successful but yet it wasn’t. It was led by Thibault IV and he briefly recaptured Jerusalem though he lost it again in 1244 to a new force called the Khwarazmian forces “Crusades”. The eighth crusade was led by King Louis in 1249 and ended a year later after defeat “Crusades”. After many new groups started to show up, King Louis tried to put another crusade in motion but it didn’t get far because he died. The last crusade is known as the main crusade which…

sent word to Pope Urban II asking for help. Pope Urban II got the message from Alexius I asking for help repelling the Turkish threat “Crusades”. Pope Urban II took the message and in november 1095, at the council of cleremont, proposed that Christians in the west aid the Byzantines in the east “Crusades”. Many of the men that responded had to be peasants. They had nothing to live on and they still answered the call to aid the Byzantines and reclaim the holy land. Many men marched into battle…

Hoping that to gain forgiveness for what he have done to his half-brother and redemption for her wife in Jerusalem. Then a bishop tend to sue Balian for what he has done but Baron Godfrey refuses to surrender his son and leads to a Brutal battle among the crusaders. Baron was fatally wounded after the battle, caused by an break off arrow in his body. Before the death of Godfrey he made his son the next Baron and leaving his words to protect the king and the people around him. During the journey…

Chatillon had a reputation for aggravating Saldin and was the fuel for the Muslim chief’s anger and hatred towards the Christians. (The Crusades: Christians at War, pg. 44). It was near the end of 1187 when Chatillon broke the truce by ransacking an Arab troop, while travelling from Cairo to Damascus. (The Crusades: Christians at War, pg. 44, Britannica- Reginald de Châtillon). The Muslim caravan was travelling to Mecca to deliver goods and slaves with the people of Damascus since a truce ,in…

things happened in each Crusade including the capturing of Jerusalem, the fall of the county Edessa, the treaty of the Third Crusade, and the invasion and sacking of Constantinople the Byzantine Empire's Capital. On November 27, 1095, in France, the First Crusade started when Pope Urban II called for a crusade to help the Byzantines, regain the “Holy Lands”, and…

“Around 1118, a French knight named Hugues de Payens founded a military order along with eight relatives and acquaintances, calling it the Poor Knights of the Temple of King Solomon.” The Knights were monks and noblemen that were sent to defend the Holy Land. They branched out and boasted sizable ships and expanded their religion into Western Europe. The Knights were fierce noblemen that defended the Holy Land and all of the Christians in it. “Muslim soldiers retook Jerusalem and turned the…

July 2 1187 the Frankish army was camped at Saforie, the size of the army is debatable as Phillips maintains the army had around 16,300 in total whereas Baldwin asserts that the crusader army was closer to 20,000 and near equal to the Saracen army .King Guy received advice from Count Raymond as Tiberias was his holding and he knew the land best. The king was advised to let Tiberias go as the Count believed that Saladin did not plan on keeping the city just plundering it and removing its…