{"slug": "baldwin-ii-of-jerusalem", "label": "Baldwin II of Jerusalem", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baldwin_II_of_Jerusalem", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q51718", "qid": "Q51718", "description": "Count of Edessa (r. 1100-1118) and King of Jerusalem (r. 1118–1131)", "entries": 13, "years": 11, "span": [1099, 1131], "span_label": ["1099 CE", "1131 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 7}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 2}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 1}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 1}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "kingdom-of-jerusalem", "label": "Kingdom of Jerusalem", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "county-of-edessa", "label": "County of Edessa", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "fulk-king-of-jerusalem", "label": "Fulk, King of Jerusalem", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "melisende-queen-of-jerusalem", "label": "Melisende, Queen of Jerusalem", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "syria", "label": "Syria", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "republic-of-venice", "label": "Republic of Venice", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "euphrates", "label": "Euphrates", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "acre-israel", "label": "Acre, Israel", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "corfu", "label": "Corfu", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "aleppo", "label": "Aleppo", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "cilicia", "label": "Cilicia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "nablus", "label": "Nablus", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1099, "year_label": "1099 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "May 20", "text": "May 20 – The Fatimid governor of Sidon refuses to cooperate and his garrison attacks the Crusader host while they are looting local villages. The Fatimids are repulsed, the towns further south generally follow the example of Beirut. The Crusaders move on to Tyre – Raymond IV decides to wait for two days to allow a force under Baldwin of Le Bourg (supported by knights from Antioch) to catch up with him.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365265715#First_Crusade", "title": "1099", "revid": 1365265715, "section": "Events › By place › First Crusade"}}, {"year": 1100, "year_label": "1100 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "After a success over the Armenians of Cilicia and the Emirate of Aleppo, Baldwin of Bourcq becomes Count of Edessa, with the support of Daimbert.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365265768#Levant", "title": "1100", "revid": 1365265768, "section": "Events › By place › Levant"}}, {"year": 1104, "year_label": "1104 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "May 7", "text": "May 7 – Battle of Harran: The Crusaders under Baldwin II are defeated by the Seljuk Turks. Baldwin and Joscelin of Courtenay are taken prisoner. Tancred (nephew of Bohemond I) becomes regent of Edessa. The defeat at Harran marks a key turning point of Crusader expansion.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365271015#Levant", "title": "1104", "revid": 1365271015, "section": "Events › By place › Levant"}}, {"year": 1108, "year_label": "1108 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": null, "text": "Summer – Jawali Saqawa, Turkish ruler of Mosul, accepts a ransom of 30,000 dinar by Count Joscelin I and releases his cousin Baldwin II, count of Edessa, who is held as prisoner (see 1104).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362166699#Levant", "title": "1108", "revid": 1362166699, "section": "Events › By place › Levant"}}, {"year": 1118, "year_label": "1118 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Baldwin of Le Bourg succeeds his cousin Baldwin I, as King of Jerusalem.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365269195#Western_Asia", "title": "1118", "revid": 1365269195, "section": "Events › By place › Western Asia"}}, {"year": 1119, "year_label": "1119 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "August 14", "text": "August 14 – Battle of Hab: The Crusaders under King Baldwin II of Jerusalem (supported by forces of Pons, Count of Tripoli) defeat Ilghazi's army at Ariha in Syria. Baldwin manages to re-capture all of the Crusader castles and returns to Antioch in triumph. He stabilizes the frontiers and prevents Ilghazi from marching on Antioch.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361127585#Levant", "title": "1119", "revid": 1361127585, "section": "Events › By place › Levant"}}, {"year": 1120, "year_label": "1120 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Ioveta of Bethany, princess and daughter of Baldwin II", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1298169999#Births", "title": "1120", "revid": 1298169999, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1120, "year_label": "1120 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "January 16", "text": "January 16 – Council of Nablus: King Baldwin II of Jerusalem and Patriarch Warmund convenes an assembly at Nablus, establishing the earliest surviving written laws of the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem. The prelates and noblemen who attend the meeting confirm the clergy's right to collect the tithe and to bear arms \"in the cause of defense\".", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1298169999#Levant", "title": "1120", "revid": 1298169999, "section": "Events › By place › Levant"}}, {"year": 1121, "year_label": "1121 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Summer – Seljuk forces under Toghtekin make extensive raids into Galilee. King Baldwin II of Jerusalem, in reprisal, crosses the Jordan River with a Crusader army and ravages the countryside. He occupies and destroys a fortress that Toghtekin has built at Jerash.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362154597#Levant", "title": "1121", "revid": 1362154597, "section": "Events › By place › Levant"}}, {"year": 1123, "year_label": "1123 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "April 18", "text": "April 18 – King Baldwin II of Jerusalem is captured by Turkish forces under Belek Ghazi – while preparing to practice falconry near Gargar on the Euphrates. Most of the Crusader army is massacred, and Baldwin is taken to the castle at Kharput. To save the situation the Venetians are asked to help. Doge Domenico Michiel lifts the siege of Corfu (see 1122) and takes his fleet to Acre, arriving at the port in the end of May.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366532227#April–June", "title": "1123", "revid": 1366532227, "section": "Events › By date › April–June"}}, {"year": 1129, "year_label": "1129 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "June 2", "text": "June 2 – Fulk V, count of Anjou, marries Melisende (daughter of King Baldwin II) the heir to the Kingdom of Jerusalem. Fulk gives up his title which passes to his 15-year-old son, Geoffrey V (the Fair).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1329978071#Europe", "title": "1129", "revid": 1329978071, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1131, "year_label": "1131 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "August 21", "text": "August 21 – King Baldwin II falls seriously ill, after his return from Antioch. He is moved to the patriarch's residence near the Holy Sepulchre, where he bequeaths the kingdom to his daughter Melisende, her husband Fulk and their infant son, Baldwin. He takes monastic vows, and dies soon after. Baldwin is buried in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, at Jerusalem.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372289644#Levant", "title": "1131", "revid": 1372289644, "section": "Events › By place › Levant"}}, {"year": 1131, "year_label": "1131 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "August 21", "text": "August 21 – Baldwin II, king of Jerusalem", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372289644#Deaths", "title": "1131", "revid": 1372289644, "section": "Deaths"}}]}