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King of Jerusalem

Ruling monarch of the Kingdom of Jerusalem in the Middle Ages casado con Iris. M

11 dated entries naming King of Jerusalem, drawn from 10 separate years between 1100 CE and 1372 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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11th century

  • 1100December 25 – French Crusader Baldwin I is crowned first King of Jerusalem at the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, by Daimbert, the new Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, following the death of the previous ruler, Baldwin's brother Godfrey of Bouillon, on July 18.source

12th century

  • 1118Baldwin of Le Bourg succeeds his cousin Baldwin I, as King of Jerusalem.source
  • 1131September 14 – Melisende succeeds her father Baldwin II to the throne, and reigns jointly with Fulk, as King and Queen of Jerusalem. Their coronation, in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, is celebrated with festivities.source
  • 1192April 28 – Conrad of Montferrat (Conrad I), King of Jerusalem, is assassinated in Tyre, only days after his title to the throne is confirmed by election. The killing is carried out by Hashshashin, later the basis of folk etymology for the English word "assassin."source
  • 1192April 28 – Conrad of Montferrat, King of Jerusalem (born mid-1140s)source

13th century

  • 1228April 25 – The 16-year-old Isabella II, Holy Roman Empress and wife of Frederick II, dies after giving birth to her second child, Conrad IV, at Andria. He receives the title King of Jerusalem (as Conrad II) – with Frederick as regent. By his father, Conrad is the grandson of the Hohenstaufen Emperor Henry VI and great-grandson of the late Emperor Frederick I (Barbarossa).source
  • 1229March 18 – Frederick II crowns himself as King of Jerusalem in an impromptu ceremony in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. After the ceremony, he proceeds to the palace of the Hospitallers – where he holds a council to discuss the defense of Jerusalem. Frederick orders the Tower of David and the Gate of St. Stephen are to be repaired at once and he hands over the royal residence attached to the Tower of David to the Teutonic Order.source
  • 1278January – Charles I is crowned King of Jerusalem, and is recognized by the kingdom's barons at Acre. He surrenders the vicariate of Tuscany to Nicholas III. His bailiff, Roger of San Severino, appoints various Frenchmen from Charles' court as his chief officers. Bohemond VII, count of Tripoli (and nominal Prince of Antioch), acknowledges Roger as lawful bailiff.source

14th century

  • 1324March 31 – Hugh IV becomes the new King of Cyprus upon the death of his father, King Henry II. Hugh also inherits Henry's nominal title of "King of Jerusalem".source
  • 1345Marie of Blois, Duchess of Anjou, Countess of Maine, Duchess of Touraine, titular Queen of Naples and Jerusalem and Countess of Provencesource
  • 1372October 10 – King Peter II of Cyrpus is crowned as King of Jerusalem at a ceremony in Famagusta, although the Christian kingdom in Jerusalem had been dissolved 80 years earlier after the "Holy Land" fell to Muslim control in 1291. Although leaders of the Genoese and Venetian communities at Famagusta appear together at symbolic ceremonies to hold the two reins of the King's horse, an argument over which leader would hold the rein on the right and who would hold the remaining rein on the left leads to a fight between the two communities after the Venetian leader is allowed to hold the rein on the right. With the Venetian winning the privilege, the Republic of Genoa organizes an expedition to invade and conquer Cyprus.source

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