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| Baldwin II, Latin
king of Jerusalem |
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| (Baldwin of Le Bourg), d. 1131, Latin king of Jerusalem
(1118–31), count of Edessa (1100–1131); cousin and successor of
Baldwin I. He accompanied Godfrey of Bouillon on the First Crusade
and was captured (1104) by the Muslims. He was released in 1108. As
king of Jerusalem, he spent most of his reign warring with the Turks
in N Syria. He was a prisoner from 1123 to 1124; Eustace Garnier,
his regent during his captivity, captured Tyre. In Baldwin’s reign
the Latin principality of Antioch was reduced to dependence on the
kingdom of Jerusalem. Baldwin’s daughter Melisende married (1129) Fulk of Anjou,
who succeeded Baldwin. |
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