Biography of Baldwin IV King Jerusalem 1161-1186

Paternal Family Tree: Anjou aka Plantagenet

In 1157 [his father] Almaric I King Jerusalem [age 21] and [his mother] Agnes Courtenay Queen Jerusalem [age 21] were married. She by marriage Queen Jerusalem. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Joscelin Courtenay II Count Edessa. He the son of Fulk "Young" King Jerusalem and Melisende Queen of Jerusalem [age 52]. They were third cousins.

In 1161 Baldwin IV King Jerusalem was born to [his father] Almaric I King Jerusalem [age 25] and [his mother] Agnes Courtenay Queen Jerusalem [age 25] at Jerusalem [Map].

Baldwin III King Jerusalem Dies Almaric I King Jerusalem Succeeds

On 10th February 1163 [his uncle] Baldwin III King Jerusalem [age 33] died at Beirut. His brother [his father] Almaric [age 27] succeeded I King Jerusalem.

In 1167 [his father] Almaric I King Jerusalem [age 31] and [his step-mother] Maria Komnenos Queen Jerusalem [age 13] were married. She by marriage Queen Jerusalem. He the son of [his grandfather] Fulk "Young" King Jerusalem and [his grandmother] Melisende Queen of Jerusalem.

On 11th July 1174 [his father] Almaric I King Jerusalem [age 38] died. His son Baldwin [age 13] succeeded IV King Jerusalem.

Annals of Six Kings of England by Nicholas Trivet [1258-1328]. When he arrived at Rouen with a multitude of Welshmen, he sent them across the Seine to plunder provisions in the forests—supplies that were being carried to the army of the French. The French, therefore, fearing the king on one side and the Welsh on the other, came to the king of England to discuss peace. Rejoicing at this, the king appointed the Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin as the date for restoring peace, to be held at Gisors. On the vigil [14th August 1174] of the Assumption of the Blessed Mary, the French army abandoned the siege of Rouen and withdrew. When the appointed time for restoring peace arrived, the two sides met, but accomplished nothing; instead they set another meeting for the Feast of St. Michael [20th September 1174] near the city of Tours. When they met again at that place and time, peace was finally achieved, and the three sons of the king humbly submitted themselves to their father. The king of France and the count of Flanders restored to the king of England the strongholds they had seized in Normandy. After the Feast of St. John, Amalric¹, king of Jerusalem, died, and his son Baldwin IV succeeded him. Noradin, king of Aleppo, also died, and his son succeeded him—born of the sister of the count of Saint-Gilles, whom Noradin had taken captive during the expedition to Jerusalem. She and her son, having received a truce from the king of Jerusalem for seven years, promised him a very large sum of gold. Saraguntat, Noradin’s nephew, killed the admiral of Babylon and became ruler both of Babylon and Alexandria. John of Oxford, dean of Salisbury, was elected bishop of Norwich.

Veniens autem Rothomagum cum multitudine Wallensium, misit eos trans Secanam, ut in nemoribus victualia diriperent, quæ ad Francorum exercitum vehebantur. Franci itaque, ex una parte timentes regem, et ex parte alia Wallenses, ad regem Anglorum de pace conveniunt locuturi. Super quo lætatus rex, terminum reformandæ pacis, apud Gisortium, statuit festum Nativitatis Virginis gloriosæ. In vigilia vero Assumptionis beatæ Mariæ, omissa obsidione Rothomagi, exercitus Francorum discessit. Adveniente termino reformandæ pacis convenerunt partes, sed nihil proficientes alium terminum in festo S. Michaelis juxta civitatem Turonis statuerunt. Quibus die et loco iterum convenientes, pax proHis three venit, et tres regis filii patri suo se humiliter subto him. diderunt. Rex autem Francorum et comes Flandriæ firmitates, quas in Normannia ceperant, regi Angliæ reddiderunt. Post festum S. Joannis moritur Almaricus rex Jerusalem, successitque filius ejus Baldewinus quartus. Obiit etiam Noradinus rex Halapiæ, et successit filius ejus, natus ex sorore comitis S. Ægidii, quam in itinere Ierosolymitano captivam acceperat. Ipsa vero et filius ejus, acceptis induciis a rege Jerusalem usque ad septennium, promiserunt ei plurimam summam auri. Saraguntat, Noradini nepos, occidit amiralium Babyloniæ, tam Babyloniæ quam Alexandriæ princeps factus. Joannes Oxoniensis, Saresberiensis decanus, ad episcopatum eligitur Norwicensem.

Note 1. Almaric [age 38], King of Jerusalem, died on 11th July 1174. He was succeeded by his son Baldwin IV [age 13].

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Around 1184 [his mother] Agnes Courtenay Queen Jerusalem [age 48] died.

In August 1186 [his nephew] Baldwin V King Jerusalem [age 9] died. His mother [his sister] Sibylla [age 26] succeeded Queen Jerusalem.

Deeds of King Henry V

Henrici Quinti, Angliæ Regis, Gesta, is a first-hand account of the Agincourt Campaign, and subsequent events to his death in 1422. The author of the first part was a Chaplain in King Henry's retinue who was present from King Henry's departure at Southampton in 1415, at the siege of Harfleur, the battle of Agincourt, and the celebrations on King Henry's return to London. The second part, by another writer, relates the events that took place including the negotiations at Troye, Henry's marriage and his death in 1422.

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In August 1186 [his brother-in-law] Guy I King Jerusalem [age 36] and [his sister] Sibylla Anjou Queen Jerusalem [age 26] were married. She the daughter of [his father] Almaric I King Jerusalem and [his mother] Agnes Courtenay Queen Jerusalem.

In August 1186 Baldwin IV King Jerusalem [age 25] died at Jerusalem [Map]. He was buried in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre [Map]. His nephew Baldwin [age 9] succeeded V King Jerusalem.