Search results
Amalric or Amaury I ( Latin: Amalricus; French: Amaury; 1136 – 11 July 1174) was King of Jerusalem from 1163, and Count of Jaffa and Ascalon before his accession. He was the second son of Melisende and Fulk of Jerusalem, and succeeded his older brother Baldwin III.
Amalric I was the king of Jerusalem from 1163 to 1174. He was a strong ruler who protected the rights of vassals and helped prevent Muslim unity around the Holy Land. Amalric, the son of King Fulk of Jerusalem, had been count of Jaffa and Ascalon before succeeding his elder brother Baldwin III on.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Amalric or Amaury I ( Latin: Amalricus; French: Amaury; 1136 – 11 July 1174) was King of Jerusalem from 1163, and Count of Jaffa and Ascalon before his accession. He was the second son of Melisende and Fulk of Jerusalem, and succeeded his older brother Baldwin III.
The king or queen of Jerusalem was the supreme ruler of the Kingdom of Jerusalem, a Crusader state founded in Jerusalem by the Latin Catholic leaders of the First Crusade, when the city was conquered in 1099.
MonarchBirthMarriagesDeathFulk1131–1143with Melisende1089/1092Angers, Franceson of Fulk IV, ...Ermengarde of Maine11094 ...13 November 1143Acre, Kingdom of ...Baldwin III1143–1163with Melisende until ...1130son of King Fulk and Queen MelisendeTheodora Komnene1158no children10 February 1163Beirut, Kingdom of ...1136son of King Fulk and Queen MelisendeAgnes of Courtenay11573 childrenMaria ...11 July 1174Jerusalemaged 38Baldwin IV the Leprous1174–1185with ...1161Jerusalemson of King Amalric and ...never married16 March 1185Jerusalemaged 24Learn about Amalric I, who ruled Jerusalem from 1163 to 1174 and married a Byzantine princess to strengthen his alliance with Manuel I. Find more information on his life, reign and death in The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium.
AMALRIC I., king from 1162 to 1174, was the son of Fulk of Jerusalem, and the brother of Baldwin III. He was twice married: by his first wife, Agnes of Edessa, he had issue a son and a daughter, Baldwin IV. and Sibylla, while his second wife, Maria Comnena, bore him a daughter Isabella, who ultimately carried the crown of Jerusalem to her ...
Amalric I (əmăl´rĬk, ă´məlrĬk) or Amaury I (əmô´rē, Fr. ämōrē´), c.1137–1174, Latin king of Jerusalem (1162–74); brother and successor of Baldwin III.
