kingdom of jerusalem

A Kingdom that has no End - A Second Crusade TL Saint Bernard preaching the second crusade in Vézelay in 1146, Emile Signol “Christian warriors, He who gave His life for you, today demands yours in return. These are combats worthy of you, combats in which it is glorious to conquer and...

Preface A realm on the brink of disaster is home to many a serpent. In the hands of its stricken king, Jerusalem awaits with bated breath the outcome of the struggle between the two great faiths of the age. In the treacherous pit that is cradle to ambition and power, the most...

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Baldwin IV, King of Jerusalem, was widely admired, both in his day and for a long time afterwards. Under his rule, the kingdom prospered in both the economic and spiritual realms. He protected the kingdom's territorial integrity from Saladin (himself a widely admired figure, but that's another...

Can Richard the Lionheart conquer egypt to support holy land by completely destroying saladin and his army if yes will take for himself ?

Can Frederick Barbarossa, Richard the Lionheart Philip Augustus conquer egypt to support holy land if yes the how will they partition their conquests

A bit of a weird (and I don't know how plausible) idea that came to my mind after hearing of how Saladin spared the first King of Cyprus (and King jure uxoris of Jerusalem) after capturing him at the Battle of Hattin. What If, instead of simply annexing almost the entirety of the lands of the...

OTL Richard the Lionheart offered his widowed sister Joan as bride for Saladin's brother Al-Adil/Spahadin so both would rule Jerusalem. Joan immediately refused though and Richard offered his young niece Eleanor of Brittany instead but the proposal came to nothing. IIRC Christian-Muslim matches...

Conrad of Montferrat was the de facto King of Jerusalem from 1190, but was only officially so after two years. However, he was never crowned, because he was assassinated by two Hashshashin in circumstances that remain unclear to this day. What if this assassination had failed, or never been...

In 1156, Henry II of England and Eleanor of Aquitaine's son William survives. All children outlive Henry. Henry and Eleanor's succession: - William III, King of England, Duke of Normandy, Count of Anjou, Maine and Touraine - Henry, Duke of Aquitaine - Richard, Duke of Brittany jure uxoris -...

In 1184 and 1185 the Patriarch of Jerusalem traveled to Italy, France, and England in search of support and a new prince for the Kingdom of Jerusalem. The King of Jerusalem, Baldwin IV, was dying of leprosy, and the kingdom was on the verge of civil war with his sister and half-sister vying for...

challenge: have Napoleon recreate the Kingdom of Jerusalem (for prestige; I know he wasn’t religious) from the Ottoman Empire.

The Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem changed dynasties more times between it's establishment and fall (1099 and 1291) than most European states did in the same time. In part, this was due to the near-constant female successions: in those 200 years, Jerusalem had five queens-regnant (Melissende...

The Hungarian king doesn't fall ill during his campaign and leads the Crusaders to victory by defeating the Ayyubid armies and taking Jerusalem alongside with other forts. What are the consequences? What happens next?

"And All Nations Shall Gather To It" - A Crusades TL ***** Hello, friends, This is a story I've been writing, bit a bit, for some months now, focused on the Crusaders (with a PoD in the First Crusade), and in an alt-Kingdom of Jerusalem (let's abreviate "KOJ" to facilitate). For a set of...