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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Baldwin's parents separated when he was two; at nine he was sent to study under Archbishop William of Tyre, who noticed early signs of leprosy but kept quiet until Baldwin inherited the throne at thirteen in 1174. His hands and face grew disfigured as he ruled, though he mastered riding and fought in battles for years despite losing sensation in his extremities. In 1177 he and Raynald of Châtillon crushed Saladin at Montgisard, earning him fame, but marriage was impossible and abdication kept slipping away — his sister Sibylla's first husband died in 1177, and her second, Guy of Lusignan, turned insubordinate and alienated the nobility. By 1183 leprosy had nearly incapacitated him; he disinherited Guy, crowned Sibylla's young son Baldwin V as co-king, and had himself carried in a litter to break Saladin's siege of Kerak. He arranged for Raymond of Tripoli to serve as regent, then died of fever before May 1185. Two years later Saladin destroyed the kingdom at Hattin.