Baldwin I of Jerusalem

King of Jerusalem from 1100 to 1118

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Lived 1058–1118, aged 60

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1058–1118
Aged 60

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Went from youngest son of a Boulogne count to crusader kingmaker: Baldwin ruled Edessa then Jerusalem across the First Crusade's early decades, outshining his more famous brother Godfrey in the process.

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Baldwin I was the first count of Edessa from 1098 to 1100 and king of Jerusalem from 1100 to his death in 1118. He was the youngest son of Eustace II, Count of Boulogne, and Ida of Lorraine and married a Norman noblewoman, Godehilde of Tosny. He received the County of Verdun in 1096, but he soon joined the crusader army of his brother Godfrey of Bouillon and became one of the most successful commanders of the First Crusade.

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