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1161 - Baldwin IV was born.
1174 - Baldwin's father died and the boy was crowned at the age of thirteen, on the 15th of July that year.
1175 - He made a treaty with Saladin.
1177 - Reynald returned early and was rewarded with marriage to Stephanie of Milly, a widowed heiress.
1179 - The king met with some military setbacks in the north.
- On the 10th of April, he led a cattle-raid on Banias, but was surprised by Saladin's nephew Farrukh Shah. Baldwin's horse bolted, and in saving him, the much-respected constable of the kingdom, Humphrey II of Toron, was mortally wounded.
- On the 10th of June, in response to cavalry raids near Sidon, Baldwin took a force, with Raymond of Tripoli and the Grand Master of the Templars, Odo of St Amand, to Marj Uyun.
1180 - Baldwin IV married Sibylla to Guy of Lusignan, brother of the constable Amalric of Lusignan.
1182 - After Saladin retaliated for these attacks, Baldwin, now blind and unable to walk, appointed Guy regent of the kingdom.
1183 - Baldwin had become offended by Guy's actions as regent.
- He child was crowned co-king as Baldwin V on the 20th of November.
1184 - Baldwin attempted to have the marriage between Sibylla and Guy annulled.
1185 - Died in Jerusalem in spring.
1174 - Baldwin's father died and the boy was crowned at the age of thirteen, on the 15th of July that year.
1175 - He made a treaty with Saladin.
1177 - Reynald returned early and was rewarded with marriage to Stephanie of Milly, a widowed heiress.
1179 - The king met with some military setbacks in the north.
- On the 10th of April, he led a cattle-raid on Banias, but was surprised by Saladin's nephew Farrukh Shah. Baldwin's horse bolted, and in saving him, the much-respected constable of the kingdom, Humphrey II of Toron, was mortally wounded.
- On the 10th of June, in response to cavalry raids near Sidon, Baldwin took a force, with Raymond of Tripoli and the Grand Master of the Templars, Odo of St Amand, to Marj Uyun.
1180 - Baldwin IV married Sibylla to Guy of Lusignan, brother of the constable Amalric of Lusignan.
1182 - After Saladin retaliated for these attacks, Baldwin, now blind and unable to walk, appointed Guy regent of the kingdom.
1183 - Baldwin had become offended by Guy's actions as regent.
- He child was crowned co-king as Baldwin V on the 20th of November.
1184 - Baldwin attempted to have the marriage between Sibylla and Guy annulled.
1185 - Died in Jerusalem in spring.
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