Baldwin IV
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia | Date: 2007
[known as Baldwin the Leper] (born 1161—died March 1185, Jerusalem) King of Jerusalem (1174–85). He was crowned at age 13 on the death of his father, but the kingdom was ruled by a series of regents. Baldwin was afflicted with leprosy throughout his short life, which contributed to power struggles among the nobility. His defeat of Saladin in 1177 led to a two-year truce, but in 1183 Saladin captured Aleppo and completed the encirclement of Jerusalem. Baldwin crowned his nephew king in 1183.
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