JERUSALEM, King of Jerusalem Amalric of

1136 - 1174  (38 years)

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• Name	JERUSALEM, Amalric of  [1, 2, 3]
  Title	King of Jerusalem
  Birth	1136
  Gender	Male
  Death	11 Jul 1174
  Person ID	I10471	My Genealogy | Laviolette Ancestry, Laviolette Ancestry
  Last Modified	4 Feb 2024

  
  

  Family	COMNENA, Maria,   b. 1154   d. Aft 1208 (Age > 55 years)
  Children	+ 1. JERUSALEM, Isabella I of,   b. 1172, Nablus, Jerusalem, Israel d. 5 Apr 1205, Acre, Kingdom of Jerusalem, Israel (Age 33 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F8534	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Feb 2024

  
  

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  Amalric I of Jerusalem

  
  

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  William was a good friend of Amalric and described him in great detail. "He had a slight impediment in his speech, not serious enough to be considered as a defect but sufficient to render him incapable of ready eloquence. He was far better in counsel than in fluent or ornate speech." Like his brother Baldwin III, he was more of an academic than a warrior, who studied law and languages in his leisure time: "He was well skilled in the customary law by which the kingdom was governed - in fact, he was second to no one in this respect." He was probably responsible for an assize making all rear-vassals directly subject to the king and eligible to appear at the Haute Cour. Amalric had an enormous curiosity, and William was reportedly astonished to find Amalric questioning, during an illness, the resurrection of the body.[5] He especially enjoyed reading and being read to, spending long hours listening to William read early drafts of his history. He did not enjoy games or spectacles, although he liked to hunt. He was trusting of his officials, perhaps too trusting, and it seems that there were many among the population who despised him, although he refused to take any action against those who insulted him publicly. He was tall and fairly handsome; "he had sparkling eyes of medium size; his nose, like that of his brother, was becomingly aquiline; his hair was blond and grew back somewhat from his forehead. A comely and very full beard covered his cheeks and chin. He had a way of laughing immoderately so that his entire body shook." He did not overeat or drink to excess, but his corpulence grew in his later years, decreasing his interest in military operations; according to William, he "was excessively fat, with breasts like those of a woman hanging down to his waist." Amalric was pious and attended mass every day, although he also "is said to have absconded himself without restraint to the sins of the flesh and to have seduced married women..." Despite his piety he taxed the clergy, which they naturally opposed. As William says, "he was a man of wisdom and discretion, fully competent to hold the reins of government in the kingdom." He is considered the last of the "early" kings of Jerusalem, after whom there was no king able to save Jerusalem from its eventual collapse. Within a few years, Emperor Manuel died as well, and Saladin remained the only strong leader in the east.

  
  

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  [S1801] Wikipedia, Record of Isabella I of Jerusalem. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabella_I_of_Jerusalem At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld. [S1801] Wikipedia, Record of Amalric of Jerusalem. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amalric_of_Jerusalem Amalric of Jerusalem - Wikipedia [S1801] Wikipedia, Record of Maria Komnene, Queen of Jerusalem. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Komnene,_Queen_of_Jerusalem At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.