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Baldwin III Overthrows His Mother

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🗓️ 20 April 2026

⏱️ 27 minutes

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April 20, 1152. After eight years of joint rule, Baldwin III seizes sole control of the Kingdom of Jerusalem from his mother Melisende.

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It's midday on July 26, 1148, in orchards outside the city of Damascus in the Holy Land.

0:53.0

Baldwin, the third of Jerusalem, raises his shield as enemy arrows hissed through the leaves of the citrus trees and bury themselves on the earth

0:54.6

around him. Keeping low, the 17-year-old king hurries toward the shelter of a mud wall and

1:00.8

shouts to his men to take cover. The second crusade has been underway for a year. The Pope launched

1:07.3

this war to reclaim territory that had been lost to Muslim forces in the Holy Land.

1:11.9

But the Christian armies are faltering. Their attack on the city of Damascus has been repelled,

1:17.3

and now the young King Baldwin and his men are pinned down in the orchards surrounding the city.

1:22.6

Beside Baldwin, a knight sputters and pants, overheating in his heavy chain mail and armor.

1:28.3

Under the scorching sun, exhaustion and dehydration can almost be as dangerous as the enemy's arrows.

1:34.3

The knight can't breathe, and panicking, he drops his shield and peels off his sweat-trenched helmet, gasping for air.

1:41.3

Baldwin orders him to pick up his shield again, but before the man can react,

1:47.0

an arrow plunges into his neck.

1:50.0

The knight crumbles backward, clutching helplessly at his throat.

1:53.0

There's nothing Baldwin can do.

1:55.0

And as the knight's blood darkens the arid soil,

1:58.0

Baldwin has a bitter realization that God has abandoned him,

2:02.1

and he's going to lose this battle.

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