Baldwin III King Jerusalem 1130-1163

In 1110 [his father] Fulk "Young" King Jerusalem [aged 21] and Ermengarde of Maine Countess of Anjou were married. She by marriage Countess Anjou. She the daughter of Elias I Count Maine and Matilda Chateau Du Loir Countess Maine. He the son of [his grandfather] Fulk "Réchin" Anjou 4th Count Anjou and [his grandmother] Bertrade Montfort Queen Consort France [aged 40]. They were third cousin twice removed.

On 2nd June 1129 Fulk "Young" King Jerusalem [aged 40] and Melisende Queen of Jerusalem [aged 24] were married at Jerusalem [Map]. She by marriage Countess Anjou. Her father [aged 54] had written to Fulk "Young" King Jerusalem requesting the marriage since he had no male heirs. She the daughter of Baldwin II King Jerusalem. He the son of Fulk "Réchin" Anjou 4th Count Anjou and Bertrade Montfort Queen Consort France.

In 1130 Baldwin III King Jerusalem was born to Fulk "Young" King Jerusalem [aged 41] and Melisende Queen of Jerusalem [aged 25].

On 21st August 1131 [his grandfather] Baldwin II King Jerusalem [aged 56] died. [his father] Fulk "Young" King Jerusalem [aged 42] succeeded King Jerusalem. [his mother] Melisende Queen of Jerusalem [aged 26] by marriage Queen Consort Jerusalem.

After 1132 [his brother-in-law] Thierry Count Flanders [aged 33] and [his half-sister] Sibylla Anjou Countess Essex [aged 20] were married. She by marriage Countess Flanders. She the daughter of [his father] Fulk "Young" King Jerusalem [aged 43] and Ermengarde of Maine Countess of Anjou. He the son of Theodoric "Valiant" Metz II Duke Lorraine and Gertrude Flanders Duchess Lorraine. They were fifth cousins.

In 1143 Baldwin III King Jerusalem [aged 13] was appointed III King Jerusalem.

Chronicle of William Nangis. In festo beati Martini æstivalis (2), dum Fulco rex Jerosolymitanus venatum iret et leporem sequeretur, equo cespitante ruens mortuus est per miraculum rupto collo. Ipse enim, [ut tradunt aliqui], antequam esset rex Jerusalem, quamdiu comitatum Andegavensem tenuit, ecclesiam beati Martini [Turonensis] in quantum potuit infestavit. Quo ita mortuo, Balduinus tercius (3), íìlius ejus, cum matre [Milisande regina] regnavit. MCXLIV.

On the feast of Saint Martin [4th July 1143] in summer, while [his father] Fulk, king of Jerusalem [aged 54], was going hunting and pursuing a hare, his horse stumbled and he fell and died, his neck being broken by a miraculous accident. For he, as some relate, before he became king of Jerusalem, while he held the county of Anjou, had troubled the church of Saint Martin of Tours as much as he could. After he had thus died, Baldwin III [aged 13], his son, reigned with his mother, Queen Melisende [aged 38].

On 13th November 1143 [his father] Fulk "Young" King Jerusalem [aged 54] died in a hunting accident. His wife [his mother] Melisende Queen of Jerusalem [aged 38] continued to reign in her own right with their son Baldwin III King Jerusalem [aged 13].

In 1144 [his half-brother] Geoffrey Plantagenet Duke Normandy [aged 30] by conquest Duke Normandy. [his sister-in-law] Empress Matilda [aged 41] by marriage Duchess Normandy.

On 7th September 1151 [his half-brother] Geoffrey Plantagenet Duke Normandy [aged 38] died at Château du Loir [Map]. He was buried at St Julien's Cathedral [Map].

In 1157 [his brother] Almaric I King Jerusalem [aged 21] and [his sister-in-law] Agnes Courtenay Queen Jerusalem [aged 21] were married. She by marriage Queen Jerusalem. She the daughter of Joscelin Courtenay II Count Edessa. He the son of [his father] Fulk "Young" King Jerusalem and [his mother] Melisende Queen of Jerusalem [aged 52]. They were third cousins.

On 11th September 1161 [his mother] Melisende Queen of Jerusalem [aged 56] died. Her son Baldwin [aged 31] succeeded King Jerusalem.