Baldwin IV

Baldwin IV

(Baldwin the Leper), c.1161–1185, Latin king of Jerusalem (1174–85), son and successor of Amalric I. RaymondRaymond,
c.1140–1187, count of Tripoli (1152–87), great-great-grandson of Raymond IV of Toulouse. He played a leading part in the last years of the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem. Captured (1164) by the Muslims, he was released c.
..... Click the link for more information. , count of Tripoli, was regent from 1174 to 1176. Baldwin was constantly engaged, except for a truce (1180–82), in defending his kingdom against SaladinSaladin
, Arabic Salah ad-Din, 1137?–1193, Muslim warrior and Ayyubid sultan of Egypt, the great opponent of the Crusaders, b. Mesopotamia, of Kurdish descent.
..... Click the link for more information. . In 1183 his leprosy began to spread very rapidly; he appointed Guy of LusignanGuy of Lusignan
, d. 1194, Latin king of Jerusalem (1186–92) and Cyprus (1192–94), second husband of Sibylla, sister of King Baldwin IV of Jerusalem. In 1183 he was briefly regent for his brother-in-law, who was incapacitated by leprosy, but Baldwin made Guy's
..... Click the link for more information.  as his regent, but in the same year he withdrew the commission and had his five-year-old nephew crowned king as Baldwin V (d. 1186). Raymond was regent for Baldwin V, who was succeeded as king by Guy of Lusignan.
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Most characters in the film are based on actual historical figures: the leper King Baldwin IV, his politically shrewd sister Sybilla, her second husband the ambitious Guy of Lusignan, the militant warlord Reynauld de Chatillon, the honorable Muslim ruler Salah ed-Din (Saladin).
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Ruled by a wise Christian king, frail leper Baldwin IV (beautifully voiced by Edward Notion from behind a sculpted silver mask), the domain is further dominated by Baldwin's comely sister, Princess Sibylla (Eva Green), and her snaky husband, Guy de Lusignan (Marton Csokas), and his warmongering cohort, Reynald of Chatillon (Brendan Gleeson).
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Ceded in 1180 to Baldwin IV by Onfroy de Toron in exchange for other territories, this castle was marginal in the crusader feudal system.
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