Kingdom of Jerusalem

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Christian monarchy crusader state former country medieval kingdom

The Kingdom of Jerusalem was a medieval Crusader state established in the Levant after the First Crusade, serving as a key Christian stronghold and political center in the Holy Land.

Aliases (2)

Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem ×2
Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem ×1

Statements (68)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christian monarchy → crusader state → former country → medieval kingdom →
alternativeName	Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem →
capital	Jerusalem →
claimedBy	House of Anjou → House of Hohenstaufen NERFINISHED → House of Lusignan → Kings of Cyprus →
commonLanguage	Arabic → Greek → Italian → Old French →
continent	Asia →
crusadeContext	First Crusade → Second Crusade → Third Crusade →
currency	bezant → denier →
endTime	1291 →
establishedAfter	First Crusade →
fallOfLastStrongholdYear	1291 →
firstRuler	Godfrey of Bouillon →
firstRulerTitle	Advocate of the Holy Sepulchre →
foundedBy	First Crusaders →
founder	Godfrey of Bouillon →
governmentType	feudal monarchy → hereditary monarchy →
importantInstitution	Church of the Holy Sepulchre → Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem →
lastStronghold	Acre →
legalSystem	Assizes of Jerusalem →
locatedIn	Holy Land → Levant →
lostJerusalemTo	Saladin →
lostJerusalemYear	1187 →
majorCity	Acre → Ascalon → Jerusalem → Nablus → Tyre →
majorPort	Acre → Jaffa →
neighbor	County of Edessa → County of Tripoli → Principality of Antioch →
nobleAssembly	High Court of Jerusalem →
notableBattle	Battle of Hattin → Siege of Acre (1189–1191) → Siege of Jerusalem (1099) →
officialLanguage	Latin →
opponent	Ayyubid dynasty → Fatimid Caliphate → Mamluk Sultanate → Zengid dynasty →
peakPeriod	12th century →
protectedBy	Knights Hospitaller → Knights Templar → Teutonic Order →
religion	Catholicism → Latin Christianity →
religiousSignificance	center of Latin Christian pilgrimage →
secondRuler	Baldwin I of Jerusalem →
startTime	1099 →
strategicRole	bridgehead for Western European influence in the Near East → key Christian stronghold in the Holy Land →
symbol	golden cross potent with four crosslets on argent field →

Referenced by (10)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Cilician Armenia →	ally
Principality of Antioch →	allyOf
Kingdom of Jerusalem ("Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem") →	alternativeName
Jerusalem cross ("Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem") →	associatedWith
Joan of Acre →	birthPlace
Knights Hospitaller →	countryOfOrigin
Outremer →	hasPart
Third Crusade →	hasParticipant
Third Crusade →	location
Lydda ("Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem") →	underRuleOf