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.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem 2
Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem 1

Statements (68)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian monarchy ⓘ
crusader state ⓘ
former country ⓘ
medieval kingdom ⓘ
alternativeName Kingdom of Jerusalem ⓘ
surface form: Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem
capital Jerusalem ⓘ
claimedBy House of Anjou ⓘ
House of Hohenstaufen NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lusignan dynasty ⓘ
surface form: House of Lusignan

King of Cyprus (titular) ⓘ
surface form: 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 Crusade ⓘ
surface form: 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 region ⓘ
surface form: Levant
lostJerusalemTo Saladin ⓘ
lostJerusalemYear 1187 ⓘ
majorCity Acre ⓘ
Ascalon ⓘ
Jerusalem ⓘ
Nablus ⓘ
Tyre ⓘ
majorPort Acre ⓘ
Jaffa ⓘ
neighbor Edessa ⓘ
surface form: County of Edessa

County of Tripoli ⓘ
Principality of Antioch ⓘ
nobleAssembly Sanhedrin ⓘ
surface form: 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)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cilician Armenia → ally → Kingdom of Jerusalem ⓘ
Principality of Antioch → allyOf → Kingdom of Jerusalem ⓘ
Kingdom of Jerusalem → alternativeName → Kingdom of Jerusalem ⓘ
this entity surface form: Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem
Jerusalem cross → associatedWith → Kingdom of Jerusalem ⓘ
this entity surface form: Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem
Joan of Acre → birthPlace → Kingdom of Jerusalem ⓘ
Knights Hospitaller → countryOfOrigin → Kingdom of Jerusalem ⓘ
Outremer → hasPart → Kingdom of Jerusalem ⓘ
Third Crusade → hasParticipant → Kingdom of Jerusalem ⓘ
Third Crusade → location → Kingdom of Jerusalem ⓘ
Lydda (modern Lod, Israel) → underRuleOf → Kingdom of Jerusalem ⓘ
subject surface form: Lydda
this entity surface form: Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem