Kingdom of Jerusalem

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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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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
Hohenstaufen dynasty
surface form: House of Hohenstaufen

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

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Saint-Jean-d’Acre governedBy Kingdom of Jerusalem
this entity surface form: Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem
Crusader architecture hasRegion Kingdom of Jerusalem
Lydda partOf Kingdom of Jerusalem
this entity surface form: Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem
Siege of Acre (1291) location Kingdom of Jerusalem
Siege of Acre (1291) belligerent Kingdom of Jerusalem
House of Brienne heldTitleIn Kingdom of Jerusalem
Horn of Hattin associatedWith Kingdom of Jerusalem
Manuel I Komnenos alliedWith Kingdom of Jerusalem
Nur ad-Din Zangi opponent Kingdom of Jerusalem
Treaty of Jaffa tookPlaceIn Kingdom of Jerusalem
Raymond III of Tripoli regentOf Kingdom of Jerusalem
Guy of Lusignan monarchOf Kingdom of Jerusalem
Guy of Lusignan activeIn Kingdom of Jerusalem
County of Tripoli overlord Kingdom of Jerusalem
County of Tripoli borderedBy Kingdom of Jerusalem
Battle of Hattin locatedIn Kingdom of Jerusalem
Battle of Hattin belligerent Kingdom of Jerusalem
Siege of Jerusalem (1187) location Kingdom of Jerusalem
Siege of Jerusalem (1187) country Kingdom of Jerusalem
Siege of Jerusalem (1187) relatedTo Kingdom of Jerusalem
Baldwin III of Jerusalem countryRuled Kingdom of Jerusalem
Melisende of Jerusalem country Kingdom of Jerusalem
Siege of Damascus (1148) belligerent Kingdom of Jerusalem
William of Tyre deathPlace Kingdom of Jerusalem
William of Tyre citizenship Kingdom of Jerusalem
Akkō wasImportantFor Kingdom of Jerusalem
this entity surface form: Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem
Kingdom of Jerusalem coat of arms usedBy Kingdom of Jerusalem
Kingdom of Jerusalem coat of arms symbolizes Kingdom of Jerusalem
Kingdom of Jerusalem coat of arms associatedWith Kingdom of Jerusalem
this entity surface form: Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem
five-fold cross symbolizes Kingdom of Jerusalem
this entity surface form: Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem
five-fold cross associatedWith Kingdom of Jerusalem
Advocate of the Holy Sepulchre associatedWith Kingdom of Jerusalem
this entity surface form: Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem
Advocate of the Holy Sepulchre politicalContext Kingdom of Jerusalem
this entity surface form: Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem
Baldwin I of Jerusalem monarchOf Kingdom of Jerusalem
Assizes of Jerusalem legalSystemOf Kingdom of Jerusalem
Assizes of Jerusalem jurisdiction Kingdom of Jerusalem
this entity surface form: Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem
Assizes of Jerusalem usedBy Kingdom of Jerusalem
this entity surface form: royal courts of the Kingdom of Jerusalem
Siege of Jerusalem (1099) belligerent Kingdom of Jerusalem
this entity surface form: Kingdom of Jerusalem (nascent Latin kingdom)