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1273
year: 1189
initiator: Wilhelmus dei gratia provincialis Episcopus et frater sancte ecclesie dominice resurrectionis
text: †(c. 1189). [226] Wilhelmus dei gratia provincialis Episcopus et frater sancte ecclesie dominice resurrectionis narrates in a letter the disasters that have befallen the Holy Land. He describes: the death of King Baldwin IV; the succession of King Baldwin V; the regency of Count Raymond III of Tripoli; the accession of Guy of Lusignan [Comes Japhiensis]; the treaty made by Raymond with Saladin; the defeat [at the Springs of Cresson] of the Knights Templar and the Hospitallers, who were engaged in arranging a reconcilation between Raymond and Guy; only 5 Hospitallers and 2 Templars survived; the treachery of Count Raymond of Tripoli, who persuaded the king to lead his army into wasteland, where 5000 died and then to [the battle of Hattin], where 50607 Christians were slaughtered bertween Beluaria and Tiberias; Saladin’s capture of Acre, Haifa, Caesarea, Jaffa, Ramla, Lydda, Betenopolis, parvus Humbia, magna Humbia, Sanctus Egydius, Nablus, Sebastia, Grandelme, parvus Gline, Feyve, Nazareth, Saphire, Saphra, Doken, Sidon [Segeten], Beirut and Therorum, the castle of dominus Amfridus; Saladin’s execution of a traitor; his capture of Ascalon and siege and capture of Jerusalem, where on the seventh day he took a tower newly built by the Hospitallers and entered the city; his imprisonment of the patriarch, who was released by a Swabian [Swevus] miles; the agreement negotiated by Balian [Barsan] for the redemption of the citizens in return for the surrender of Belmont, Ridderdoch, Gazaris, Belvaria and Saphat, together with 30000 gold coins; the price demanded for persons and their passage as far as Tripoli; the condemnation of those not redeemed to idolatry or slavery; The death of the proditor sancte patrie et destructor, Tripolensis comes. †(c. 1189). [226] Wilhelmus dei gratia provincialis Episcopus et frater sancte ecclesie dominice resurrectionis narrates in a letter the disasters that have befallen the Holy Land. He describes: the death of King Baldwin IV; the succession of King Baldwin V; the regency of Count Raymond III of... more
sources: Röhricht, Beiträge 1:189-93 (RRH no. 687)
comments: [226] For this forgery, see Mayer, Die Kanzlei 2:450, n. 40.

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