RRR: Correspondence/envoy
614
year: 1158
initiator: Baldwin III
recipient: Emperor Manuel I Comnenus
text: *Late Summer/Autumn 1157 - Summer 1158. King Baldwin III writes to the Emperor Manuel I Comnenus stating that he will be prepared to respond to whatever the emperor’s embassy requests.
*Late Summer/Autumn 1157 - Summer 1158. King Baldwin III writes to the Emperor Manuel I Comnenus stating that he will be prepared to respond to whatever the emperor’s embassy requests.
sources: William of Tyre, p. 843; Mayer, UKJ 1:452-3, no. 245
year: 1158
initiator: Baldwin III
recipient: Emperor Manuel I Comnenus
text: *Summer. In an exchange of embassies King Baldwin III reaches agreement with the Emperor Manuel I Comnenus on the monetary and other conditions of the dowry of Theodora, the emperor’s niece. Theodora will have the city of Acre to enjoy after the king’s death. Baldwin’s ambassadors are Aitardus Nazarenus archiepiscopus, who died in Constantinople; Henfredus constabularius; Ioscelinus Pisellus; and Willelmus de Barris.
*Summer. In an exchange of embassies King Baldwin III reaches agreement with the Emperor Manuel I Comnenus on the monetary and other conditions of the dowry of Theodora, the emperor’s niece. Theodora will have the city of Acre to enjoy after the king’s death. Baldwin’s ambassadors are Aitardus... more
sources: William of Tyre, pp. 842-3; Mayer, UKJ 1:453-4, no. 246
year: 1168
initiator: Willelmus Tyrensis archidiaconus
recipient: Emperor Manuel I Comnenus
text: *Second half of September. Monastir. Willelmus Tyrensis archidiaconus, as King Amalric’s ambassador, concludes the treaty with the Emperor Manuel I Comnenus relating to the subjugation of Egypt, before returning with imperial letters.
*Second half of September. Monastir. Willelmus Tyrensis archidiaconus, as King Amalric’s ambassador, concludes the treaty with the Emperor Manuel I Comnenus relating to the subjugation of Egypt, before returning with imperial letters.
sources: William of Tyre, pp. 916-17; Mayer, UKJ 2:575-7, no. 334
year: 1171
initiator: King Amalric
recipient: Emperor Manuel I Comnenus
text: *Apr. 1 - May 25. Constantinople. King Amalric seals a treaty with the Byzantine Emperor Manuel I Comnenus with the aim of invading Egypt.
*Apr. 1 - May 25. Constantinople. King Amalric seals a treaty with the Byzantine Emperor Manuel I Comnenus with the aim of invading Egypt.
sources: William of Tyre, pp. 945-6; Mayer, UKJ 2:610-12, no. 350