Medievalists.net » King Baldwin IV of Jerusalem http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Mon, 07 Dec 2015 05:01:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 The remarkable Baldwin IV: leper and king of Jerusalem http://www.medievalists.net/2012/10/10/the-remarkable-baldwin-iv-leper-and-king-of-jerusalem/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/10/10/the-remarkable-baldwin-iv-leper-and-king-of-jerusalem/#comments Wed, 10 Oct 2012 05:12:45 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=36384 Medieval teen king, precocious politician, and successful battlefield commander, Baldwin IV not only surmounted disabling neurological impairment but challenged the stigma of leprosy, remarkably continuing to rule until his premature death aged twenty-three.

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and physically gifted as a boy, he seemed well equipped to inherit the Crusader kingdom.

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