The Leper King Baldwin IV - His Final Battle and Death - CRUSADES DOCUMENTARY

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The film Kingdom of Heaven depicts the final years of Baldwin IV of Jerusalem, but what's the true history behind the movie? Through courage and dedication, Baldwin the Leper King has protected Jerusalem from Saladin, the powerful Ayyubid Sultan of Egypt and Syria. However, Saladin’s power is increasing, and Baldwin’s health is declining. As leprosy ravages the King’s body, he faces the problem of the succession. His sister and heir, Princess Sibylla, is married to a young knight, Guy of Lusignan. But Guy is unpopular with many of the nobles in the Kingdom. Can Baldwin trust Sibylla and Guy to rule wisely after he is gone? From his wealthy capital in Egypt, Saladin waits for the right moment to strike. Will Baldwin be able to save his kingdom?
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Animated maps by: Denys Rodionov
Written, narrated and edited by: J Stephen Roberts
Voice actors:
Carl Hughes as William of Tyre
Ahmed Al-Bardweel as Ibn al-Athir
Philip Rowe as Ernoul, Squire of Balian of Ibelin
Sources:
-Arab Historians of the Crusades, trans. Francesco Gabrieli, (Barnes and Noble Books, 1993)
-Baha ad-Din ibn-Shaddad - The Rare and Excellent History of Saladin, trans. D.S. Richards, (Ashgate, 2002)
-Barber, Malcolm - The Crusader States, (Yale, 2014)
-Ehrenkreutz, Andrew - Saladin, (State University of New York, 1972)
-Hamilton, Bernard - The Leper King and His Heirs, (Cambridge, 2005)
-Ibn al-Athir - The Chronicle of Ibn al-Athir for the Crusading Period, Part 2, trans. D.S. Richards (Ashgate, 2005)
-William of Tyre - A History of Deeds Done Beyond the Sea, Vol. II, trans. Emily Babcock and A.C. Krey, (Columbia University Press, 1943)
Special thanks to the outstanding Nedim Can Incebay, who allowed me to showcase some of his brilliant video game editing in this documentary. Please visit his original video on the Battle of Montgisard:
• BATTLE OF MONTGISARD 1...
#LeperKing #BaldwinIV #Saladin

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[@mafazkhan8996]

Doesn't matter what religion you are from you gotta respect King Baldwin IV .

[@snoww6454]

It’s tragic how such a great king had his life cut short, but regardless he used the time he did have to fight through all the turmoil and suffering to always be a strong leader and defender of the kingdom. Great video as always! As a lover of Crusader history and the High Middle Ages I’m so glad that there is an educational channel like this that doesn’t just tell it but brings it to life. I can tell you put a lot of work into your videos.

[@thinkandrepent3175]

"And he sat down and called the twelve. And he said to them, 'If anyone would be first, he must be last of all and servant of all.'” -Mark 9:35 Baldwin was so much more than a Leper. He was guided by the Holy Spirit and his kingdom could see it.

[@simplethingsmatter.7782]

Always been facinated by him, who knows how things were gona go if he lived a normal life. Its a big what if..

[@justrubio3121]

Same here, where are you located.

[@Mr.Skeleton.]

This young man is truly the most fit and accurate depiction of what a king should be. Baldwin deserves all the recognition in the world. No joke I listen to these while lifting at the gym and every time I wanna give up I think about the leprosy plaguing King Baldwin and how challenging it must’ve been to push through all the body pain and aches, then I go into berserkers rage and start deadlifting heavy heavy heavy weights 😏this story gives us Christians strength 💪🏻

[@justrubio3121]

Except he wouldn't have felt any pain.

[@claracarcinale7568]

Yes he would have felt pain, physical, emotional and mental because of his body becoming useless, his illnesses, his blindness and his young age at this time. All would have contributed to his struggle

[@justrubio3121]

@@claracarcinale7568 Lepers do not feel pain! Facts!

[@claracarcinale7568]

@@justrubio3121 they have a chance to not feel physical pain, but even if he didn't, he would have felt emotional pain and possibly deprssion at being ruined at his young age

[@davidbarton1806]

Bladiwn is a true ✝️ warrior! and we should teach our children about this great Christian and can all look back with great gratitude for what he accomplished and how he lived his life 👏🏼🙏🏻✝️❤️

[@wayner396]

Baldwin is one of my absolute favorite medieval figures. So tragic his life cut short by debilitating illness.

[@satvikduvuru3735]

Baldwin the Leper's tale really humbled me. When people question why God let's bad things happen to good people, they should read about this magnificent warrior who, even with a deadly disease, ruled with an iron fist.

[@davidbarton1806]

Exactly God uses evil because he can not do any evil and turns it into good and we can draw inspiration off of that it is truly amazing 🙏🏻

[@swiftcee266]

A king may move a man, a father may claim a son, but that man can also move himself, and only then does that man truly begin his own game. Remember that howsoever you are played or by whom, your soul is in your keeping alone, even though those who presume to play you be kings or men of power. When you stand before God, you cannot say, "But I was told by others to do thus," or that virtue was not convenient at the time. This will not suffice. *Remember that*

[@SendiSiradj]

I remember this dialogue. It's beautiful

[@schalitz1]

One of the greatest movies of all time. (The director's cut that is)

[@swiftcee266]

@@schalitz1 Visual masterpiece. Historically...not overly accurate. But fantastic to watch.

[@declankrebs4073]

A most excellent conclusion. It has been said many times, but Baldwin IV was truly one of the greatest kings, and indeed leaders, that ever lived. He did what he could with what he had, he put the needs of his people before his own, and did it all at a very young age. Very sobering to think that, 25, I already outlived this great man by almost two years, yet in that time he defended a kingdom.

[@pavelslama5543]

Saladin sieging Kerak: Yeah, our victory is guaranteed. I mean, whats the worst thing they can do? Throw a cripple at us? *Baldwin IV arrives with his army* Saladin: Yeah, I´d better not risk that...

[@frankpienkosky5688]

Saladin was a great leader and organizer...but he was always forced to watch his back.....his leadership was questioned but never really challenged as long as he promised ultimate victory....

[@kamillgran9408]

I thought after watching these series I would come to admire Saladin more but actually I have so much respect for this young king. What a wise and brave king, and in such young age with a terrible infection.

[@davidbarton1806]

He is what a true Christian leader should be

[@user-ue8qv1rd2x]

@@davidbarton1806 All of this is not true and is a falsification of history. If you want to know the truth, you must study history from specialists and not from KZbin.

[@mrmpoutias5916]

As a greek i have some great heroes in our history to admire but the one i admire the most is the good lad baldwin iv , if i have a son i know the name.

[@doylekitchen9795]

Thanks J Stephen. Great final episode.

[@RealCrusadesHistory]

Thanks Doyle!

[@argonaught]

My favorite King to ever exist. A true hero!

[@jossiahoduro2805]

King Baldwin was a strong and brave man

[@kentheyorkshireman6257]

Been waiting for this, genuinely the most interesting documentary I've seen in a long time

[@byron8657]

King Baldwin IV is truly a Stoic King like Emperor Marcus Aurelius a Stoic Philosopher. Instead of focusing on his disability leprosy he focused on defending his Kingdom Jerusalem. God blessed him with the strength and wisdom of the mind! K

[@starkilr101]

A true king of the holy land

[@vespurrs]

Can you imagine what he might have accomplished had he not contracted leprosy? Thanks for this. I can't believe I'd never heard of him before your videos.

[@karna6634]

nothing special . he will just defend jerusalem over and over because the enemy is stronger .

[@thechosenone8466]

​@@karna6634 nothing special??? He could have defeated Saladin once and for all. He would have given the kingdom peace. You really take history very lightly.

[@DavidTMSN]

Just wanted to say thank you... This channel was my go to after long work days while still active duty.

[@RealCrusadesHistory]

Glad to hear it! And thanks.

[@iringyellow4327]

I never tired listening your story about the crusades, Gid bless us

[@denysrodionov5151]

A wonderful series of videos about the truly great and brave King of Jerusalem, Baldwin IV. Thank you for interesting content!

[@gregoryrussell9235]

A top job of telling a great history of this brave leader too.

[@-RONNIE]

Another good video. Thank you as always 👍🏻

[@kingslegion1]

so good, as usual.. thank you so much. but it does make you want to take Ridley Scott out to the wood shed and teach him a lesson, hard to believe the guy that did the Dualist would go so henry tudor shakespeare

[@sethbartley2212]

Fantastic series! Thanks so much

[@vininicius27836]

You mentioned the siege of Kerak in 1183. An epic passage in Baldwin's life that also appears in the film.

[@timothymacdonnell9079]

How come this king isn’t a saint??

[@christophersalinas2722]

He would need a request for sainthood, and the Vatican must review and see if he is eligible.

[@deem7478]

One need not have miracles. One can be canonized by Heroic Virtue alone.

[@sjb101]

What an incredible and inspiring human being Baldwin IV was

[@Conan3145]

An epic movie depicting a key time in the Crusader States. Thank you for amplifying these events.

[@haiyahaiiiyyaaahaiya9169]

baldwin stood his own ground and kept Jerusalem Alive, but he died so early

[@Osahashi]

With such personalities of history, I always wonder what would have been possible if they had not ended up like this. Was he able to achieve all this only because he was ill and died young, or would he have achieved much more if he had been healthy and lived a long time?

[@juansanchez5001]

His death altered history forever...... And also till this day.

[@frankpienkosky5688]

probably not....he did do a good job staving off the inevitable....

[@martinmarkovic544]

Your videos are awesome I wish more people saw them

[@martinmarkovic544]

Now the bank verification passed through but I can't find anything on youtube, I paid a thanks donation, did you receive it? It's my first time doing this and if anyone deserves it it's you. Keep up the great work

[@AntediluvianBrew]

Amazing

[@promiseinnocent7560]

I learnt alot from This

[@DoctorGaga87]

Very informative! Where do you find all of this information? I wanna do more research on Baldwin but on the internet it seems very limited

[@RealCrusadesHistory]

All sources are listed in the description below. Thanks!

[@Meralimece01.]

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[@RealCrusadesHistory]

Thanks!

[@BTScriviner]

Very interesting video. 👍

[@RealCrusadesHistory]

Thank you very much!

[@BTScriviner]

@@RealCrusadesHistory I first learned of the kingdoms of Jerusalem from Zoe Oldenburg's "The Crusades." Just came across your channel and can't wait to explore all the video.

[@brianswelding]

And sometimes I think I have it rough...

[@Retarior]

Hahah man, thats cool. Do you know what castle it is since 10:02? The one in the fog? That is Bezděz Castle in north Bohemia, the Czech Republic. Built arround 1261, king Přemysl Otakar II., managed to finish whole castle within 2 years. The whole hill was basically fortified. What you see now is just upper citadel. There was also small castle with one tower on the lower, opossite hill. This king is the one who founded Královec - Königsberg, nowadays Kaliningrad and gave it to the Teutonic Order. There is even pergamen with his gift mentioned. He personaly led 2 crusades in to Lithuania, crushed his enemies during battle on Rudava fields. He favoured his personal retinue of arround 3000 knights, called "Iron lords". He was one of very hard-core warrior kings of Europe. Yet in your other video, about Hungarians vs. Mongols, you failed to even depict borders of our Kingdom. Rather dividing our kingdom between other states. But Přemysl Otakar II. in fact crushed Béla IV. several times, even mortaly wounding his son Stephen. For egsamble during battle of Kressenbrunn. Befoe he died today, on 26.8.1278 during the battle of Marchfeld. He was commonly known as king of Iron and Gold. He was offered Imperial crown and rejected it, claiming that he will take it on his own rather than beeing in debt to Kurfirsten. By which he made basicaly whole HRE angry and practicaly sealed his faith. This castle was his. Im there, every summer, last week in july till the beginning of august. You can meet me there.

[@thomasmason3359]

I am in the middle of reading your book "Why Does the Heathen Rage". I am enjoying it immensely but I am having a problem with the book, it is falling apart as I read it.

[@Alex..36]

Sir what's the background music used on 0:51 plzz sir tell the name

[@istoppedcaring6209]

people often don't realise that despite obvious drawbacks in many ways, the medieval knight really was unmatched in what he was meant to do, these were elite warriors trained since early childhood to be exactly that, elite warriors and horsemen kitted in the finest and heaviest armors, with the best weapons (it must in fact be noted here that due to the different techniques used to turn ore into steel the western weapons were in fact superiour, this is because whilst seemingly more crude of a method, europeans melted ore in such a way that the metal would drip directly onto the ground underneith the kiln, (in the middle east they used crucibles) due to this the sulphur mostly was seperated from the metal, in crucibles it would collect within the mass of molten metal and indeed there are sources noting how finely crafted muslim sabers shattered clashing against the swords of "the barbarians" and again the heavier armor and the fact that in most languages the term for knight directly translates to "rider" should indicate just how devastating these were in fact the first crusade was called due to a request for help by the byzantine emperor to the pope, the emperor did so because earlier the then count of Flanders who was returning along with a contingent of knights from a pilgrimage to jerusalem had happened upon the campaigning emperor trying to defend against his seljuk enemies and as a fellow christian he had offered his aid, the knights completely domminated the battlefield crushing the seljuk light cavalry who were ofcourse not expecting this type of foe. the emperor had also not expected a crusade, he had half heartedly sent a request for aid thinking little would come out of it but hoping for maybe a couple dozen or maybe even a couple hundred knights to be put in his service and payroll, that would have allready been a really expensive ask, a knight was worth a fortune in equipment and represented a lifelong of intense training. imagine his surprise when he first gets a massive horde of rabble that pilaged his own lands, which he then swiftly ferried into anatolia hoping they would at least give the turks some trouble and out of his hair for a while, (ofcourse this peasants crusade was swiftly crushed) and then not long after as he would have felt even less confident about getting usefull aid, an absolutely massive host of professional soldiers and knights arriving. talk about subverting expectations and indeed despite a falling out between the byzantines and franks, these guys did conquer back a massive amount of territory from powerfull entrenched states, they routinely broke professional armies with superiour numbers with a simple cav charge. this did also become their downfall in many ocassions ofcourse, one only needs to think about agincourt or the battle of the golden spurs, nicopolis, ... knights were aware of their martial prowess, they were ARROGANT and had a tendency to mistake caution for cowardice and foolishness for bravery, if used correctly medieval knights could be an allmost unstoppable force, but as muslim chroniclers soon noted, shoot the horse from under them and you just need to suround them, a lone horseless knight is a formidable fighter but even the most formidable fighters can't fight more than one oponent at once.

[@frankpienkosky5688]

as Richard III would attest...."A horse...A horse....My kingdom for a horse!".......

[@Elpadrino1407]

I was on the holy sepulchre last year, if only I had known that Baldwin IV was buried in that church I would had payed my respect ! Oh lord .

[@dcbluenose1873]

Dude, Raid Shadow Legends is everywhere

[@Nuh-zd5py]

What is the background song playing in the intro 0:42

[@anngo4140]

Living just by sheer force of will? I see the Emperor of Mankind's image in this!

[@tbyenick4135]

What game is in the video

[@kamalayan5876]

i want a movie solely about him. I want edward norton to play his character once more.

[@Alex..36]

Can anyone plz tell me the background music on 0:15

[@mkosmala1309]

Pour one out for my man, King Baldwin IV, one of the greatest leaders of history.

[@arpandey698]

A great king, failed by his incompetent successors.

[@SamTheSubSaharan]

What an absolute chad and an inspration!

[@insafahmed6164]

We need urdu translation and Hindi translation for better results please do it

[@edmlh150]

What game is the footage from?

[@RealCrusadesHistory]

Medieval Kingdoms 1212 AD mod for Total War.

[@COD-MIIR.]

7:36 🤔.

[@AtticTapes14]

Empire of Paradise

[@johnlewis3891]

Kerak belonged to Reynald's wife, Stephanie of Milly, heiress of the Lordship of Montreal and OutreJordan.

[@Ismael_279]

Top characters that needed to die early to not broke the game:

[@JOHNBANNON-ib3cj]

tHE movie SHOULD HAVE BEEN HISTORICAL!!!

[@iwil3293]

There is no movie yet, including the "Kingdom of Heaven" that can encompass the conflicts both religions had seen and been in. It is said the water memory in DNA will try it again.

[@operator9858]

is that alec baldwins great great great grandfather? :)

[@reaperone7325]

the graphics looks like mount and blade. why we cant see palestine on the map?

[@aitornavarro6597]

Totally off topic but Eva Green is such sight to contemplate delight and admire. She ia beyond lovely ❤

[@alswann2702]

Lions for Christ!

[@hewaamin4993]

I’m kurdesh?

[@kraanz]

Ah, yes, the great King Baldwin IV and his insanely hot sister, Eva Green.