The Leper King | The Defender of Jerusalem | Baldwin IV

In the annals of history, certain figures stand out not just for their royal lineage, but for their extraordinary courage and resilience in the face of adversity. One such remarkable monarch was King Baldwin IV of Jerusalem, famously known as the Leper King. Despite his debilitating illness, Baldwin IV's reign in the 12th century marked a period of unwavering determination, military prowess, and unparalleled leadership in the Kingdom of Jerusalem. Despite being a leper, Baldwin was primarily a knight in character and in upbringing, and to contemporaries his most distinctive traits were his courage and honourableness. With enemies such as Saladin, King Baldwin of Jerusalem would need to fight in ferocious battles in order to protect his Kingdom. This is his story.
Chapters
00:00 Introduction
01:11 Chapter 1 - Early Life & Diagnosis
05:27 Chapter 2 - Ascension to the throne
08:05 Chapter 3 - The Battle of Montgisard
11:18 Chapter 4 - Saladin Strikes Back
14:59 Chapter 5 - Final Years
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[@billybob5337]

Its amazing how this guy isnt an official Saint. Hes such an insanely underrated figure in Christian history. He deserves way more recognition

[@billybob5337]

@@iwil3293 You mean not looked at favorably by the academic Christophobe types. Who would find every last reason to defend a Jihad while slandering any Crusade, that merely responded to the threat of it. The Crusaders were made up of different personas and they spanned 300 years. You cant lump them all into the same boat. Most Crusaders had nothing to do with the Sack of Constantinople

[@basit_manzoor_]

I am muslim, and have so much respect for Baldwin. His fights again Salahdin are battles of legend. Their resolve, honor, everything, is something peolle today could not hope to measure up to.

[@deitchj003]

Yeah I’m Jewish and i love both of these legends. Shows that we are all more alike than different. May allah protect you brother.

[@Cadence733]

Edward Norton's formidable performance as King Baldwin in 'Kingdom of Heaven' (2005) stands out in my mind.

[@EstbXCIII]

I couldn't believe that he played this character even after finding out he was. That blew me away.

[@historyprofiles]

An incredible performance. Thank you for watching I hope you enjoyed the video.

[@mechatengu8092]

Its also just such a good movie

[@rd28gu2]

He thought he did terrible acting and didn’t want his name in the credits ! I loved it

[@Cadence733]

@@rd28gu2 I thought he didn't want his name in the credits so as not to distract from others in the film? He wanted the performance to speak for itself not because of who it was performing it.

[@saysayeed]

Saladin and Baldwin were honorable human beings. Respect and admiration. Baldwin , you are a hero.

[@showtime1235]

their battles back and forth are legendary and will be remembered through all times

[@Makaneek5060]

@@showtime1235 The battle they avoided in the movie was pretty memorable too.

[@nielascension958]

Saladin was a Extremist Muslim glad he was pushed back God bless Baldwin

[@invincibleluis]

Absolute legend. RIP King.

[@historyprofiles]

Thank you for watching!

[@GreatGreebo]

I loved “The Kingdom of Heaven”. It did a good job of portraying King Baldwin IV and bringing him to the general public’s attention so many centuries later. Thank you for the video.

[@tracysmith3076]

I love this period of time. But, i also love the ability to drink safe water, use an actual toilet, shower with all the hot water i want and eat better food lol. So for me, i will just watch your videos and enjoy the history ❤

[@brandonnotsowise2640]

Part of me would have rather took that chance.

[@StoneInMySandal]

There’s also the fact that the chances of your village being pillaged by a knight zero. When the knights of Europe weren’t fighting, they spent most of the time robbing and pillaging the locals.

[@Makaneek5060]

I'm into history of literature so I really would want to time travel back to save lost books, but living back then would be rough.

[@user-lh9jp7zu4x]

"Not only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not put us to shame, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us." Romans 5:3-5

[@CancerExl]

Anyone else think it would be cool to visit this timeline to see how knights and the people lived back then... The middle ages are my favorite timeline in history I like to read about all nations around the world during this period

[@dianesavant2818]

Same here

[@historyprofiles]

Same here! I love that time in history. Any video recommendations?

[@CancerExl]

@@historyprofiles actually I do have a idea do a video on Hamo De Chigwell he was the Lord Mayor of the city of London in the early 1300s has a very interesting story check him out

[@justdrewtheultramagaspoonc5043]

Actually nah, I'll pass. With the bad hygiene, horrible diseases, frequent famines, the vast majority of the population not being able to even read, slavery, and religious zealotry being prevalent on all sides I'd prefer to stay out of it.

[@codybierman8399]

Absofuckinglutely not. It’s cool to read about but that era was about the shittiest epoch in human history.

[@TheAajsanchez]

We can't let this ledged be forgotten. If he were born in Europe amongst his people in a healthy body there would be big budget blockbusters about his life and conquests.

[@bekabeka71]

True because everything that happened in Europe is so on spotlight

[@ELKE-]

Thank you for this fabulous video Ollie. Your researchers, your presentation skilsl are just brilliant. Love the background music

[@janetcw9808]

Hope you are keeping well X

[@ELKE-]

@@janetcw9808 Thanks Janet, getting there! Hope you are good too 💙

[@historyprofiles]

Thank you so much elke! It means alot! Hope your well!

[@ELKE-]

@@historyprofiles My pleasure! Thank you, i'm not too bad. Ps: I mistake there! " Skills" Blame my eye! Lol

[@jandkproject]

Just wanted to say I love your videos and I look forward to them every Friday. You do a great job.

[@historyprofiles]

Thank you so much it means a lot! I hope you enjoyed this one!

[@Bobby__B]

Lord knows we need King Baldwin in Jerusalem right now...

[@stevewaterstone2713]

I assume you are a Christian ? Do you not think we need love in the hearts of all the sons of Abraham ?

[@Bobby__B]

@@stevewaterstone2713 I think we need a wise leader that doesn't want conflict and would do his absolute best to prevent bloodshed. That's what I meant. Even though he was Christian, Saladin highly respected Baldwin and allowed him to hold Jerusalem until his death. That's what I meant.

[@stevewaterstone2713]

@@Bobby__B so when you take the Lords name in that way in the land given to Abraham the father of 3 great religious that constantly battle, I would have thought asking for Jesus would be the more peaceful words. Sorry if you think I’m having a go. People seem to idolise people who go to war in the name of Jesus over Jesus and the true words he spoke. Peace and acceptance.

[@Bobby__B]

@@stevewaterstone2713 Well... Thing is I understand completely where you're coming from, and I don't fault you at all for the concerns in your comments. But please know that when I made my original comment, I did not mean it in a "Christians are better than everyone else and should take the Holy Land for themselves" but more of a "Because Baldwin was known as a kind, wise ruler that didn't want violence, I think we could use someone like that." And the using the Lord's name was a turn of phrase that probably was a poor choice of words, I'll cop to that completely. But please know that what I meant was "It seems like we could use a leader like King Baldwin right now "

[@allmyteamssuck2706]

Today's Jews are nothing like Baldwin. They are shady, every bit as ruthless and treacherous as the terrorists they are fighting. There's a reason why Hamas and Palestine and most of the Middle East hates Israel the way they do. The Jews are not these innocent people unfairly being attacked by Hamas and Palestine. Palestine is an open air prison. They can't leave. The Jews won't let them. They shut off electricity to Palestine, block roads. The only way East to the Middle East is through Israel they can't go to the Middle East there are only other option is to go through Egypt. The Jews are greedy n corrupt as hell. There's a reason why just about every civilization has had a group of people that wanted to kill the Jews throughout all of history there has been a group that wanted the Jews gone think about that. The Muslims, The Christians, The Romans. The nazi were far from the first civilization in history that wanted to get rid of Jews. Think about that. The Jews bring this on themselves.

[@berenicewaters4096]

Amazing story, I watched the kingdom of Heaven but this is the real thing. Thanks for the great production.

[@sybennett7392]

Brilliant upload pal well done 👍

[@dianesavant2818]

Your background music is spot on, every time. Love your channel.

[@historyprofiles]

Thank you so much! It means a lot !

[@Scuba_Bro]

Excellent timing on this one!

[@historyprofiles]

Thank you for watching! I hope you enjoyed!

[@rethabilenxumalo9742]

True!

[@LadyCoyKoi]

Kingdom of Heaven did so much justice to display both sides of this story. Hollywood don't make movies like that anymore. Baldwin and Salahdin were epic legends... very few historical figureheads of Medieval times gained such respectable words about them. We don't even have modern versions of them... that is how awesome they were. If only modern Christiandom and Islam-dom would learn from these men and pay honor and respect for one another. Such inspiring individuals.

[@-RONNIE]

Another good video thanks for sharing it with us 👍🏻

[@historyprofiles]

Thank you so much! It means a lot!

[@-RONNIE]

@@historyprofiles Even if I know some or a lot of the subject I still like history. Keep up the good work 👍🏻

[@Ericat257]

Ive never heard of Baldwin. Thank you.

[@Agapy8888]

Amazing video. Thanks again.

[@historyprofiles]

Thank you it means a lot!

[@deborahdeehan4500]

Great video. Thanks.

[@nobodycares6881]

Legend who beat the greatest Muslim warlord at that time when he was literally 16

[@iskilii6877]

Saladin

[@gnasher688]

Another great video from this brilliant channel .. always impartial & well delivered .. thank you 🙏 ..

[@historyprofiles]

Thank you for watching I hope you enjoyed the video!

[@GhostRydr1172]

Badass. Absolute badass. Nuff said.

[@FallenFlag9]

Great video!

[@sheepdog1102]

Excellent job 😊

[@philippekogler]

My 27th Great Uncle You → Denise Kogler, your mother → Marcelle Helene Marchoux, her mother → Jean Texier, her father → Magdeleine Texier, his mother → Marie Vauzelle, her mother → Marquis Etienne Texier de Javerlhac, her father → Marquis Etienne-Leonard Texier de Javerlhac, his father → Gabrielle Texier de Javerlhac, his mother → Comte Jean Baptiste de Roffignac, Chevalier, Seigneur de Belleville, les Brosses (Oradour sur Vayres), Saint-Angel et la Francherie, her father → Anne de La Pisse, his mother → Madeleine de Chasteigner de La Rocheposay, her mother → Pons de Chasteigner de La Rocheposay, her father → Isaac Chasteigner, his father → Claude de Salignac, his mother → Géraud de Salignac, seigneur de Rochefort, her father → Raymond de Salignac, seigneur de Rochefort, his father → Jeanne de Salignac, his mother → Marguerite de Caumont, her mother → Isabelle de Bourgogne, her mother → John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy, her father → Margaret III, Countess of Flanders, his mother → Comte de Flandres Louis II “de Mâle” de Flandre, her father → Louis II Dampierre, comte de Nevers & de Flandre et de Rethel, his father → Jeanne Hugo de Rethel, comtesse de Rethel, his mother → Isabelle de Grandpre, her mother → Isabeau de Brienne, dame de Ramerupt-en-Vénizy, her mother → Philippa de Champagne, her mother → Isabella I Blois, queen of Jerusalem & Cyprus, her mother → Amalric of Anjou, king of Jerusalem, her father → Baldwin IV the Leper, king of Jerusalem, his son

[@jeffarmfield2346]

That's so awesome you're able to trace your family back that far. I tried to trace mine myself and could only get back to the 17th cent

[@colinmints]

@@jeffarmfield2346it’s much easier if you just make it up on the internet

[@maaaange]

Ain no way

[@joas3324.]

Wow!!!How cool!!!

[@jimp8400]

Thank you

[@deitchj003]

I’m Jewish, respect for you Baldwin and Salahuddin. May g*d be with you. And Salam Aleikum to you my Muslim brothers. Baruch HaShem.

[@Nick-by4mu]

inspirational

[@dianachack8779]

He was 16 when he defeated Saladin. Based

[@restawhileyall1781]

Thank you.

[@historyprofiles]

Thank you for checking in!

[@mharixx]

May God bless our great defender, and defender of the one true faith, the boy destined to be king, Baldwin.

[@alexhanson6327]

He lived with great honourableness.

[@redaamrani9626]

Even though the tension between the crusaders and the Muslims over the land of Jerusalem was intense, Salahadine el ayoubi leader at that time for the Muslims will send physicians to help king Baldwin with the lepra

[@billybob5337]

Because Saladin was a legit good dude, and Christians have always acknowledged that about him. Richard the Lionheart, Saladin, and Baldwin all loved and respected each other as people.

[@maxcueva9628]

Rest in Peace my King

[@breeanavalles9717]

I love your videos thank you

[@historyprofiles]

Thank you so much! It means a lot I hope you enjoyed it!

[@bronsonbamnallen1633]

this guy was pretty cool, and in all the years I have lived and movies I have seen Kingdom of Heaven (truly one of my all time favorites) is the only one to reference him in pop culture. If there are others I would love to hear about them and watch them because he is fascinating and that time period of history is as well.

[@vanessasteffel3479]

He is mentioned in KnightFall on Netflix , it’s a great series btw.

[@bronsonbamnallen1633]

@@vanessasteffel3479 I heard of that. I didnt realize it was on Netflix. I will check it out!

[@plebula_9894]

There’s a character in darkest dungeon called the leper and his canon name is Baldwin after the king

[@Aglahad]

Solid king, especially in the era of dying crusader states

[@historyprofiles]

Definitely! A true knight and King

[@matthewwaters5317]

Very interesting

[@hgg2577]

No great leaders like Saladin and Baldwin in our times 😢

[@Left_coast_bullies]

Biden???!😂

[@DEUS_VULT_CROATIA]

Saladin? You have the hamas and isis .

[@nielascension958]

​@@DEUS_VULT_CROATIA😅

[@akifkop9677]

Putin,,,,

[@FredroStarr12]

Great video very informative and I loved the visuals

[@historyprofiles]

Thank you it means a lot!

[@chasitydeanna4861]

What a great king ❤

[@historyprofiles]

Indeed he was truly great!

[@carolynbatson]

So true 🙏🙏🙏

[@flavioa3965]

Dude the pics are awesome

[@magorzataczarodziej3064]

Amazing story..Maggi

[@billvolk4236]

The absolute best part of Darkest Dungeon. "Spare the others. I am ready."

[@JuanRodriguez-xl6mp]

i wish u would of mentioned how Saladin sent his physicians to help Baldwin's affliction

[@Mrs.CGraves]

He was so young, around 24-27 when he fought, amazing bravery. And Faith

[@Balrog-tf3bg]

He started when he was 16

[@unknowntrademark9992]

Became king at 13, won his greatest victory at 16 and died at 24.

[@nielascension958]

Now days those same aged groups young men smoke weed all day and watch reels and corn SMH

[@24Malik23]

Back when Baldwin and salahuddin were foes but true foes and rivals, mighty , better the true enemy than a fake friend

[@livg567]

It will be great if they make a movie about King Baldwin IV and Edward Norton being cast again. I have watched kingdom of heaven again just to see King Baldwin's part

[@trinadinh1864]

Do anyone know the magical of King Baldwin "one minute prayer " ?? please share. thank you and God bless you Amen.

[@rothimnati]

it's miracle and not magic

[@wor53lg50]

FOR KINGDOM AN KIN AND FOR CHRRRRISTENDOMMM 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿⚔️🗡️🛡️✝️

[@Pub2k4]

Edward Norton played a great King Baldwin.

[@FredroStarr12]

Renald was a fool to break the truce

[@Ramcharger85]

❤

[@Briwinmka]

Why bro so tuff😭😭🙏🙏

[@JamesGaoist]

who else is here cuz of that strong vibed synthwave song? "memory reboot" crew?

[@elle3833]

Outremer: The Land Beyond the Sea. Sharon Penman best😊 Author on King Baldwin and all things medieval.

[@CosmicDuskWolf]

I am almost positive that Baldwin was mentioned in the movie Kingdom of Heaven. I do remember a leper king in that movie.

[@misanthropicservitorofmars2116]

He’s like a main character of the movie, the best scenes involve him. I’d hope you’d remember him.

[@CosmicDuskWolf]

@@misanthropicservitorofmars2116 Yeah I haven't seen it in a long time but I did remember him.

[@Pub2k4]

17:01 Man looks like Dr Doom

[@carloscuevas-kw9sy]

His story is in the movie “Kingdom of Heaven”

[@999plays]

Real

[@mechatengu8092]

Next vid gotta be about Saladin

[@EddieFootball3]

YEA I GOT EYES IN THE BACK OF MY HEAD

[@Briwinmka]

I GOT EYES EVERYWHERE SO I KNOW WHERE YOU GO

[@user-vd7kr3qv6h]

Are these AI generated pics? If so its a great way to visualize retellings of history

[@Antitheist99]

Leper king

[@MSROSTER.]

❤☪️❤✝️❤

[@sleeping_caiju]

The AI images detract so much from this

[@misanthropicservitorofmars2116]

The last true ruler of the Levant

[@misanthropicservitorofmars2116]

This post brought to you by American gang

[@jackcullen69]

Damn. Hail Baldwin the Based!

[@fredm.2699]

Dude was rocking that Kanye West swag

[@starfighter1043]

God had to nerf him for his enemies 🙏 ✝️💪

[@pablogomeztorres892]

Why so mutch plate armor? 😢

[@victors-9711]

Anyone said crusaders?

[@bothewolf3466]

the AI image ratio is thick. Not a criticism, just....a public observation.

[@cpcampbell3]

Hold up… there was a real life assassin’s creed? So the first game was (somewhat) historically accurate?

[@KristinkaAranova]

There was an assassin group. But that game is no where near historically accurate lol

[@QixTheDS]

Somewhat. There was an order of assassins but they weren’t at all like the order from AC aside from that they existed.

[@juliem.4400]

Chadwin

[@donaldcurtis9229]

Don't see that news anymore about that israel palestine war imagine

[@corning1]

Dude was a bad Mf. Never seen so many Muslims respect a Christian before.

[@U.S_marine_core]

the way he says Byzantine makes me cringe other than that great video!

[@EyeOnlyHaveEyes42]

Lots of mysterious deaths.. 🤔

[@owlkiyo]

Unfortunately the Assyrians in the levant remains a remanent of what the levant could have been, a christian region. Islam spread like fire though and won the lands fair and square. Assyrians didn’t fight enough

[@ancientbloodlineoflight]

I pray Saladin’s spirit guide Palestine 🇵🇸

[@Super6ix0ne]

Was all or most of the art made by AI ?

[@historyprofiles]

Most was made by AI, there are some paintings and video footage that is real, the real paintings should have labels under them with the names of the artist and the date

[@morbiddadbod]

The AI images kinda ruin it

[@kingbugs3558]

It wasn't that bad. Until I saw that baby at 6:27

[@nunodemelo2902]

Baldwin the IV is an absolute legend. May peace be upon him.

[@vladimirluchensvki6987]

respected king even for muslims

[@sableeve5796]

So sad

[@davidbrooks4285]

The US needs a President like King Baldwin

[@Thebaconmurderer]

So what I'm hearing in some of this story is that once Baldwin defeated Saladin they struck a truce for two years. Then Saladin breaks the truce and starts striking at farmers and farmland. Then after striking another truce someone who wasn't a bipartisan in it attacks some of his troops and pilgrims. So Saladin breaks the truce and attacks all Christian states. Why didn't Saladin just approach Baldwin and inform him of the travesty? We know that Baldwin was a meticulous man and would have at least brought some justice for attacking pilgrims, but we had already seen that Saladin didn't care for honor to a certain extent.

[@UintaDave]

One word; Jihad

[@jekkjace3817]

The answer to why the truces were struck is takaya, and the reason they were broken is Muslims are commanded by Allah to subjugate non believers and demand the jihzya

[@brandonnotsowise2640]

Let’s not remove the fact that Saladin was Muslim. That’s what will bring you to the most likely reasons for why he did what he did. Sure you can act bewildered as to why he broke the truce, but it’s fairly obvious.

[@roulejj1342]

I like mayonnaise

[@daniellekicska1572]

🫡❤❤❤

[@Ancel316]

What happened to the Jews around this era?

[@bekabeka71]

Christianity ✝️🙏🏼✝️

[@hagerthehorrible1892]

lol that AI mutant camel

[@A1wixo]

That AI camel is cursed

[@historyprofiles]

The ai camel is legendary

[@jaycounterfeit9756]

We need a new crusade!

[@SPFray-ss5pu]

A gentile saving the Jews