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Baldwin I of Jerusalem

1058 - 1118

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Baldwin I (1060s – 2 April 1118) was the first count of Edessa from 1098 to 1100 and king of Jerusalem from 1100 to his death in 1118. He was the youngest son of Eustace II, Count of Boulogne, and Ida of Lorraine and married a Norman noblewoman, Godehilde of Tosny. He received the County of Verdun in 1096, but he soon joined the crusader army of his brother Godfrey of Bouillon and became one of the most successful commanders of the First Crusade. While the main crusader army was marching across Asia Minor in 1097, Baldwin and the Norman Tancred launched a separate expedition against Cilicia. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Baldwin I of Jerusalem is the 1,081st most popular politician (down from 687th in 2019), the 359th most popular biography from France (down from 282nd in 2019) and the 93rd most popular French Politician.

Baldwin I of Jerusalem was the first king of Jerusalem and the founder of the County of Edessa. He was the son of Baldwin V of Edessa and Morphia, daughter of the Armenian prince Gabriel of Melitene.

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Among politicians, Baldwin I of Jerusalem ranks 1,081 out of 19,576. Before him are Zachary Taylor, Amanullah Khan, Nikolai Bukharin, Hasan Akhund, Shoshenq I, and Irma Grese. After him are Peter I of Serbia, Childeric III, Constans II, Burhanuddin Rabbani, Ferdinand VII of Spain, and Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor.

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Among people born in 1058, Baldwin I of Jerusalem ranks 2. Before him is Al-Ghazali. After him are Odo I, Duke of Burgundy, and Andronikos Doukas. Among people deceased in 1118, Baldwin I of Jerusalem ranks 3. Before him are Pope Paschal II, and Alexios I Komnenos. After him are Muhammad I Tapar, Maria of Alania, Adelaide del Vasto, Matilda of Scotland, Philip of Sweden, Al-Mustazhir, Philippa, Countess of Toulouse, and Arnulf of Chocques.

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Among people born in France, Baldwin I of Jerusalem ranks 359 out of 6,770. Before him are Elisabeth of Valois (1545), Georges de La Tour (1593), Philip the Bold (1342), Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau (1749), Anne of Brittany (1477), and Louis Renault (1843). After him are Paul Ricœur (1913), Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin (1699), Luc Montagnier (1932), Denis Papin (1647), Pierre Boulez (1925), and Antonin Artaud (1896).

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Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, Baldwin I of Jerusalem ranks 93. Before him are Salome Zourabichvili (1952), Ludwig I of Bavaria (1786), Adolphe Thiers (1797), Constantine II (316), Henry VII, Holy Roman Emperor (1275), and Anne of Brittany (1477). After him are Diane de Poitiers (1499), Napoléon Louis Bonaparte (1804), Robert I, Duke of Normandy (1010), Emmanuel Joseph Sieyès (1748), Matilda of Boulogne (1103), and Marie Louise d’Orléans (1662).

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