Baldwin-i definition
King of Jerusalem (1100–1118) who was appointed to the throne after taking part in the First Crusade (1096–1099).
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The former was the driving force which made the First Crusade successful, where later Crusades, without its stimulus, for the most part failed; the latter was the one staunch ally which alone enabled Baldwin I.
For two years, indeed, a struggle raged between Baldwin I.
But it was the Genoese who helped Baldwin I.
Of the three Frankish principalities, Edessa, founded in 1098 by Baldwin I.
Baldwin de Burgh, the future Baldwin II., ruled in Edessa as the vassal of Baldwin I.