BALDWIN V

born 1177, Jerusalem died August 1186, Acre nominal king of Jerusalem who reigned from March 1185 until his death a year and a half later. The son of William of Montferrat and Sybil, the sister of King Baldwin IV, Baldwin V came to the throne when his uncle died of leprosy at the age of 24. The able knight Raymond III, count of Tripoli, acted as regent for the young king, managing to obtain with Saladin, in 1185, a four-year truce that gave the kingdom of Jerusalem a much-needed respite from Muslim attacks. Upon his death, Baldwin was succeeded by Guy de Lusignan, Sybil's second husband. died Sept. 1, 1067 also called Baldwin Of Lille, French Baudouin De Lille, Dutch Boudewijn Van Rijsel count of Flanders who became one of the most influential figures of 11th-century Europe. He was an active, enterprising man and greatly extended his power by wars and alliances. He obtained from the Holy Roman emperor Henry IV the territory between the Scheldt and the Dender as an imperial fief, as well as the margravate of Antwerp. So powerful had he become that on the decease of Henry I of France he was appointed regent during the minority of Philip I (106066). Before his death he saw his eldest daughter Matilda (d. 1083) sharing the English throne with William the Conqueror; saw his eldest son, Baldwin of Mons, in possession of Hainaut in right of his wife Richilde, heiress of Regnier V (d. 1036); and saw his second son, Robert the Frisian, regent (voogd) of the county of Holland.