Reign of Fulk and Melisende Flashcards

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Relationship with Outremer

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1120 - Fulk spent time with Templars
–> marriage alliance was made with Melisende by the Grand Master of the Templars Hugh of Payns

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Reign of Fulk

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Made himself unpopular in Jerusalem through favour he showed to his Angevin nobles - may have sparked Hugh of Jaffa revolt 1134

Majority of reign spent dealing with incursions of Frankish land in the north and the south - reflects growing islamic response in 1130s and 40s

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