Certainty: 1 Disputed election of Radulf, the royal chancellor, as Archbishop of Tyre Certainty: 1
1147
Certainty: 2 March by Baldwin III & the army of Jeruslem to Bostra, to escort Altuntash home Certainty: 2
1148
Certainty: 2 An assembly at Palmarea (Acre) decided to direct the Second Crusade against Damascus Certainty: 2
1152
Certainty: 3 Baldwin III was crowned on Easter Day without his mother's knowledge
Palestine was fairly peaceful and relations between the rulers, Melisende and her son Baldwin III, were harmonious. But the queen favoured her relative Manasses, whom she appointed constable and commander of the army. Secure in her support, Manasses, who had become very rich, began to give himself airs and stirred up hatred against himself, not least from Baldwin. The king loathed Manasses as causing the regime's unpopularity, and alienating Melisende from himself. Other enemies of Manasses urged Baldwin to cut his mother's apron strings and take a larger part in government. He agreed, and despite the advice of Fulcher the patriarch and others, he had himself (informally?) crowned, appearing in public on Easter Day, without telling Melisende. After coronation, he called an assembly of nobles, including Ivo of Nesle and Walter, castellan of St Omer, and demanded that Melisende divide the kingdom with him, thus giving him an area to rule. After negotiation, he chose the areas round Tyre and Acre, leaving Jerusalem and Nablus for her. He then appointed his own constable, the rich and powerful Humphrey of Toron
Certainty: 2 Civil war in Jerusalem halted by a compromise from Melisende Certainty: 2
Certainty: 2 Unsuccessful pressure on princess Constance of Antioch to choose a prince Certainty: 2
Certainty: 2 Failed attempt to heal the marriage of Raymond II: his assassination Certainty: 2
1153
Certainty: 3 Siege of Askalon: the citizens decided to capitulate Certainty: 3