Amalric wrote to Manuel, seeking, among other things, a Byzantine bride: a girl was later provided
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MANUEL I (1143-1180) (1161-1180)
1163
Summary:
Dates:
1163
Amalric I, count of Jaffa and Askalon, later king of Jerusalem (
Amalric 51
)
Disappointed by a negative reply from
Manuel 1
over Antioch, he persisted in requests for a bride; he married one of the daughters of
Ioannes 17006
, with the same oaths that his brother
Baldwin 53
had given (:)
Kinnamos 238.2-6
Emperor Manuel I Komnenos (
Manuel 1
)
When the new king of Palestine (
Amalric 51
) sent asking for an imperial bride and testing Byzantine resolve over Antioch, he replied positively about a bride, but was completely unyielding over the Antiochenes, promising to punish them (:)
Kinnamos 237.18-238.1