What Really Happened To The Leper King - Baldwin IV of Jerusalem

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  • What Really Happened To The Leper King - Baldwin IV of Jerusalem
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  • @historyduck
    @historyduck  2 роки тому +170

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    • @connorlancaster7541
      @connorlancaster7541 Рік тому +7

      Hello do you believe in Jesus?

    • @ratpark5008
      @ratpark5008 Рік тому +4

      @@connorlancaster7541 🐰🐰

    • @DavidpuzzlerU9738
      @DavidpuzzlerU9738 Рік тому +5

      I shuuudder at the thought of receiving that thing he had which was more like a curse than an illness from the wheel of life. How awful must it be to have lived back then with no cure available to them for that.. Yet it exists now, Hundreds of years too-late. : //

    • @connorlancaster7541
      @connorlancaster7541 Рік тому +2

      @@ratpark5008 What?

    • @ratpark5008
      @ratpark5008 Рік тому +1

      @@connorlancaster7541 I believe in bunny rabbits.

  • @lsghost5805
    @lsghost5805 Рік тому +3327

    I can't imagine how heartbreaking it was for Baldwin to see his kingdom fall apart from his bed, unable to do anything properly.. must've hurt him more then the Leperosy ever could

    • @claredamon
      @claredamon Рік тому +139

      Physical never hurt as much as things like love lost

    • @adamisacomedian6344
      @adamisacomedian6344 Рік тому +88

      Leprosy ruins your nervous system so he couldn't feel pain.

    • @lsghost5805
      @lsghost5805 Рік тому +206

      @@adamisacomedian6344 he could still feel emotional pain

    • @adamisacomedian6344
      @adamisacomedian6344 Рік тому +8

      @@lsghost5805 that's what I meant

    • @claredamon
      @claredamon Рік тому +14

      @@adamisacomedian6344 I am sure he felt something

  • @GabyGibson
    @GabyGibson Рік тому +2254

    The fact that he learned to ride and fight with his left arm and didn't let it become a crutch is fantastic

    • @oldharpydisguised709
      @oldharpydisguised709 Рік тому +40

      I was wondering if “learning to ride with his left hand” is a mistake. As a left handed swordsman, he would have had to control his horse with his right hand. All other right handed warriors controlled their horses, and still do, with their left hand. So being a left handed horseman was the norm, and controlling his warhorse with legs, and right hand disabled by his condition, would indeed have been exceptional.

    • @ShhImASpy
      @ShhImASpy Рік тому +23

      @@oldharpydisguised709 Except He was not fighting much, only riding. Still great accomplishment tho.

    • @Makarosc
      @Makarosc Рік тому +5

      why do people call disabilities being treated like disabilities crutches

    • @notforsaletoday1895
      @notforsaletoday1895 Рік тому +5

      @@MakaroscIf you can push through your disability, you should. I try to.

    • @Makarosc
      @Makarosc Рік тому +2

      @@notforsaletoday1895 you can't force tho and we shouldn't put pressure on those with disabilities to so after all we don't know why they're going through

  • @hongating6538
    @hongating6538 Рік тому +3280

    Baldwin IV, called the Leper, was King of Jerusalem from 1174 until his death in 1185. He was admired by his contemporaries and later historians for his willpower and dedication to the Latin kingdom in the face of debilitating leprosy, which eventually left him blind and unable to use either his hands or his feet.

    • @smittenbykittens
      @smittenbykittens Рік тому +71

      Poor guy :(

    • @themermaidstale5008
      @themermaidstale5008 Рік тому +17

      That’s quite a long reign. Amazing

    • @beccalynn4445
      @beccalynn4445 Рік тому +53

      @@themermaidstale5008 did I read her paragraph wrong? How is 1174-1185 a long reign??? 11 years? What?

    • @themermaidstale5008
      @themermaidstale5008 Рік тому +9

      @@beccalynn4445 Super “kind” of you to point that out to me in this way - sarcasm intended on my part

    • @claudiopolonia7854
      @claudiopolonia7854 Рік тому +54

      @@beccalynn4445 relatively speaking

  • @RedSplinter36
    @RedSplinter36 Рік тому +2072

    Still one of my favorite periods of history... and Edward Nortons amazing portrayal of Baldwin was absolutely amazing in Kingdom of heaven.

  • @cyber41m
    @cyber41m Рік тому +566

    As a muslim, i have great respect for Baldwin IV. Rest in peace

    • @ShahzaibKhan-vr9vb
      @ShahzaibKhan-vr9vb Рік тому +12

      You cant say RIP for a non believer or a murderer of thousands of muslim.

    • @maxlift217
      @maxlift217 Рік тому

      ​@@ShahzaibKhan-vr9vbhmm

    • @unionofsa
      @unionofsa 11 місяців тому +1

      @@ShahzaibKhan-vr9vbAnd muslims killed Christians, your point?

    • @tuesday_night
      @tuesday_night 11 місяців тому +64

      He never wanted to kill muslims he just wanted peace for his kingdom and people around him

    • @muhammedsakeels
      @muhammedsakeels 11 місяців тому +46

      @@ShahzaibKhan-vr9vbWithout knowing history, Don’t talk.

  • @celestialwafts3452
    @celestialwafts3452 Рік тому +1073

    Baldwin was a symbol of true GRIT. Seriously.

    • @connorlancaster7541
      @connorlancaster7541 Рік тому +5

      Hello do you believe in Jesus?

    • @smollsquishytaeil
      @smollsquishytaeil Рік тому +16

      @@connorlancaster7541 what does Jesus have to do with leprosy

    • @connorlancaster7541
      @connorlancaster7541 Рік тому +24

      @@smollsquishytaeil I mean Jesus did heal leprosy but my goal is to spread the wisdom of God. Didn’t king Baldwin also believe in Jesus?

    • @solidonseraindogthetenth1679
      @solidonseraindogthetenth1679 Рік тому +15

      @@connorlancaster7541 This is Jerusalem. I'm sure he did.

    • @notchs0son
      @notchs0son Рік тому +10

      @@connorlancaster7541 maybe go outside stop going online, If you know god and his word you should know it says to give back into Your community. Why worry about a mass multitude of Random people you will or may never reach again.

  • @andohish27
    @andohish27 Рік тому +187

    And to think he was only 24 when he died, and did what he did with the little time he had. Its incredible. The man had great resilience. Now that's a true king.

  • @妖怪三
    @妖怪三 9 місяців тому +260

    "I won a great victory when I was sixteen at that moment I felt like I would live a hundred but now I know I shall not see thirty "
    - Baldwin Iv

    • @ricardocwkoh
      @ricardocwkoh 7 місяців тому +15

      None of us know our end, really, or what hand will guide us there. A king may move a man, a father may claim a son, but that man can also move himself, and only then does that man truly begin his own game. Remember that howsoever you are played or by whom, your soul is in your keeping alone, even though those who presume to play you be kings or men of power. When you stand before God, you cannot say, "But I was told by others to do thus," or that virtue was not convenient at the time. This will not suffice. Remember that.

  • @rocioolivera1258
    @rocioolivera1258 Рік тому +316

    It's amazing how a young man like Baldwin could be responsible for a whole nation and was great at it. So strong and we'll respected.

    • @the2ndcoming135
      @the2ndcoming135 Рік тому +9

      Absolutely. I would consider him a legit servant of Christ. All the hallmarks are there. Probably not the Advocate Jesus talked about. But, certainly one of the servants/slaves that will face persecution and death post-Pentecost.

    • @Kyrichenko
      @Kyrichenko Рік тому

      @@the2ndcoming135 Just like most of German people did consider Hitler as "the chosen one"... (at least before he start WW2, he was seen as some kind of savior...

    • @bryanscruggs7566
      @bryanscruggs7566 Рік тому +1

      @@Kyrichenko Did you really just compare Hitler to Christ...

    • @hazzy2285
      @hazzy2285 11 місяців тому

      The advocate Christ talked about was the prophet muhammad. Isaiah 29:12-“Then the book is delivered to one who is illiterate" @@the2ndcoming135

  • @weirdsharktv
    @weirdsharktv Рік тому +196

    He beat Salahuddin at Montgisard in 1177 aged 16. He went paralysed and blind in 1183 and died in 1185

    • @0326Vet
      @0326Vet Рік тому +66

      Hence why Salahuddin had huge respect for him and vice versa, had Baldwin not been sick they really couldnhave bridged the gap between muslims and christians

    • @viji62861
      @viji62861 Рік тому

      ​@@0326Vet 😅

    • @SalmanALi-nm3bc
      @SalmanALi-nm3bc Рік тому +4

      He also lost from salahuddin but he was a enemy with bravery

  • @wolftal1178
    @wolftal1178 Рік тому +820

    If only he lived longer, many things might have been different. He was a very great king.

    • @tedtalksautomation8673
      @tedtalksautomation8673 Рік тому +5

      not, greatness takes time, he didnt not a great king, just a king that did some stuff, sort of like brady great , tyler murry just a quarter back

    • @wolftal1178
      @wolftal1178 Рік тому +179

      @@tedtalksautomation8673 give the guy some credit, remember the time he was in, and where he was. He managed to hold the kingdom of Jerusalem together in his life and keep three religions within that kingdom from ripping each other’s throats out. that’s nearly an impossible task today with our modern world.
      Let alone with the prejudices back then it should’ve been nearly impossible.

    • @adeptusastartes1392
      @adeptusastartes1392 Рік тому +49

      @@tedtalksautomation8673 technically there is.. he is a rare breed of warrior king not just a king.. he knows the way of war and strategems.. it is said both hin and Saladin are buying time to each other.. for him it's his sickness for Saladin waiting the time the crusaders make a mistake but he is also pressured from different sultans and caliphs supporting him they will pull their support and lended troops to saladin if he did not act and takeover jerusalem which is very impossible to do with the full force of the crusaders defending it.. that is why luring them out and fight in open desert away from resources logistic support is the only way to defeat them..

    • @kainemarsh9001
      @kainemarsh9001 Рік тому +14

      @@tedtalksautomation8673 Bro english?

    • @connordunleavy1341
      @connordunleavy1341 Рік тому +21

      @@tedtalksautomation8673 the battle of montgisard shows his power his ability to strike fear in saldin shows his power his ability to keep governing the kingdom of jerusalem without being able to see or move shows his power, greatness did not take long for him death just came too soon for him

  • @jamesfarr1678
    @jamesfarr1678 Рік тому +126

    As someone with severe skin conditions baldwin always gave me hope. I hope all of you live life to the fullest and can say you accept you as you are 😭💪💜

    • @jungian70
      @jungian70 Рік тому +6

      Life becomes so easy when you accept Lord Jesus Christ as your savior and walks on His path saying as an experienced person

    • @luckyy3691
      @luckyy3691 Рік тому +6

      Going through it right now. Incurable skin infection. Wishing I could just stay at home forever and hide away from society. But this gives me a little bit of hope that I can still accomplish what I wanted to accomplish with the time left I still have...just have to get through it and persevere.

    • @shred9475
      @shred9475 Рік тому

      ​@@luckyy3691what do u have

    • @artlover4997
      @artlover4997 10 місяців тому +3

      @@Flodar_Eltih And? He was more successful, dedicated and intelligent that most.

    • @wankercranker
      @wankercranker 4 місяці тому

      @@luckyy3691 - we all live for a moment in time and we are dead for an eternity, just go for it!

  • @amfun8764
    @amfun8764 Рік тому +73

    as a Muslim, i admire baldwin IV . He had disability and hardships yet he was strong and kept peace unlike his predesesors who butchered muslims on arival in jerusalem . He knew the intentions of the crusades which is to throw war against peace and harmony. he did everything in his power to keep everyone safe . may he be in kingdom of god and rest.

  • @nonozebra4196
    @nonozebra4196 Рік тому +852

    Salahuddin was a great warrior, he conquered Jerusalem without bloodshed, a man known for his generous heart, even the Christians and the Jews admired him, he gave a stability to that region

    • @RAl-jq9zu
      @RAl-jq9zu Рік тому +35

      Lol

    • @sids2847
      @sids2847 Рік тому +11

      They are brothers born in different realm by different patents

    • @sids2847
      @sids2847 Рік тому +4

      FYI I am also a lefty

    • @johncarlomiranda5557
      @johncarlomiranda5557 Рік тому +16

      I agree .. I watched the movie kingdom of heaven

    • @andrewjohn970
      @andrewjohn970 Рік тому +81

      really?. no bloodshed.. are you sure?

  • @Itried20takennames
    @Itried20takennames Рік тому +757

    Despite the fear of it,leprosy/Hansen’s disease is generally not easily transmitted to otherwise healthy people, often taking prolonged (weeks to months) and close quarter contact. Baldwin either had bad luck, or might have had some other immune condition that made him more susceptible to it. I doubt the playground story as the cause, and guess he was more likely exposed to staff with an early or asymptomatic case themselves.

    • @teamEP789
      @teamEP789 Рік тому +154

      he didn't say he got it at the playground, he said they noticed that he wouldnt hurt while playing.

    • @tedtalksautomation8673
      @tedtalksautomation8673 Рік тому +23

      maybe to much inbreeding, was the cause

    • @tedtalksautomation8673
      @tedtalksautomation8673 Рік тому +2

      @@teamEP789 Thanks for clarifying this for us none readers who skim

    • @Itried20takennames
      @Itried20takennames Рік тому +5

      @@teamEP789 Ohhh. I think you are right….skipping around.

    • @claredamon
      @claredamon Рік тому +7

      It was just in God's plan

  • @remziithegreat3886
    @remziithegreat3886 10 місяців тому +20

    I love the mutual respect between Saladin and Baldwin IV......Baldwin was so great even Saladin respected him

  • @sergiodiaz2725
    @sergiodiaz2725 Рік тому +84

    One of the most legendary human beings of all time who got to interact with other legendary figures of history. What a time to be alive.

    • @xXEatYourDogXx
      @xXEatYourDogXx Рік тому +6

      Well I wouldn't call it a great time to be alive, but it is indeed fascinating looking back from now

    • @sergiodiaz2725
      @sergiodiaz2725 Рік тому

      @@xXEatYourDogXx didn’t say it was great, just quite the time

  • @misterchubbikins
    @misterchubbikins Рік тому +209

    Despite his leperasy, he never allowed it to define who he was
    Known throuought history as the Leper King

  • @hvitekristesdod
    @hvitekristesdod Рік тому +82

    You gotta know Ed Norton studied all this like a madman for this role

    • @DoctorGaga87
      @DoctorGaga87 Рік тому

      Sure he did 😂

    • @hvitekristesdod
      @hvitekristesdod Рік тому +11

      @@DoctorGaga87 He’s the kind of actor who would give himself real leprosy

    • @edythmcnair8920
      @edythmcnair8920 9 місяців тому

      I was led to believe that the king was played by Ewan McGregor of "Star Wars" fame because the director wanted to get him and Orlando Bloom in the same movie but their schedules were out of sync. Guess that I heard wrong.

  • @chrisfrancis9555
    @chrisfrancis9555 Рік тому +195

    Really admired Edward Norton's portrayal of the leper king 👍 great actor and movie

    • @tedtalksautomation8673
      @tedtalksautomation8673 Рік тому

      ok, anyone else norton for king

    • @ClaytonTheCracker
      @ClaytonTheCracker Рік тому +1

      Kingdom of heaven? Dude I just read Liam Neeson played him and was thinking about how bs that was, I can believe this

  • @charlesdeleo4608
    @charlesdeleo4608 Рік тому +417

    Guy would later attack Saladin at Acre a few years later, but by that time, the Third Crusade had been announced, and he ended up getting help from the newly crowned King of England: Richard the Lionheart. Richard wanted to see Guy reinstalled as king, but the nobles of Jerusalem all knew what a poor job he did previously, they voted for Conrad of Montferrat…who was killed by the Assassins.

    • @damonclare7058
      @damonclare7058 Рік тому +2

      is this true or is this guy speaking truth?

    • @connorlancaster7541
      @connorlancaster7541 Рік тому +17

      Hello does anyone here believe in Jesus?

    • @Our_UnStoppableKing
      @Our_UnStoppableKing Рік тому +45

      @@connorlancaster7541 what does that have too do with this???

    • @connorlancaster7541
      @connorlancaster7541 Рік тому +11

      @@Our_UnStoppableKing My goal is to spread the wisdom of God. Do you believe in Jesus?

    • @narutouzu4385
      @narutouzu4385 Рік тому +15

      @@connorlancaster7541 Of course my brother! I love God and Jesus ❤✝

  • @KnightofGondor671
    @KnightofGondor671 Рік тому +21

    Imagine if Baldwin never had lepercy. The Kingdom of Jerusalem would have lasted so much longer if he lived a full life and had a proper heir for the Kingdom. It is very sad how Guy led the Kingdom to its demise.

  • @luc7478
    @luc7478 Рік тому +49

    Salah Eddine was in good terms with Baldwin IV and he don't want to take Jerusalem with a massacre,
    But when Guy took Control, Salah Eddine just took Jerusalem

    • @rivdilx5873
      @rivdilx5873 Рік тому +6

      Brother it is salahudind

    • @SethTheVictor
      @SethTheVictor Рік тому +5

      @@rivdilx5873 Bro it Salah-ud-Deen

    • @princesssolace4337
      @princesssolace4337 Рік тому +1

      Saladin offer King Guy ice cold water and King Guy passed half to Reynard.
      Saladin said to King Guy 'I offer u my hospitality and no harm shall fall upon u but I didn't offer it to Reynard. U did.' then proceed to whacked his sword on Reynard's head.

  • @rigormortis3219
    @rigormortis3219 Рік тому +32

    kingdom of heaven is a amazing movie!!! i urge people to watch the extended version around 3 hours!! a must watch!! great actors and story

  • @unclebred
    @unclebred Рік тому +18

    Salahuddin and King bald was a friendsenemy
    Salahuddin was helping him by sending his best soldiers to help king bald.
    They are both respected leaders.

  • @R3TR0J4N
    @R3TR0J4N Рік тому +205

    oh man i love the casting of the film, also the directors cut did it justice

    • @johnnybravo9716
      @johnnybravo9716 Рік тому +7

      Is this Kingdom of Heaven? That is why the scenes were familiar. Didn't know it was about Baldwin.

    • @teamEP789
      @teamEP789 Рік тому +8

      yes i saw it at the cinema when it came out and i said "what a mess" but when i saw the director's cut it all fell into place.

    • @tedtalksautomation8673
      @tedtalksautomation8673 Рік тому

      movie reference again, just nutts

  • @Monada79
    @Monada79 Рік тому +153

    Ahh now I know where the idea of King Viserys wearing a mask in his final years. He did have a variant of leprosy.

    • @rajeshrdrd8036
      @rajeshrdrd8036 Рік тому +7

      Yeah i was surprised why nobody mentioning Viserys .

    • @empressquamina6847
      @empressquamina6847 Рік тому +61

      @@rajeshrdrd8036 you do understand that Viserys is a fictional character while the Leper king was a real person and this is naration of history?

    • @joeywheeler3838
      @joeywheeler3838 Рік тому

      @@empressquamina6847 I'll even one up you both with there is no account that Baldwin ever attempted to cover his face. He was a King, you don't like his face, get fucked.

    • @flochforster22
      @flochforster22 Рік тому +14

      @@empressquamina6847 Well yeah, Viserys I is most probably based on King Baldwin IV. Leprosy, trying to keep the kingdom together, relatives getting into a civil war after the Kings death, lack of a definitive heir...Viserys I has to be based on King Baldwin IV

    • @empressquamina6847
      @empressquamina6847 Рік тому +13

      @@flochforster22 hmmm.i see your point I guess a fantasy show can have some elements of real life history in it. I was a bit rash in dismissing the original commentors analysis.
      Thank you for this.

  • @MrTakeYoBitsh
    @MrTakeYoBitsh Рік тому +75

    Most badass armor set ever

  • @tanko4333
    @tanko4333 11 місяців тому +19

    While the mask in The Kingdom of Heaven is iconic, it is unlikely that he actually wore a mask, he was even more loved because he could do so much while suffering from leprosy

    • @gerrie2008
      @gerrie2008 10 місяців тому +8

      That's really surprising, how could he manage without a mask while suffering from Leprosy. Baldwin IV is definitely an example of great resilience.

  • @niggawillin
    @niggawillin Рік тому +57

    "When I was 16 I dreamt of 100 but now I know I shall not 30 now"

    • @thegreatselkie6009
      @thegreatselkie6009 11 місяців тому +1

      💔💔💔

    • @paulwoodford1984
      @paulwoodford1984 4 місяці тому +2

      He was more literate than that 😂

    • @johnrockyryan
      @johnrockyryan 3 місяці тому +2

      "When i was 16 i won a great victory, i felt in that moment i would live to be 100... now i shall not see 30"
      Thats the quote

    • @ruchiawasthi4174
      @ruchiawasthi4174 3 місяці тому

      ​@@johnrockyryanyep

  • @portiawest1925
    @portiawest1925 Рік тому +187

    It’s interesting to see how much his story influenced Viserys in house of the dragon

    • @Scscsc345
      @Scscsc345 Рік тому +56

      In house of the dragon viserys grows weak both mentally and psychically Baldwin seemed to grow courageous as his condition got worse

    • @portiawest1925
      @portiawest1925 Рік тому +26

      @@Scscsc345 that’s true, I more meant the illness’s progression and the conflict surrounding his impending death

    • @Scscsc345
      @Scscsc345 Рік тому +19

      @@portiawest1925 yer definitely the turmoil surrounding him towards the time of his death and the “vultures “ looking for power there is definitely inspiration from baldwins story, you seem to know history more than I assumed at first, my bad.

    • @patremagilbert8787
      @patremagilbert8787 Рік тому

      Wow deep

    • @Jeffro5564
      @Jeffro5564 Рік тому

      No proof that Baldwin was influence in house of the dragon. George RR Martin hasn’t proven anything

  • @ginolorenzo4117
    @ginolorenzo4117 Рік тому +69

    How many times did Baldwin become severly ill??
    This guy: Yes

    • @0326Vet
      @0326Vet Рік тому +1

      Thats how Leprosy works

    • @Blvckblvck222
      @Blvckblvck222 10 місяців тому

      ​@@0326Vetworked. Now, fortunately, we can cure it.

  • @darklurkerirl6101
    @darklurkerirl6101 Рік тому +61

    as a muslim the only thing i can say about he is what a great and amazing person he really is. My god accept him to heaven

    • @davidbarton1806
      @davidbarton1806 Рік тому +5

      ☪️✝️🙏🏻❤️

    • @justtostudylol5711
      @justtostudylol5711 Рік тому +4

      No he was kafir

    • @mrnobody7600
      @mrnobody7600 Рік тому +16

      @@justtostudylol5711 You can't be the judge you committed shirk by saying that. Maybe he was a better Muslim than you will ever be? Don't decide on behalf of the God and repent.

    • @AntiLGBTQhero
      @AntiLGBTQhero Рік тому

      @@justtostudylol5711just as you are a Kafir to other religious folks 😂😂

    • @matthewburns1012
      @matthewburns1012 11 місяців тому +1

      Jesus is Lord and only Jesus.

  • @saloniiiiiii
    @saloniiiiiii Рік тому +6

    I Find him Brave & Courageous who didn't let his illness affect his Ambitions & Responsibilities.
    He was a true King who didn't show his weakness to his enemy. after all his Struggle & Hardwork is worth it.🙏🏻💯💯

  • @JohnDoe-vu2he
    @JohnDoe-vu2he 11 місяців тому +9

    My mom and I watched kingdom of heaven for the first time last night. Tremendous movie and what a great king

  • @staticmonkey8436
    @staticmonkey8436 Рік тому +72

    I had never seen the extended version of Kindgom of Heaven until a couple weeks ago. I didn’t know it existed.
    One thing that never made sense to me was why Sibylla slowly began to lose her mind, cut her hair and hide away after his death. She knew it was coming, but I always assumed it just hit her really hard. Well, come to find out there is an entire storyline that wasn’t in the original movie about her son!!!!!
    It showed Sibylla‘s son sporadically throughout the movie, Then when Baldwin died, he became king but she was his executor. At one point, he puts his hand over a candle. It shows it burned, but he wasn’t in pain. There is also a scene in this video where the priest notices that hot wax burns his hand, but the child doesn’t notice it. They then diagnosed him with leprosy. Sibylla freaked out. Then, while holding him while he fell asleep she inserts some drops into his ear, killing him. So she killed her own son, the King. So later in jail when Reynald asks Guy “the boy is dead?” he was asking about Sibylla’s son, NOT Baldwin.
    I do not understand why that storyline was cut from the movie, it made it hit way harder!!!!!

    • @katlablessed
      @katlablessed Рік тому +1

      It maybe because it wasn’t historically accurate, hell, they totally changed how younger Baldwin died. It was some kind of disease but it probably didn’t have anything to with his uncle’s leprosy. There was no story about a candle or him not feeling any pain either. It was probably the director’s decision because the movie definitely bashes the Crusaders. So in a sense (in the movie) god wanted Jerusalem to fall so hard that first Baldwin IV gets leprosy and dies, after that his nephew has to live the same fate as well.

    • @user-dq1fu7ig7q
      @user-dq1fu7ig7q 11 місяців тому +1

      ​@@katlablessed This movie is a lot fiction than reality and is very historically incorrect.

  • @williams.vincent4235
    @williams.vincent4235 7 місяців тому +2

    I think that Edward Norton's portrayal of Baldwin IV was one of his finest performances. The whole story of The Leper King is fascinating and remarkable.

  • @zeustalks200
    @zeustalks200 Рік тому +17

    People should learn from King baldwin and Saladin that there is an code of honour even with your Enemies.

  • @frost3193
    @frost3193 Рік тому +147

    He was a true Christian king

  • @mariabelencoronel4879
    @mariabelencoronel4879 Рік тому +124

    He was a great king everyone admired him

    • @tedtalksautomation8673
      @tedtalksautomation8673 Рік тому +2

      this is a judgement statement at best, the people that wrote stories about great people were noble people they would have never talked to the common people to find this out

    • @0326Vet
      @0326Vet Рік тому +11

      ​@@tedtalksautomation8673 yea but most people's enemies don't usually tell the same stories, Saladin had a massive respect for Baldwin, when he took Jerusalem he made it a point that any defamation or ransacking of Baldwin's resting place, belongings or memorabilia and items was punishable by death to his own army and he paid his respects to his grave everytime he could

  • @skateata1
    @skateata1 Рік тому +86

    Better than reading a chapter in my textbook

  • @TheAlexis4444
    @TheAlexis4444 Рік тому +346

    Great information. What a pity that courageous Leper king had to endure so much burden. Liam Neeson did a good portrayal of King Baldwin in 'The Kingdom of Heaven'. And rather than fighting with realtives, they should have selected the eldest sister as the next ruler. Anyway, then came another great ruler, Richard the Lion heart, who also died childless, at Jerusalam.

    • @themermaidstale5008
      @themermaidstale5008 Рік тому +7

      I believe Richard was homosexual. Refer to The Lion in Winter with Peter O’Toole as Henry and Katherine Hepburn as Eleanor of Aquitaine. You’ll see a young James Bond and Hannibal Lechter, as well. Highly recommend

    • @themermaidstale5008
      @themermaidstale5008 Рік тому +45

      wasn’t Liam Nelson Orlando Bloom’s father? Not a Muslim.

    • @antonioglascoe3063
      @antonioglascoe3063 Рік тому +141

      Edward Norton portrayed king Baldwin.

    • @themermaidstale5008
      @themermaidstale5008 Рік тому +27

      @@antonioglascoe3063 And Liam Nelson was not a Muslim, rather he played a Christian Crusader in the film, and he did play Orlando Bloom’s father in the movie. Thanks for clearing up who played the Leper King in The Kingdom Of Heaven

    • @themermaidstale5008
      @themermaidstale5008 Рік тому +2

      @TheAlexis444 If you like Liam Neese’s performances, watch his cameo in one of the episodes in the final season of the amazing series, Derry Girls. The scene is simply hilarious.

  • @minot.8931
    @minot.8931 Рік тому +28

    0:34 - If Almeric is the King, Baldwin would be *first* (or next) in line to the throne, not second in line. That would be his sister.

    • @KetsaKunta
      @KetsaKunta Рік тому

      That's what he said, but it's worded as if he's second in line after an heir, but they really meant to say he was the heir, second in line after amalric

  • @LionOf.Christ
    @LionOf.Christ Рік тому +11

    King Baldwin IV ✝️☦️
    I am Jerusalem ♥️☝️

  • @abhishekmaan538
    @abhishekmaan538 10 місяців тому +7

    Baldwin IV was the real legend 🤴🏻

  • @AdLangho
    @AdLangho Рік тому +15

    Kingdom of Heaven is one of my favorite movies.

  • @therighttune
    @therighttune Рік тому +14

    even Saladin admire and respect Baldwin IV.. Saladin even send his physicians to help the ill king.. 🤕🤕😭

  • @MaximusAugustusOrthodox
    @MaximusAugustusOrthodox Рік тому +31

    King Baldwin will always be in our hearts 🙏❤️☝️✝️☦️

    • @narushiki135
      @narushiki135 Рік тому

      Maybe if Orthodox Novgorod republic help Baldwin they could've won but no you russians didn't even help in the crusades

  • @KaneGruber
    @KaneGruber Рік тому +7

    “His sisters were female”
    Yeah, no shit.

  • @socratesii91
    @socratesii91 Рік тому +15

    As a Muslim, this guy King Baldwin is a legend, I respect him. Long live Sultan Saladin!!

  • @schalitz1
    @schalitz1 Рік тому +101

    If nothing else I hope I'm able to make a pilgrimage to Jerusalem to pay my respects at Baldwin Iv's grave in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.

  • @leewightman8619
    @leewightman8619 Рік тому +56

    Did he really wear a metal mask like the movie?

    • @sargera1
      @sargera1 Рік тому +3

      Any relation to that man in the iron mask movie?

    • @meeeka
      @meeeka Рік тому +6

      @@sargera1 no, not at all.

    • @Commendatori
      @Commendatori Рік тому +1

      @@sargera1 500 years later

    • @michaelbarreiro6577
      @michaelbarreiro6577 Рік тому +8

      @@kevinpoole6122 No He never wore a mask like that, There is no evidence in written record at all of him wearing a "mask". Its movie fiction. Though, he was actually very Ill in history.

    • @aaronTGP_3756
      @aaronTGP_3756 Рік тому +2

      Baldwin IV never wore a mask, even as his face got increasingly deformed. The movie likely has him wearing a mask to avoid using extra money on CGI.

  • @mr.j6308
    @mr.j6308 Рік тому +5

    King Baldwin IV is so fascinating indeed.

  • @MsLampalampa
    @MsLampalampa Рік тому +19

    salahudin was very humble despite what the crusaders did to his people. honor and higher morals will always be victories because its respected by god..

    • @0326Vet
      @0326Vet Рік тому +2

      Salahudin and Baldwin respected each other, it was Guy who was the prick lol

  • @chubalongchar71
    @chubalongchar71 Рік тому +11

    Whatever it is, I have respect for Saladin and Baldwin IV.

  • @okaydude2863
    @okaydude2863 Рік тому +3

    Why is this dude all over UA-cam all of a sudden?

  • @nickz5849
    @nickz5849 Рік тому +9

    He only lived until he was 24....

  • @kratosjunior817
    @kratosjunior817 Рік тому +51

    Baldwin had mad heart bro damn respect to this King!
    Plus the fact that he looks like Dr Doom doesn't hurt too bad either lol🤷🏽‍♂️😎

  • @WarriorsSon
    @WarriorsSon Рік тому +12

    A real man, surrounded by corruption. Thanks for shining light on this. After I watched Kingdom of heaven I wanted to know more.

  • @RyZer1092
    @RyZer1092 Рік тому +4

    A king being Christian loved by muslim-baldwin 4
    A king being Muslim loved by Christian- Salahuddin ayyubi

  • @brandonchung661
    @brandonchung661 Рік тому +6

    "This man understands that adversity and existence are one and the same."

  • @mueezadam8438
    @mueezadam8438 Рік тому +8

    His status was protected by a powerful curse of fate which prevented any healing magic from curing him.

    • @vectorfox4782
      @vectorfox4782 Рік тому +3

      You’ve been playing too many video games.

  • @iMertin
    @iMertin 6 місяців тому +2

    As a left handed who has grew up forced to use my right hand as things are designed that way. No harm in the other way I say as it made me both handed

  • @ctmql9133
    @ctmql9133 Рік тому +3

    I've never heard of this channel, didn't even watch the video but I subscribed right away

  • @dcoy8666
    @dcoy8666 2 місяці тому

    Baldwin is my hero. He carried his cross, one of the hardest I've heard, with such dignity and strength. His memory and faith is as memorial to us all.

  • @kewintaylor7056
    @kewintaylor7056 10 місяців тому +4

    Give my respect to both Baldwin and Saladin!…

  • @oceanicmermaid
    @oceanicmermaid Рік тому +62

    I love KingBaldwin.. he was too amazing as a human, God asked him to return to Him.

    • @tylerclayton6081
      @tylerclayton6081 Рік тому

      That’s one painful way to go to god. Sometimes god is more evil than the devil. I’d rather stay on Earth than return to god if it’s going to be that painful

    • @JohnDoe-qz5pj
      @JohnDoe-qz5pj Рік тому

      @@tylerclayton6081 🙄

    • @JohnDoe-qz5pj
      @JohnDoe-qz5pj Рік тому

      @@tylerclayton6081 You talk about a God who you do not know. You have no understanding of scripture. Your ignorance is on full display. You speak with the full conviction of a fool.

    • @JohnDoe-qz5pj
      @JohnDoe-qz5pj Рік тому

      Why would God call on someone that He doesn't know?

    • @mackymoo1329
      @mackymoo1329 Рік тому +3

      @@tylerclayton6081How do you say God is Evil? Sometimes the Devils tricks you into being God himself and inflicts pain on others making the people he inflict to blame God, when it wasnt Him who did it. Or it could be any various reasons.

  • @halfadeaty
    @halfadeaty Рік тому +2

    This man understands that adversity and existence are one and the same.

  • @vory8933
    @vory8933 Рік тому +12

    He Became Maidenless himself.

  • @wuulfgaarth7186
    @wuulfgaarth7186 Рік тому +45

    Baldwin IV was by far the best king of Jerusalem.

    • @ALI-su7dr
      @ALI-su7dr Рік тому

      You can't say it without telling why and how

    • @0326Vet
      @0326Vet Рік тому +3

      ​@@ALI-su7dr because he was the only one who wasnt a complete prick christian, Jew or muslim no other reason needed

  • @butterpeanut1933
    @butterpeanut1933 Рік тому +15

    He was like a Vader in the light side, what a cool masked lord

  • @blackweeb__
    @blackweeb__ 3 місяці тому +1

    "No pain? No problem."
    -King Baldwin IV, probably.

  • @baldwinthefourth4098
    @baldwinthefourth4098 2 роки тому +25

    I like this

  • @Faiyazwahid
    @Faiyazwahid Рік тому +2

    Khalid bin walid (RA) was the only one who has fought 100 wars and never lost ❤

  • @lucareviews9760
    @lucareviews9760 2 роки тому +37

    Didn’t talk of his battles

    • @damonclare7058
      @damonclare7058 2 роки тому +2

      that should be the next part to this battles

  • @AzmanbinJamrin
    @AzmanbinJamrin Рік тому +4

    Got defeated by Saladin 🔥🔥🔥🔥

    • @berryavenesophia
      @berryavenesophia 4 місяці тому +1

      Salahuddin Ayubi

    • @runewillems7023
      @runewillems7023 3 місяці тому

      No he did not

    • @berryavenesophia
      @berryavenesophia 3 місяці тому

      @@runewillems7023 Salahuddin Ayubi is better than Baldwin ll

    • @berryavenesophia
      @berryavenesophia 3 місяці тому

      @@runewillems7023 Salahuddin Ayubi couldn’t even kill Baldwin because he was 16 in lslam you can’t kill in the first war

    • @runewillems7023
      @runewillems7023 3 місяці тому

      ⁠​⁠@@berryavenesophia at 16 Baldwin defeated Salahuddin so ofcourse he could not kill him

  • @keanancupido
    @keanancupido Рік тому +6

    This feels so much like Viserys in House of the Dragon. The leprosy he got from cutting himself on the Iron Throne and his mask that he wore later on

    • @claredamon
      @claredamon Рік тому +2

      Maybe they stole the idea 💡

    • @0326Vet
      @0326Vet Рік тому +2

      You mean Viserys feels like Baldwin? Considering Baldwin existed a thousand years before Martin wrote the Viserys character lol

    • @keanancupido
      @keanancupido Рік тому

      @@0326Vet No I meant the show version of Viserys.

  • @Krystal_kevin
    @Krystal_kevin Рік тому +1

    0:34 in that pic I swear Baldwin looks like he could be in dark souls🗿

  • @SaintEttieniesofHafok
    @SaintEttieniesofHafok Рік тому +3

    Quintessential learning has me high sprung for joy! I shout to the Heavens, How fair the sun shine, a spring day fil' t with Saints. Oh joy, Oh joy Saint Lazarus. My mighty wounds are healed

  • @lordofhowell7158
    @lordofhowell7158 4 місяці тому

    New subscriber. Brilliant video 💪🏻 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

  • @user-lr3ge4fs8o
    @user-lr3ge4fs8o Рік тому +3

    I like Baudouin IV and Saladin.

  • @Jeonnaomi.97
    @Jeonnaomi.97 3 місяці тому

    I’m Muslim but this Baldwin guy is impressive, a legend

  • @runk3216
    @runk3216 Рік тому +12

    Oh, so this is where darkest dungeon got their inspiration

  • @tphilipson9991
    @tphilipson9991 Рік тому +1

    @history duck
    Thank you for this bit of here's what happened.
    Subscribed

  • @derrickeley8254
    @derrickeley8254 Рік тому +8

    Did George RR Martin use this story for material for house of dragons🤔

  • @MichaelBrown-ex3tp
    @MichaelBrown-ex3tp Рік тому +13

    The fact that house of the dragon tells basicly the exact same story trips me out. Well, I guess I found out where the inspiration of it came from lol

    • @bv2623
      @bv2623 Рік тому +3

      90 percent of Martins writings are basically historical events put into some fantasy background.

    • @Lv-nq9qz
      @Lv-nq9qz Рік тому +1

      GoT is apparently based on the War of the Roses

  • @AwesomeSauce81
    @AwesomeSauce81 Рік тому +10

    Baldwin was also in The King and I

  • @user-re9pr9dr4q
    @user-re9pr9dr4q 9 місяців тому

    Dear the late HRH Baldwin of Jerusalem in hereafter, I am impressed by your conduct. My country needs your figure to represent Israel as a Plenipotentiary Ambassador to my country since long time ago.

  • @Banette808
    @Banette808 Рік тому +11

    I visited to know if such characer named Balian really exist. Who here visited because of the movie Kingdom of Heaven?

  • @nimroad5042
    @nimroad5042 Рік тому +27

    He had the best drip among the crusaders.

  • @phil-zz5hk
    @phil-zz5hk Рік тому +22

    sultan Salah ad-Din Yusuf ibn Ayyub was also a great warrior . he united all Muslims to fight for their lands . Sunni and Shia .

    • @murrismiller2312
      @murrismiller2312 Рік тому +12

      U don't get to call it yours... after theft.
      Islam came 600+ years after Jesus, a thousand + after king David, God only knows- after father Abraham...why does Islam teach they can TAKE,and call it NOT stealing ???
      Who goes by those rules anywhere on the planet.
      Jerusalem is God's land in truth !!!! ...and he will decide - read Enoch, St Ezra, St. John the revelator

    • @phil-zz5hk
      @phil-zz5hk Рік тому +4

      @@murrismiller2312 Allah's land

    • @phil-zz5hk
      @phil-zz5hk Рік тому +5

      @@murrismiller2312 the church of rome was a way to legitimize the occupation of arab land .

    • @TwiceStruck
      @TwiceStruck Рік тому +2

      @@phil-zz5hk Surprise people ignore a Fact, Same way it worked in the New World. Bringing Christianity to a land God left untouched unspoiled.

    • @JP2GiannaT
      @JP2GiannaT Рік тому +2

      I'm a Christian, and have no problem saying there were great men on both sides.

  • @MrSupernova111
    @MrSupernova111 Рік тому +2

    Amazing! Thank you!

  • @kamillgran9408
    @kamillgran9408 Рік тому +8

    Saladin was an honorable, brave and wise leader, that is very well known to all Muslims but what is not known to them and the world at large is the equally wise, brave, honorable and fearless Christian king Baldwin. A great king who died at such a young age. I wonder what the final outcome would have been had he lived longer.

    • @kamikaren542
      @kamikaren542 Рік тому

      Ikrrrr ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥

    • @kamillgran9408
      @kamillgran9408 Рік тому

      @@kamikaren542 Wtf does that mean?

    • @Hipruz
      @Hipruz Рік тому

      selehat's Arab muslumsn was not the peace of peace, Kurdistani who had taken away

  • @manish99245
    @manish99245 Рік тому +1

    Your story telling excellent even I didn't got know when really video ends

  • @mightymurph3949
    @mightymurph3949 Рік тому +4

    This would make a cool trilogy movie

  • @taylorbranson7790
    @taylorbranson7790 9 місяців тому +1

    I feel his disease made him wise at a young age because mortality was something he dealt with at a young age.

  • @WOLFBINSTINE
    @WOLFBINSTINE Рік тому +8

    Why does this sound soo like house of dragons😅

    • @quakethedoombringer
      @quakethedoombringer Рік тому +3

      Pretty sure the filmakers deliberately modeled Viserys after him to some extent

  • @lh8593
    @lh8593 Рік тому +2

    why cut in unrelated film? eg. The King and I. It's annoying

  • @DanDan-vu5tb
    @DanDan-vu5tb Рік тому +4

    oh now I see where king Viserys is inspired from