William of Tyre

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William of Tyre was a 12th-century archbishop and historian of the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem, best known for his detailed chronicle of the Crusades and the politics of the Crusader states.

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William of Tyre canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Latin Christian cleric ⓘ
archbishop ⓘ
chronicler ⓘ
historian ⓘ
medieval historian ⓘ
appointedBy King Amalric I of Jerusalem ⓘ
birthDate c. 1130 ⓘ
birthPlace Jerusalem ⓘ
chronicles First Crusade (retrospectively) ⓘ
linked to: First Crusade

Second Crusade ⓘ
minority and reign of Baldwin IV of Jerusalem ⓘ
reign of Amalric I of Jerusalem ⓘ
reign of Baldwin I of Jerusalem ⓘ
reign of Baldwin II of Jerusalem ⓘ
reign of Fulk of Jerusalem ⓘ
citizenship Kingdom of Jerusalem ⓘ
clericalRank archbishop ⓘ
deathDate c. 1186 ⓘ
deathPlace Kingdom of Jerusalem ⓘ
describes relations between Crusader states and Byzantine Empire ⓘ
relations between Crusader states and Muslim powers ⓘ
educatedAt University of Paris ⓘ
linked to: Sorbonne University

schools in Bologna ⓘ
era 12th century ⓘ
genre chronicle ⓘ
historiography ⓘ
influenced Old French continuations of his history ⓘ
later Crusade chroniclers ⓘ
knownFor account of the politics of the Crusader states ⓘ
detailed chronicle of the Crusades ⓘ
history of the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName Latin ⓘ
notableWork Historia rerum in partibus transmarinis gestarum ⓘ
History of Deeds Done Beyond the Sea ⓘ
occupation archbishop of Tyre ⓘ
chancellor ⓘ
historian ⓘ
partOf Latin hierarchy of the Kingdom of Jerusalem ⓘ
positionHeld Archbishop of Tyre ⓘ
Chancellor of the Kingdom of Jerusalem ⓘ
religion Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism

Latin Church ⓘ
see Tyre ⓘ
servedUnder Amalric I of Jerusalem ⓘ
Baldwin IV of Jerusalem ⓘ
sourceFor biography of Baldwin IV of Jerusalem ⓘ
history of the Latin East ⓘ
writingPeriod c. 1169–1184 ⓘ

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Second Crusade → describedBySource → William of Tyre ⓘ
Baldwin IV of Jerusalem → mentor → William of Tyre ⓘ
subject linked to: King Baldwin IV of Jerusalem