THE COUNTY OF EDESSA (1097-1146 A.D.)
1n 1097 =Baldwin I=, brother of Godfrey de Bouillon, in consequence of a quarrel with Tancred, leaves the main body of the crusaders, conquers Edessa, and founds the vassal state of that name.
21100 Baldwin, made king of Jerusalem, gives Edessa to his cousin, =Baldwin (II) de Bourg=.
31118 Baldwin II is made king of Jerusalem and =Jocelyn (I) de Courtenai= takes his place in the county of Edessa. He wins many victories over the Saracens.
41131 =Jocelyn II= succeeds.
51144 Capture of Edessa by Zenki, emir of Mosul.
61146 Jocelyn regains Edessa, but the same year Nur ad-Din, Zenki’s son and successor, retakes and destroys it. End of the county of Edessa. On account of this event Bernard of Clairvaux preaches.
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