He took refuge with King Amalric I of Jerusalem, whose favour he gained, and who invested him with the Lordship of Beirut.

* Amalric I of Jerusalem, King of Jerusalem from 1162 to 1174

The marriage of Amalric I of Jerusalem and Maria Comnena at Tyre ( Lebanon ) | Tyre in 1167, as depicted in a MS of the Histoire d ' Outremer, painted in Paris c. 1295-1300.

After his return to Jerusalem in 1167, Amalric married Maria Comnena, a great-grandniece of Byzantine emperor Manuel I Comnenus.

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Amalric II of Jerusalem or Amalric I of Cyprus, born Amalric of Lusignan ( 1145 – 1 April 1205 ), King of Jerusalem 1197 – 1205, was an older brother of Guy of Lusignan.

In 1194, on the death of Guy, he became King of Cyprus as Amalric I.

After Eschiva's death in October 1197 he married Isabella, the daughter of Amalric I of Jerusalem by his second marriage, and became King of Jerusalem in right of his wife and crowned at Acre in January 1198.

Egypt's capital was permanently moved to Cairo, which was eventually expanded to include the ruins of Fustat and the previous capitals of al-Askar and al-Qatta ' i. While the Fustat fire successfully protected the city of Cairo, a continuing power struggle between Shawar, King Amalric I of Jerusalem, and Zengid general Shirkuh led to the downfall of the Fatimid establishment.

This was disputed by another branch of the Lusignan family: Maria of Antioch, daughter of Bohemond IV of Antioch and Melisende of Lusignan ( herself a daughter of Isabella I and Amalric II ), claimed the throne as the oldest living relative of Isabella I, but for the moment her claim was ignored.

Acre was defended by Henry II's brother Amalric of Tyre, the Hospitallers, Templars, and Teutonic Knights, the Venetians and Pisans, the French garrison led by Jean I de Grailly, and the English garrison led by Otton de Grandson, but they were vastly outnumbered.

Shirkuh engaged in a power struggle over Egypt with Shawar and Amalric I of the Kingdom of Jerusalem, in which Shawar requested Amalric's assistance.

* Maria Comnena, wife of Amalric I of Jerusalem ( b. c. 1154 ) ( latest possible date of death )

* Amalric I of Jerusalem unsuccessfully invades Egypt.

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* Amalric I of Jerusalem

* July 11 – King Amalric I of Jerusalem ( b. 1136 )

Following William's return to Jerusalem in 1165, King Amalric I made him an ambassador to the Byzantine Empire.

In 1167 he was appointed archdeacon of the cathedral of Tyre by Frederick de la Roche, archbishop of Tyre, with the support of King Amalric I.

In 1167 Amalric married Maria Comnena, grand-niece of Byzantine emperor Manuel I Comnenus, and in 1168 the king sent William to finalize a treaty for a joint Byzantine-crusader campaign against Egypt.

* 1205 – King Amalric II of Jerusalem ( b. 1145 )

* Amalric of Nesle, Patriarch of Jerusalem from 1158 to 1180

* Amalric II of Jerusalem, King of Jerusalem from 1197 to 1205

Amalric was the second son of Melisende of Jerusalem and Fulk of Jerusalem, and succeeded his older brother Baldwin III.

Amalric, who had been given the County of Jaffa as an apanage when he reached the age of majority in 1151, remained loyal to Melisende in Jerusalem, and when Baldwin invaded the south, Amalric was besieged in the Tower of David with his mother.

After an indecisive battle, Amalric retreated to Cairo and Shirkuh marched north to capture Alexandria ; Amalric followed and besieged Shirkuh there, aided by a fleet from Jerusalem.

However, Amalric could not remain there indefinitely, and returned to Jerusalem after exacting an enormous tribute.

The negotiations had taken two years, mostly because Amalric insisted that Manuel return Antioch to Jerusalem.

It was also around this time that William of Tyre was promoted to archdeacon of Tyre, and was recruited by Amalric to write a history of the kingdom.

Over the next few years the kingdom was threatened not only by Saladin and Nur ad-Din, but also by the Hashshashin ; in one episode, the Knights Templar murdered some Hashshashin envoys, leading to further disputes between Amalric and the Templars.

Amalric was pious and attended mass every day, although he also " is said to have absconded himself without restraint to the sins of the flesh and to have seduced married women …" Despite his piety he taxed the clergy, which they naturally opposed.

On a personal level, William admired the king's education and his interest in history and law, but also noted that Amalric had " breasts like those of a woman hanging down to his waist " and was shocked when the king questioned the resurrection of the dead.

Amalric had also obtained the patronage of King Baldwin IV and of his mother Agnes of Courtenay who held the county of Jaffa and Ascalon and was married to Reginald of Sidon.

The force was commanded by King Henry II of Jerusalem, the king of Cyprus, accompanied by his brother, Amalric, Lord of Tyre, and the heads of the military orders, with the ambassador of the Mongol leader Ghazan also in attendance.

But Raymond soon arrived and, as the closest male relative of King Amalric, demanded to be named bailli ( also " bailiff " or " regent ").

After his death, Isabella was married for a fourth time to Amalric II of Jerusalem ( also Amalric I of Cyprus ), brother of Guy of Lusignan.

King Amalric I of Jerusalem hastened back from his invasion of Egypt to take control of the regency of Antioch ; Bohemond was freed, for a large ransom ( 150, 000 dinars ), in 1165 with the intervention of Amalric and Byzantine emperor Manuel I Comnenus, his nominal overlord ; Manuel was also his brother-in-law, as he was married to Bohemond's sister Maria of Antioch.

Whether David was influenced also by Amalric of Chartres is a matter of debate.

Lord Balian of Ibelin married Maria Comnena, widow of King Amalric I, and the Ibelins became the most powerful noble family of the kingdom, later ruling also over Beirut.

He possibly also joined Landgrave Hermann I and the Henneberg count Otto von Botenlauben on the Crusade of 1197 and witnessed the coronation of King Amalric II of Jerusalem.

The Crusader king, Amalric I of Jerusalem, also received her in the Holy Land.

The Komnenos dynasty was very much involved in crusader affairs, and also intermarried with the reigning families of the Principality of Antioch and the Kingdom of Jerusalem-Theodora Komnene, niece of Manuel I Komnenos, married Baldwin III of Jerusalem, and Maria, grandniece of Manuel, married Amalric I of Jerusalem.

Amalric succeeded Guy in Cyprus, and also became King of Jerusalem in 1198.

Deir al-Balah was built on the ruins of the Crusader fort of Darom ( also referred to as " Doron ") which was built by King Amalric I.

That year Balian also married Maria Comnena, widow of King Amalric I, and became stepfather to their daughter Princess Isabella.

Although both Philip and John were closely related to Henry I, as his uncles, they were still opposed on Cyprus by supporters of the Lusignan family, of which Henry was also a member ; another of his uncles, Guy of Lusignan, and father Amalric, were the first two kings of Cyprus.

Amalric had also married a Byzantine princess, Maria Komnene, and the imperial alliance remained intact.

1 and 4 ), the first two parts of the novel The Merman's Children by Poul Anderson ( also in 1 and 4 ), two " Amalric the Mangod " stories by Lin Carter ( in 1 and 3 ), a " Pusad " tale and the first part of the novel The Incorporated Knight by L. Sprague de Camp ( in 2 and 3, respectively ), two " Elric of Melniboné " stories by Michael Moorcock ( in 2 and 4 ), two " Witch World " stories by Andre Norton ( in 2 and 3 ), two " Brak the Barbarian " stories by John Jakes ( in 2 and 4 ), one story by Avram Davidson ( in vol.