Baldwin I of Jerusalem
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c. 1060 – 1118 · 58 years · Jerusalem · Middle East
A leader of the First Crusade who founded the County of Edessa, the first crusader state. In 1100, after the death of his brother Godfrey of Bouillon, he took the title King of Jerusalem and extended the kingdom to the Red Sea.
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