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From: "Todd A. Farmerie" <>
Subject: Re: Godfrey de Bouillon & Charlemagne & Charles Martel
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1998 10:08:04 -0500


wrote:
>
> In a message dated 11/14/98 7:10:45 AM Pacific Standard Time,
> writes:
>
> << 1.3.Baldwin, Ct of Edessa, King of Jerusalem, b.1058, d.Al-Arish 1118;
> m.1st before 1096 Godehild de Tosny, Dame de Conches (d.Germanicea, Cilicia,
> 1097); m.2d 1098/1100 (later repudiated) Arda, an Armenian princess
> (d.Constantinople after 1117); m.3d 1113 (repudiated 1117) Adelaida di Savona
> (d.1118) >>
>
> Is this Baldwin, same as Baldwin of le Bourg, Count of Rethel, father of Hugh
> I, Count of Rethel?
>

No. In fact, Baldwin of le Bourg, Count of Rethel was an error of
Runciman's. The father of Hugh I was Manasses III (if I recall
correctly). There is no known relationship between the first two Kings
Baldwin of Jerusalem.

ta

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