{"id":"baldwin-ii-of-jerusalem","type":"person","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/baldwin-ii-of-jerusalem","language":"en","name":"Baldwin II of Jerusalem","name_en":"Baldwin II of Jerusalem","name_ne":null,"description":"Count of Edessa (r. 1100-1118) and King of Jerusalem (r. 1118–1131)","headline":"Count of Edessa (r. 1100-1118) and King of Jerusalem (r. 1118–1131)","also_known_as":[],"summary":"Baldwin II, also known as Baldwin of Bourcq, was the count of Edessa from 1100 to 1118 and the king of Jerusalem from 1120 until his death. He accompanied his kinsmen, the brothers Godfrey of Bouillon and Baldwin of Boulogne, to the Holy Land during the First Crusade. He became the second count of Edessa when the first count, Baldwin of Boulogne, left the county for Jerusalem following Godfrey's death. He was captured at the Battle of Harran in 1104. He was held first by Sökmen of Mardin, then by Jikirmish of Mosul, and finally by Jawali Saqawa. During Baldwin's captivity, Prince Tancred of Antioch and Richard of Salerno governed Edessa as his regents.","summary_more":[],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"1060","date":"1060"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q51718#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"Rethel","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q209790"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q51718#P19"}},{"key":"died","label":"Died","values":[{"text":"21 August 1131","date":"1131-08-21"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q51718#P570"}},{"key":"deathplace","label":"Place of death","values":[{"text":"Jerusalem","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1218"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q51718#P20"}},{"key":"citizenship","label":"Citizenship","values":[{"text":"Kingdom of Jerusalem","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q55502"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q51718#P27"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"ruler","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1097498"},{"text":"politician","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q82955"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q51718#P106"}},{"key":"spouse","label":"Spouse","values":[{"text":"Morphia of Melitene","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q53116","start":"1101"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q51718#P26"}},{"key":"positions","label":"Positions held","values":[{"text":"monarch","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q116"},{"text":"King of Jerusalem","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q693614"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q51718#P39"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baldwin_II_of_Jerusalem","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q51718"],"faq":[{"q":"When was Baldwin II of Jerusalem born?","a":"Baldwin II of Jerusalem was born on 1060 in Rethel."},{"q":"What positions has Baldwin II of Jerusalem held?","a":"Positions held by Baldwin II of Jerusalem include: monarch; King of Jerusalem."}],"related":[{"name":"Abdullah II of Jordan","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/abdullah-ii-of-jordan"},{"name":"Abdullah II","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/abdullah-ii"},{"name":"Salman of Saudi Arabia","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/salman-of-saudi-arabia"},{"name":"Ibn Saud","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/ibn-saud"},{"name":"Faisal of Saudi Arabia","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/faisal-of-saudi-arabia"},{"name":"Hussein of Jordan","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/hussein-of-jordan"},{"name":"Conrad of Montferrat","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/conrad-of-montferrat"},{"name":"Baldwin I of Jerusalem","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/baldwin-i-of-jerusalem"},{"name":"Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/frederick-ii-holy-roman-emperor"},{"name":"Conradin","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/conradin"},{"name":"Fulk V of Anjou","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/fulk-v-of-anjou"},{"name":"Isabella II of Jerusalem","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/isabella-ii-of-jerusalem"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":{"url":"https://diginpl.com/kb-img/baldwin-ii-of-jerusalem-92859e2ffb.jpg","width":500,"height":500,"license":"CC BY-SA 4.0","credit":"Guillaume de Tyr","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Baldwin_II_ceeding_the_Temple_of_Salomon_to_Hugues_de_Payens_and_Gaudefroy_de_Saint-Homer_(Cropped).jpg"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Baldwin II of Jerusalem","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baldwin_II_of_Jerusalem","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q51718","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q51718","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: Baldwin II ceeding the Temple of Salomon to Hugues de Payens and Gaudefroy de Saint-Homer (Cropped).jpg by Guillaume de Tyr (CC BY-SA 4.0)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Baldwin_II_ceeding_the_Temple_of_Salomon_to_Hugues_de_Payens_and_Gaudefroy_de_Saint-Homer_(Cropped).jpg","license":null}],"license":{"text":"CC BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","facts":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},"attribution":"Text from the Wikipedia article Baldwin II of Jerusalem, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Baldwin II ceeding the Temple of Salomon to Hugues de Payens and Gaudefroy de Saint-Homer (Cropped).jpg — Guillaume de Tyr, CC BY-SA 4.0.","cite":"\"Baldwin II of Jerusalem\". DigiNepal. Last updated 8 November 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/baldwin-ii-of-jerusalem. Retrieved 8 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-11-08T06:49:58Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-08","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/baldwin-ii-of-jerusalem","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/baldwin-ii-of-jerusalem","ne":null}}