POLITICIAN

Amalric of Jerusalem

1136 - 1174

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Amalric (French: Amaury; 1136 – 11 July 1174), formerly known in historiography as Amalric I, was the king of Jerusalem from 1163 until his death. He was, in the opinion of his Muslim adversaries, the bravest and cleverest of the crusader kings. Amalric was the younger son of King Fulk and Queen Melisende and brother of King Baldwin III. Baldwin was crowned with Melisende after Fulk's death in 1143. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Amalric of Jerusalem has received more than 594,410 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2019). Amalric of Jerusalem is the 1,097th most popular politician (up from 1,283rd in 2019), the 56th most popular biography from Israel (up from 57th in 2019) and the 19th most popular Israeli Politician.

Amalric of Jerusalem is most famous for being the King of Jerusalem from 1162 to 1174.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Amalric of Jerusalem ranks 1,097 out of 19,576Before him are Richard von Coudenhove-Kalergi, Eric XIV of Sweden, Chulalongkorn, Levi Eshkol, Túpac Amaru, and Yazdegerd III. After him are Zachary Taylor, 5th Dalai Lama, Otto IV, Holy Roman Emperor, Brennus, Helmut Schmidt, and Baldwin II of Jerusalem.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1136, Amalric of Jerusalem ranks 2Before him is Ismail al-Jazari. After him are Petronilla of Aragon, Constance of Castile, Humbert III, Count of Savoy, Conrad II, Duke of Bohemia, Ramon Berenguer II, Count of Provence, and Marie I, Countess of Boulogne. Among people deceased in 1174, Amalric of Jerusalem ranks 2Before him is Nur ad-Din. After him are Andrey Bogolyubsky, Vladislaus II, Duke of Bohemia, Wace, Everard des Barres, and Judith of Thuringia.

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In Israel

Among people born in Israel, Amalric of Jerusalem ranks 56 out of 466Before him are Daniel Kahneman (1934), Josiah (-648), Reuven Rivlin (1939), Herodias (-100), James, son of Alphaeus (-10), and Abijah of Judah (-1000). After him are Baldwin V of Jerusalem (1177), Barabbas (1), Baldwin III of Jerusalem (1130), Mahmoud Darwish (1941), Zedekiah (-617), and Nehemiah (-490).

Among POLITICIANS In Israel

Among politicians born in Israel, Amalric of Jerusalem ranks 19Before him are Ehud Barak (1942), Ehud Olmert (1945), Hezekiah (-800), Josiah (-648), Reuven Rivlin (1939), and Abijah of Judah (-1000). After him are Baldwin V of Jerusalem (1177), Baldwin III of Jerusalem (1130), Zedekiah (-617), Isaac Herzog (1960), Ezer Weizman (1924), and Uzziah (-900).