Who Would Be King of Jerusalem Today coming at a later date....

"He was murdered by assassins, THE assassins."

Most epic line on YouTube.

When I play Crusader Kings it's called "family circle"

15:35
"You failed to go on crusade. Excommunicated!"
<goes on crusade>
"Excommunicated people can't go on crusade. Double excommunicated!"
<ends up in a war against the Pope>
"You probably saw this one coming, but...triple excommunicated!"

Frederick II: "Well they can only excommunicate me once." Pope: "Let's see what technicalities we can play with here..."

I find it interesting that Jerusalem had more reigning queens than most monarchies have ever had. And it was only a kingdom for a couple hundred years.

That's not the Crusader Kings family tree. Not enough incest.

Baldwin IV is one of the badass crusades kings in my opinion in my opinion

me: crusader kings looks so fun I wanna try it out



also me: I have absolutely no idea whats going on

15:40 the reason why he was repeatedly excommunicated by the pope was because of embroilments in Italy, where Frederick was trying to unite Sicily with Germany (which translated into the Guelphs and Ghibellines conflict in northern Italy) threatening the papal domains. The life’s story and character of Frederick II are astonishing for his time, I would even dare to say he kickstarted the Renaissance.

Actually the titel "King of Jerusalem" is hold by five people until today:
Franz, Duke of Bavaria
Pedro, Duke of Calabria
Karl Habsburg-Lorraine
Felipe VI. King of Spain
the 17th baron of Baccari (i dont know the name)

Fun fact: Despite regaining Jerusalem Frederick II was criticized among christians for not achieving enough and crussading while being excommunicated.
He is in general an interesting figure. Very tolerant and progressive for his time. He deserves much more credit than he gets

How is it that despite this video being directly linked to the Crusader kings that this is the one that isn't sponsored by CK3

Baldwin IV is the one portrayed in Kingdom of Heaven.

Great video Matt. It’s always incredible how much history you can learn from your family tree.

Also Philip II Augustus is a fascinating guy. First King of France! Before the French kings were King of the Franks, not King of France.

Imagine being excommunicated because  you were already excommunicated.

Crusader Kings: Family Circle
Me (an Asian): Literally 90% of my family have the same surname (maiden included) o_O

My profile picture has been of Fulk for years. I always forget though. Was very odd to see my pfp in a video by one of my favorite creators!

It's frustrating how close Richard came to capturing Jerusalem before turning back. SO close...

Jerusalem exists : French nobles : hippity hoppity you’re now my property