Amalric of Jerusalem

Amalric
King of Jerusalem
Reign	1163–1174
Coronation	1163
Predecessor	Baldwin III
Successor	Baldwin IV
Born	1136
Died	11 July 1174(1174-07-11) (aged 38) Jerusalem, Kingdom of Jerusalem
Spouse	Agnes of Courtenay Maria Komnene
Issue	Baldwin IV of Jerusalem Sibylla of Jerusalem Alix of Jerusalem Isabella I of Jerusalem
House	Anjou
Father	Fulk V of Anjou
Mother	Melisende of Jerusalem

Amalric or Amaury I (Latin: Amalricus; French: Amaury; 1136 – 11 July 1174) was King of Jerusalem from 1163, and Count of Jaffa and Ascalon before his accession. He was the second son of Melisende and Fulk of Jerusalem, and succeeded his older brother Baldwin III. During his reign, Jerusalem became more closely allied with the Byzantine Empire, and the two states launched an unsuccessful invasion of Egypt. He was the father of three future rulers of Jerusalem, Sibylla, Baldwin IV, and Isabella I.

Older scholarship mistook the two names Amalric and Aimery as variant spellings of the same name, so these historians erroneously added numbers, making Amalric to be Amalric I (1163–74) and King Aimery (1197–1205) to be "Amalric II". Now scholars recognize that the two names were not the same and no longer add the number for either king. Confusion between the two names was common even among contemporaries.^[1]