Baldwin V of Jerusalem

Baldwin V
Homage to Baldwin V (crowned, centre)
King of Jerusalem
Reign	1183 – 1185 (co-reign) 1185 – 1186 (solo-reign)
Coronation	20 November 1183
Predecessor	Baldwin IV
Successor	Sibylla
Co-king	Baldwin IV (1183–1185)
Born	December 1177 or January 1178
Died	Between May and September 1186 Acre, Kingdom of Jerusalem
Burial	Church of the Holy Sepulchre
House	Aleramici
Father	William of Montferrat
Mother	Sibylla of Jerusalem

Baldwin V (1177 or 1178 – 1186) was the king of Jerusalem who reigned together with his uncle Baldwin IV from 1183 to 1185 and, after his uncle's death, as the sole king from 1185 to his death in 1186. Baldwin IV's leprosy meant that he could not have children, and so he spent his reign grooming various relatives to succeed him. Finally his nephew was chosen, and Baldwin IV had him crowned as co-king in order to sideline the child's unpopular stepfather, Guy of Lusignan. When Baldwin IV died, Count Raymond III of Tripoli assumed government on behalf of the child king. Baldwin V died of unknown causes and was succeeded by his mother, Sibylla, who then made Guy Fulk V, king.