RRR: Correspondence/envoy
837
year: 1169
initiator: King Amalric
recipient: Archbishop Henry of Reims
text: May. 1-31. Amalric, per Dei gratiam Jerosolymorum Rex, writes to Archbishop Henry of Reims. He describes the dangers facing the Latin East, the threat to Antioch from the Turci and the reaction of the Turci to his initial success in Egypt [Aegypti regnum]. He was sending the patriarch of Jerusalem, together with the archbishop of Caesarea, the bishop of Acre and brothers of the Temple and the Hospital, to the West, but their ship [navis] was wrecked. So he is sending instead F. archiepiscopus Tyrensis, second to the patriarch in status, the bishop of Paneas, the miles A. de Landast and brothers of the Hospital to appeal for help.
May. 1-31. Amalric, per Dei gratiam Jerosolymorum Rex, writes to Archbishop Henry of Reims. He describes the dangers facing the Latin East, the threat to Antioch from the Turci and the reaction of the Turci to his initial success in Egypt [Aegypti regnum]. He was sending the patriarch of Jerusalem... more
sources: Bouquet, Recueil 16:187-188, no. 120 (RRH no. 464)
RRR: Correspondence/envoy
890
year: 1173
initiator: King Amalric
recipient: Archbishop Henry of Reims
text: Summer. Amalric, per Dei gratiam Jerosolymorum rex, writes to Archbishop H. of Reims. He urges the restoration of peace between the king of England and his sons, particularly as the king of England has notified him, by letter and emissaries, of his desire to assist the Holy Land unless prevented by this disturbance. Amalric is sending the bishop of Lydda and the subprior of the Holy Sepulchre to expand orally on what he has written.
Summer. Amalric, per Dei gratiam Jerosolymorum rex, writes to Archbishop H. of Reims. He urges the restoration of peace between the king of England and his sons, particularly as the king of England has notified him, by letter and emissaries, of his desire to assist the Holy Land unless prevented by... more
sources: Bouquet, Recueil 16:198, no. 197 (RRH no. 497)