Feb 1, 2025
The Sacrifice of Sibylla of Jerusalem. By Felix Auvray.
In mid-spring 1177, poorly acclimatised to Palestine and with little immunity to its infections, William Longsword contracted an illness. For two months, the count fought against the disease, but finally succumbed in Ascalon in June 1177.
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