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Period Drama Appreciation Week 2024

Day 2: Favorite Character

King Balduin IV in Kingdom of Heaven

[eatmeandbirthmeagain]

May I please request a one shot where Baldwin and the reader have a tiny baby girl and the baby made it very clear that Baldwin IV is her favourite, like when she’s crying the reader just hands her to Baldwin IV and she immediately stops crying and it makes him feel so special and happy❤️❤️❤️❤️

♡ Precious Girl - King Baldwin x Reader ♡

♡ Fluff ♡

A/N: Hello Anon! Thank you for the request, I hope it's what you had in mind🩷! As always, this is based on the film Kingdom Of Heaven, not the real historical figures. Enjoy!

TW: Leprosy

It was a late summer evening when the daughter of Jerusalem was born. From the moment she opened her eyes, Ella was most definitely a daddy's girl.

To her, there was no comfort quite like the comfort she felt in Baldwin’s arms. Whenever the young girl cried, y/n would simply hand her over to the king and her cries would cease immediately.

It made him feel a kind of happiness that he had never experienced before. Pure, unwavering joy.

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One of many instances like this occurred not long after Ella was born. Just a month after in fact.

It was late at night when the king and queen were awoken by the familliour sound of their babies crying.

As requested by both of them after her birth, Ella’s crib remained in a separate room of the royal chambers that had been converted to a nursery so that they could keep an eye on her instead of a nanny or a maid.

Y/n sat up as the world came into view just as Baldwin did the same.

“Don't worry darling, I'll take this one. Just rest” Baldwin said, gesturing for his wife to lay back down.

She nodded and did so, but did not close her eyes until he was out of sight.

Entering the small room, Baldwin scooped the little child into his arms.

“Oh sweetheart, what’s the matter?” he said gently, taking a seat in the nursing chair that sat in the corner.

After a few moments, he concluded that her undergarments were clean and she didn't need to feed. Her cries were different to a “hungry cry”. They were sadder and more needy.

“You just missed your father didn't you?” Baldwin chuckled as he rocked the girl back and forth soothingly. Her cries immediately settled completely and it wasn't long before she was asleep in her fathers arms.

Not really willing to put her down too soon, just in case she woke again, Baldwin decided to hold her for a little longer.

A few minutes went by and the young king was growing tired again. He yawned softly, his eyes growing heavier by the second.

It wouldn't hurt to just close his eyes for a little, right? Pretty soon, Baldwin had dozed off with Ella still wrapped safely in his arms.

Back inside the royal bedchambers, y/n was growing concerned with her husband's whereabouts.

She had expected him to only be gone for a little, but it had been at least twenty minutes, judging by the moon's position that she had been staring at out of the glass balcony doors from her position on the bed.

She decided to go and check on them, just in case.

Y/n wasn't sure what she was expecting to see but she still felt a hint of surprise at seeing her “all powerful lord and king” husband fast asleep on a nursing chair with a tiny baby wrapped in his arms.

She smiled and leaned against the doorframe, taking a moment to admire the peaceful scene that lay before her.

She moved silently across the room to collect a blanket and draped it over her husband's sleeping form carefully, making sure to tuck Ella in as well.

Y/n pressed a soft kiss to Baldwin’s cheek. He didn't even shift. Seeing him like this was so incredibly precious to her. Not a king, nor a leper, but a father and a husband.

Taking one last look, y/n made her way back to bed with the beautiful image of her family remaining in her mind, where it would stay forever. 

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[aurianavaloria]

👑 King Baldwin IV of Jerusalem ✨

Finally, this monstrosity of a piece is done! 😅

I've been working on this off-and-on since February, probably the longest I've spent on any one piece, and I hope it shows.

This is my little tribute art to King Baldwin IV of Jerusalem as he is portrayed in the movie Kingdom of Heaven by Edward Norton.

He is accompanied by a peacock, a symbol of both early Christianity and of royalty, its white color representative of unique splendor. Alongside are bunches of white damask roses, also symbolic of Christianity as well as part of traditional medicine for skin conditions, among other ailments - appropriate, imo, for the illness that gave him the moniker "The Leper King".

The Latin text around the border, inspired by his real life royal seal, reads "Balduinus IV - By the Grace of God - King of Jerusalem".

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Also on deviantArt.

[kingbaldwinthe4th]

Rare footage of me getting caught rewatching my own silly edits at 2am

Back when I was still so obsessed with editing Baldwin fanarts 😂

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[periodcostumefantasylover]

Perioddramaweek 2023

Day 3: Favorite Costumedesign

Kingdom of Heaven

[zomnommbie]

while searching i came across more images that might help with this search, a few things i noted:

- this is likely a documentary on either Baldwin IV or Montisgard

- its probably a student film

- looks to be made on a film camera

- could be a Spanish adaptation of KoH

anyway, the images:

So scrolling through pinterest, I'm wondering.. All the KoH fans I need help finding this film

[eatmeandbirthmeagain]

I had the cutest idea for a request! Imagine reader being very good at a game similar to badminton. She often plays with Baldwin's sister when she comes over and upon noticing that he is looking at them play, she asks him to join her for the next match and teaches him how to play just like he taught her how to play chess. Husband and wife bonding time <3

♡ Courtship On The Court - King Baldwin x Reader ♡

♡ Fluff ♡

A/N: Hello Anon! Thank you for your request, I hope its what you had in mind 🫶. Also guys MASSIVE HISTORICAL INACCURACY incoming with the game Battledore, it was made in the 18th century but it was the only medevil game I could find that matched the description. As always, this is based on the film Kingdom Of Heaven, not the real historical figures. Enjoy!

P.S: Thank you to @arislukewarmiced-coffee for coming up with the name for this fic 🩷

TW: Leprosy

It was a warm summer afternoon in Jerusalem. The scorching sun had dipped below the horizon line, bathing the kingdom in a calm orange glow.

In the courtyard, Princess Sybilla and queen y/n enjoyed the evening together, locked in a game of Battledore.

The game was simple, a handheld wooden paddle used to hit a shuttlecock back and forth between the players.

Y/n had played this game all throughout her childhood and had become quite skilled. Upon seeing her play on her own, Sybilla had asked to join and it quickly became a fun pastime for the two.

Often, Baldwin was too busy of an evening to watch their games but when he did, he watched with the utmost enthusiasm.

The activity intrigued him.

He was used to games of the mind, like chess. This was far different, much more physical and high spirited. As much as he wanted to join them, he assumed that his disease would make it near impossible to enjoy such physical fun.

This particular night, Baldwin was not busy. He had finished with his duties for the day and would soon retire to his bed. But not before seeing his sister and wife.

As usual, he found them in the courtyard, hitting the shuttle back and forth, talking and laughing.

Baldwin took a moment to admire his wife from afar. Her hair shone in the setting sun and her smile was so radiantly beautiful, it left him in awe.

Upon the shuttle being hit further away than Sybilla could reach with the paddle, the princess went to retrieve it.

As y/n put her head up to stretch, she noticed Baldwin watching from a distance, leant against a stone pillar.

The metal of his silver mask twinkled in the light, making it look as if it was covered in sparkles. Y/n grinned and waved to her husband, beckoning him closer.

Baldwin smiled and approached as Sybilla returned with the shuttle.

“Hello my love” y/n said joyfully, kissing her husband on his masked cheek.

“Would you like to join us for a game darling? I have an extra paddle?” she asked with a smile.

“I don't think that's a very good idea” Baldwin replied sheepishly.

“Why's that?” Sybilla chimed in.

“Well it might not be very good for my health is all-” the young king started before y/n cut him off.

“Oh come on sweetheart, I see you watching us all the time, I hate seeing you just standing there. Please play with us? I could teach you, like how you taught me to play chess?” y/n pleaded.

Baldwin sighed. He couldn't deny the months of longing to be included.

“How do you play?” he asked.

Y/n grinned and so did Sybilla. 

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After a few minutes of explaining and a couple of practice tries, the three of them were playing happily.

Hitting the shuttle back and forth to each other, joking and giggling happily under the setting sun.

Baldwin's body didn't even ache once. In fact, he felt brilliant and despite the lack of feeling in his hands, he could actually play really well.

They played until it was dark out and before leaving to go inside, they vowed to play the following night as well.

And this time, they would have a third player.

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" Past the point of no return

No going back now

Our passion-play has now, at last, begun

Past all thought of right or wrong

One final question

How long should we two wait, before we're one?

When will the blood begin to race?

The sleeping bud burst into bloom?

When will the flames, at last, consume us?... "

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@bogbutteronmycroissant its the dream honestly 😍🥰

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What I would give for a King Baldwin appearance in an Assassin’s Creed game 🧎🏼‍♀️

Ik AC1 is set in 1191 so in order to meet him it would have to be in some kind of prequel 🥺

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The seal of King Baldwin IV (1161-1185, crowned 1174)

The left part of the seal says: Balduinus Dei Gracia rex Ierusalem. Which means: Balduin, by the grace of God King of Jerusalem.

The right part of the seal says: Civitas regis regum omnium. Which means: The city of the king of kings.

From: Mayer, Hans Eberhard: Das Siegelwesen in den Kreuzfahrerstaaten, Tafel 2

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Cochem-Kreisstadt in Rheinland-Pfalz

Die erste Nachricht von Cochem, dessen Geschichte in keltischer, römischer und frühmittelalterlicher Zeit sich im Dunkeln verliert, gibt eine Urkunde der Abtei Prüm vom 20. XII. 866. Die edle Matrone Hieldilda schenkt darin dem Kloster eine Reihe von Gütern, darunter ein Herrenhaus „in villa cuchema“.

Hier auf der festen Burg halten die rheinischen Pfalzgrafen, die Ezzonen, bis 1151 Hof. Einer von ihnen, Ehrenfried, der Schwager Kaiser Ottos, ist wohl auch ihr Erbauer. Seine Tochter Richeza heiratete den Polenkönig Miseco, kehrte aber nach dessen Tod, von den Polen vertrieben, an die Mosel zurück. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3w2_UVSNRw Eine wenig rühmliche Rolle spielte Pfalzgraf Hermann von Salm und Luxemburg, der im Investiturstreit als Gegenkönig gegen Kaiser Heinrich IV. aufgestellt wurde. Er unterlag 1085 dem Kaiser, zog dann abenteuernd moselauf- und abwärts, bis er 1088 vor seiner eigenen Burg Cochem fiel. Große Achtung scheint er nicht gefunden zu haben, wie sein Spitzname „Knoblauchkönig“ zeigt. Den Streitigkeiten der Rheinecker und Stahlecker vom Rhein um die Pfalzgrafenwürde setzte der Hohenstaufer Konrad III. 1151 ein Ende, als er von Boppard kommend die Burg Cochem überrumpelte und als Reichslehen einzog.

Bis 1294 war Cochem nun Reichsgut und königliche Zollstätte. Auf der Burg geboten Burggrafen, die gelegentlich wohl auch zu Raubrittern wurden. 1282 musste Rudolf von Habsburg jedenfalls die Burg belagern und Burggraf Cuno wegen seiner Überfälle zur Rechenschaft ziehen. Im „Burgfrieden“ unterhalb der Burg und auch in der „Herrenstraße“ wohnten die Unterministerialen, meist adlige Burgmannen, die dem Burggrafen verpflichtet waren, jedoch Freiheit von allen städtischen Lasten und Fronden genossen. Das „Cochemer Reich“, ein weites Gebiet, das außer den späteren Ämtern Cochem, Kaisersesch und Mayen, das „Cröver Reich“, Springiersbach und Kondelwald umfasste, schob sich wie eine Barriere zwischen die beiden Teile des Erzbistums Trier, das Nieder- und Oberstift.

Dem Streben der Trierer Erzbischöfe nach Arrondierung ihres Gebietes kam 1294 König Adolf von Nassau in seiner Geldnot entgegen, indem er Erzbischof Boemund I. Cochem verpfändete. Dieses Pfand wurde nie wieder eingelöst und Cochem gehörte bis 1794 zum Kurtrierischen Territorium. Damit begann für Burg, Stadt und das neueingerichtete Amt Cochem eine glückliche Zeit. „Unter dem Krummstab lässt’s sich gut leben“, hieß es nicht ohne Grund. Erzbischof Balduin (1307 bis 1354), der Bruder Kaiser Heinrich VII. von Luxemburg, baut die Burg weiter aus. Der Moselweg wird erweitert, die Feste Kemplon errichtet. Cochem erhält 1332 Stadtrechte und wird befestigt. Vornehme Geschlechter, wie die von Dietz an der Lahn, von Ulmen, Bürresheim, Arras und Monreal sind stolz darauf, zur Burgschaft zu zählen. Die Winnenburger, deren Feste im Endertal schon seit 1200 besteht, und später die Metternicher üben auf dem Markt zu Cochem stadtherrlich das Samstagsgericht. Die Herren des Kurstaates sind oft und gerne hier zu Gast. Erzbischof Richard von Greifenklau zieht 1512 mit seinem Gast, Kaiser Maximilian I., in feierlicher Prozession zur Stadt und zur Martinskirche.

Aber auch von Unglückszeiten bleibt Cochem nicht verschont. An die Pestjahre 1423 bis 1425 erinnert heute noch das Peterskapellchen unterhalb der Burg. Verwüstungen und Räuberbanden, wie die im Simplizissimus erwähnte Moselbande, hinterlassen während des 30jährigen Krieges ihre Spuren. Das Allerschlimmste aber brachten die Jahre 1688 und 1689. Vauban, der Festungsbaumeister Ludwigs des XIV. hatte 1687 die Zwingfeste Montroyal bei Traben-Trarbach erbaut. Von hier drangsalierten die Franzosen „vi et metu“ mit Gewalt und Schrecken das Moseltal. Immer wieder reisen Schöffen und Stadtschreiber nach Montroyal, um Milderung zu erwirken. Im Mai 1689 wird Schloss Winneburg, „ahn den Himmel gehänkt und jämmerlich verbrannt, ein Spectacul grausam in der Nacht anzusehen“, zwei Tage später Schloss Cochem von dem gleichen Königsleutnant du Saxis „bei hellem Sonnenschein dem Vulcano geopfert“. Als Kaiserliche Kurtrierer die Stadt wieder besetzt haben, entschließen sich die Franzosen zum Gegenangriff. Am 25. August 1689 nehmen sie die Stadt im Sturm, machen die schwache Besatzung und einen großen Teil der Bevölkerung nieder und stecken die Stadt und das Kapuzinerkloster, die letzte Zuflucht der Verteidiger, in Brand. Die Stadt ist verarmt und verödet. Nur langsam beginnt der Wiederaufbau, zum Teil aus dem Material der geschleiften Festung Montroyal. Erst 1733 wird der Turm der Pfarrkirche vollendet. Im Laufe des 18. Jahrhunderts wird Cochem immer mehr zu einem Zentrum des Handwerks und Handels. Mit Waren und Reisenden voll beladen geht das Marktschiff jede Woche nach Koblenz. Zur Frankfurter Messe rüsten die Cochemer ein Schiff und verkaufen Ellen- und Spezereiwaren, Eisengeräte, Getreide, Holz und Lohe, festes und feines Cochemer Tuch. Groß ist die Zahl der Gasthöfe, deren Schilder nachbarlich von Giebel zu Giebel grüßen, der Bär den Ochsen, der Schwan den Löwen, der hl. Geist die Sonne. Der Doppeladler, der Deutsche Kaiser, der Römische König und der Kölnische Hof sind, meist am Moselufer gelegen, vornehme Absteigequartiere für die Herren. Ein Reiseschriftsteller wundert sich zu Beginn des 19. Jahrhunderts darüber, dass Cochem „ebenso viele Wein- und Bierschenken“ hat „als Breslau, die zweite Stadt im preußischen Staate, mit mehr als 90.000 Einwohnern“. 1796 besetzen die französischen Revolutionstruppen Cochem, das schließlich ebenso wie das gesamte Rheinland zu Frankreich kommt. Truppendurchmärsche, Kontributionen und Einquartierungen rufen Teuerung und Not hervor. So erklärt sich das Räuberbandenunwesen. Die Felzerbande unter dem Cochemer Nicolay, der Schinderhannes, Tuchhannes und Grundbirn-Klos streifen im Moseltal, in der Eifel und vor allem auf dem Hunsrück umher. Durch die Vereinbarungen des Wiener Kongresses fällt Cochem 1815 an das Königreich Preußen und wird 1816 Verwaltungssitz des neugeschaffenen Kreises. Die tollen Jahre 1848 bis 1849 erzeugten ein lustiges Cochemer Demokratentum. Große Reden wurden hier in der „Sonne“ und „Auf dem Zollhaus“ (heute Hotel Union) gehalten. Noch heute singen die Cochemer beim Karneval „Dat wor dat Johr, wo et janz Johr Fassenacht wor“. Die 1689 zerstörte Reichsburg wurde von 1869 bis 1877 durch den Berliner Geheimen Commerzienrat Louis Ravené nach alten Plänen aus dem Jahre 1576 wieder aufgebaut und ging 1942 in staatliches Eigentum über. Die Beendigung ihres Wiederaufbaues fiel mit der Einweihung des Kaiser-Wilhelm- Tunnels zusammen, der die Moselstrecke des „Cochemer Krampens“ von 21 km auf 4,2 km verkürzt und bis 1987 der längste Eisenbahntunnel in der Bundesrepublik war.

Seit dem 1. April 1978 ist die Reichsburg Eigentum der Stadt Cochem. Die beiden Fischerorte Cond und Sehl hatten eine eigene Entwicklung, wobei Cond lange Zeit zum Territorium der Reichsabtei Stablo-Malmedy gehörte. Erst nach der Errichtung der Moselbrücke in Cochem im Jahre 1927 wurden beide Orte im Zuge einer Verwaltungsreform 1932 eingemeindet. Die Stationierung eines Jagdbombergeschwaders in der Nähe von Cochem führte 1956 zum Ausbau des Ortsteiles Cochem- Brauheck. Die ersten echten Touristen kamen zu Beginn des 19. Jahrhunderts – voll romantischer Begeisterung – an die Mosel. Vor allem englische Maler, welche die Schönheiten des Moseltales zeichnerisch und malerisch darstellten, waren die Schrittmacher. Die Entwicklung Cochems zum ersten und führenden Fremdenverkehrsort an der Mosel setzte dann in den 30er Jahren des 20. Jahrhunderts ein. Quelle: Stadt Cochem Fotos: LokaleBlicke Read the full article

[tlanwen]

Edward Norton as King Balduin IV || Kingdom of Heaven (2005)

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i know him personally and he said its ok

When something gains more fame, it inevitably brings low-quality public. It disgusts me how King Baldwin IV is disrespected by shipping him with an Oc who doesn't even behave like in the Middle Ages. I'm not against shipping as long as it makes sense, besides Baldwin IV is a real person, how the hell can you create in your disturbing fantasy having sexual relations with him like orgies (he is a Christian and sick with leprosy). At least respect his memory.