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(Baldwin of Boulogne), 1058?–1118, Latin king of Jerusalem (1100–1118), brother and successor of Godfrey of Bouillon, whom he accompanied on the F...
(b l sâr´ s) (KEY) , c.505–565, Byzantine general under Justinian I. After helping to suppress (532) the dangerous Nika riot (see Blues and Green...
(b ´´s l s´k s) (KEY) , d. c.477, usurper at Constantinople (475–76). He was responsible for the failure of the expedition sent (468) against the...
(b ´h m nd) (KEY) , c.1056–1111, prince of Antioch (1099–1111), a leader in the First Crusade (see Crusades); elder son of Robert Guiscard. With ...
c.958–1025, Byzantine emperor (976–1025), surnamed Bulgaroktonos [Bulgar slayer]. With his brother, Constantine VIII, he nominally succeeded his f...
(Andronicus Comnenus) ( ndr n ´k s k mn ´n s) (KEY) , 1120?–1185, Byzantine emperor (1183–85), nephew of John II. He acceded to the throne by st...