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Kingdom was established after the occupation of the crusaders to Jerusalem in 1099. Gottfried Bulonsky, one of the leaders of the First Crusades, has been elected the first king. He refused to accept this title, not wishing to wear a royal crown, where the Savior was thorns but instead he took the title Advocatus Sancti Sepulchri ( "Defender Sepulcher"). Godfried died the following year, his brother and heir, Baldvin I, was not so religious, and immediately took the title "The King of Jerusalem".
Baldvin successfully expanded the kingdom, capturing the port city, Accra, Sidon and Beirut, as well as approving its sovereignty over the states of crusaders in the North - county Edessa (it is based), the Principality of Antioch and the county of Tripoli. When it increased the number of residents - latinyan that came with the rearguard crusade, as well as the Latin patriarch appeared. The Italian city-states (Venice, Pisa and Genoa) began to play an important role in the kingdom. Their fleet took over the port, where they received their neighborhoods for the trade.
Baldvin died in 1118 and left no heirs, he was succeeded by his cousin Baldvin de Burke, Count Edessy. Baldvin II was also able ruler, and, although he several times during the rule went into captivity to the Seljuks, the borders of the state expanded, and in 1124 was taken Tire.