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===Dynastic concerns=== [[File:BaldwinIV.jpg|thumb|William of Tyre discovered that the king's son, Baldwin, did not feel pain when his playmates pinched him. This was the first sign of a grave illness.]] King Amalric was determined that his son and heir apparent, Baldwin, should receive a good education. Amalric appointed William of Tyre, one of the kingdom's most eminent scholars, to tutor Baldwin when the boy reached the age of nine. William discovered that Baldwin did not feel pain in his right arm.{{sfn|Hamilton|2000|p=27}} The king employed Arabs to treat the boy and teach him to ride.{{sfn|Hamilton|2000|p=28}} One of them was [[Abu Sulayman Da'ud]], a physician whom he had sought out during his campaigns in Egypt.{{sfn|Barber|2012|p=264}} No diagnosis was made, but Hamilton is certain that Amalric must have been informed that the symptoms pointed to the early stages of [[leprosy]].{{sfn|Hamilton|2000|p=29}} Amalric empowered Archbishop Frederick to arrange a marriage for Amalric's 11-year-old daughter, Sibylla during the prelate's mission in Europe. The king was then aged 33, the age at which his brother had died; and his 8-year-old son, Baldwin, had seven more years until the age of majority. Amalric had no kinsmen who could rule in Baldwin's name if Amalric died unexpectedly, as his father and brother had; Hamilton argues that the king's solution was to find a capable son-in-law.{{sfn|Hamilton|2000|p=30}} He chose the well-connected Count [[Stephen I of Sancerre]], brother of the count of Blois and relative of both the French and the English royal house.{{sfn|Hamilton|2000|p=30}}{{sfn|Barber|2012|p=253}} Stephen agreed and arrived in Jerusalem with Duke [[Hugh III of Burgundy]], bringing gifts from King Louis VII of France.{{sfn|Hamilton|2000|p=30}} Hamilton discusses the possibility that Baldwin's symptoms had already appeared by the time Sibylla's marriage was first discussed and that Amalric thought that Sibylla and Stephen might succeed to the throne.{{sfn|Hamilton|2000|p=30}} Stephen was invited by the High Court to give his opinion on the inheritance of a fief; in Hamilton's opinion this points to Stephen being considered a possible future king.{{sfn|Hamilton|2000|pp=30-31}} For unknown reasons Stephen refused to marry Sibylla and returned to France.{{sfn|Hamilton|2000|p=31}}{{sfn|Barber|2012|p=253}} Baldwin remained Amalric's only son. The king's marriage to Maria Komnene produced two daughters, of whom one died in childhood. The other, [[Isabella I of Jerusalem|Isabella]], was born about 1172.{{sfn|Hamilton|2000|p=31}}
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