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===Last months, death, and aftermath=== [[File:Death of Baldwin IV and coronation of Baldwin V.jpg|thumb|Death of Baldwin IV and coronation of Baldwin V in the 1280 edition of William of Tyre's ''Histoire d'Outremer'']] In late 1184{{sfn|Runciman|1952|p=442}} Baldwin was shocked to learn about Guy's massacre of the Bedouin of the royal fief of [[Darum]], who were under royal protection and who provided information about the Egyptians' movements.{{sfn|Hamilton|2000|p=204}}{{sfn|Riley-Smith|1973|p=107}} He soon developed a fever. When he returned to Jerusalem in late 1184 or early 1185, Baldwin bestowed regency on Raymond of Tripoli, the man whom he had never trusted, but to whom he could find no better alternative.{{sfn|Hamilton|2000|pp=204β205}} At the time, he expected to survive the illness, having done so twice before, but within weeks it became apparent that it would be his last. On his deathbed he summoned the High Court to appoint a permanent regent for his nephew, Baldwin V, and Raymond was chosen.{{sfn|Hamilton|2000|pp=205β206}} The dying king then ordered that [[Homage (feudal)|homage]] be rendered to his nephew as king and to Raymond as regent, to be followed by a solemn crown-wearing ceremony at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.{{sfn|Hamilton|2000|pp=207β208}} Baldwin IV died, attended by his vassals,{{sfn|Hamilton|2000|p=210}} in March 1185{{sfn|Riley-Smith|1973|p=107}}{{sfn|Runciman|1952|p=444}} or before 16 May 1185 at the latest, when Baldwin V is recorded as the sole king.{{sfn|Hamilton|2000|p=210}} He was buried in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre,{{sfn|Runciman|1952|p=444}} close to his father, King Amalric.{{sfn|Hamilton|2000|p=210}} The young Baldwin V died the next year.{{sfn|Hamilton|2000|p=216}} Sibylla, who succeeded her son,{{sfn|Hamilton|2000|p=218}} made Guy king.{{sfn|Hamilton|2000|p=220}} Baldwin IV's realm was destroyed by Saladin following his decisive victory over Guy [[Battle of Hattin|at the Horns of Hattin]] in 1187. Sibylla and her daughters died in 1190, leaving Isabella I as the heir to the defeated kingdom.{{sfn|Hamilton|2000|pp=230β232}}
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