Editing Baldwin I of Jerusalem (section)

==Family==
Baldwin's wife Godehilde, the daughter of [[Raoul II of Tosny]] and Isabella of Montfort-l'Amaury,{{sfn|Murray|2000|p=203}} died during the First Crusade around 15{{nbs}}October 1097.{{sfn|Murray|2000|p=203}} Historian [[Malcolm Barber]] argues that her death "may have been the decisive event that persuaded" Baldwin "to seek out a lordship in the East".{{sfn|Barber|2012|p=16}} According to the historians [[Steven Runciman]] and Christopher MacEvitt, Baldwin and Godehilde had children who did not long survive her,{{sfn|MacEvitt|2010|p=57}}{{sfn|Runciman|1989a|pp=200–201}} but historian Alan V. Murray emphasises that no primary source states that Baldwin fathered children.{{sfn|Murray|2000|p=203}} According to Murray, Runciman was wrong when he translated William of Tyre's words about Baldwin's ''"familia"'' as a reference to his family, because William of Tyre was referring to Baldwin's household.{{sfn|Murray|2000|p=203}}

Uncertainty surrounds the name and family of his second wife, whom he married in the summer of 1098.{{sfn|MacEvitt|2010|p=70}}{{sfn|Murray|2000|p=182}} Modern historians call her [[Arda of Armenia|Arda]] and associate her father with [[Thoros of Marash|Tathoul of Marash]].{{sfn|Murray|2000|p=182}}{{sfn|Phillips|2010|p=50}} Her father promised a dowry of 60,000 bezants and also pledged that she would inherit his lands, but he actually paid off only 7,000 bezants to Baldwin.{{sfn|Murray|2000|p=182}}{{sfn|Runciman|1989a|pp=208–209}} The marriage was childless.{{sfn|Runciman|1989a|p=209}} Baldwin banished her to the [[Church of Saint Anne, Jerusalem|convent of St Anne]] in Jerusalem before 1109, but she was soon allowed to move to Constantinople.{{sfn|Murray|2000|p=182}}{{sfn|Barber|2012|p=114}} Although they were separated, the marriage was never annulled.{{sfn|Murray|2000|p=182}}

Baldwin's third wife, Adelaide, was the wealthy widow of Roger I of Sicily.{{sfn|Barber|2012|p=113}} Her first husband died in 1102 and she acted as regent for their minor sons until the end of 1111.{{sfn|Murray|2000|p=179}} She was more than forty years old when the marriage was proposed in 1112.{{sfn|Barber|2012|p=113}} According to William of Tyre, Baldwin wanted to marry her because he had learnt of her wealth, and even agreed to make her son, [[Roger II of Sicily]], his heir in Jerusalem.{{sfn|Barber|2012|p=113}} She landed at Palestine in August 1113, accompanied by hundreds of soldiers and bringing her rich dowry.{{sfn|Barber|2012|pp=113–114}} Their marriage was [[bigamous]], because Baldwin's second wife was still alive.{{sfn|Barber|2012|p=115}}{{sfn|Phillips|2010|p=51}} After recovering from a serious illness in late 1116, Baldwin accepted clerical advice and sent an indignant Adelaide home.{{sfn|Lock|2006|p=33}}{{sfn|Barber|2012|p=115}} She sailed for Sicily on 25 April 1117.{{sfn|Barber|2012|p=115}} Her humiliation outraged Roger II so much that he denied all support to the Kingdom of Jerusalem during his lifetime.{{sfn|Barber|2012|p=115}}

Summarising Baldwin's marriages, historian Jonathan Phillips concludes that Baldwin "regarded women as useful sources of financial and political advancement but little else".{{sfn|Phillips|2010|p=51}} Decades after Baldwin's death, William of Tyre wrote that Baldwin was "said to have struggled with weakness of the [[Flesh (theology)|flesh]]", but only a few of his "body-servants" were aware of this.{{sfn|Edgington|2019|p=181}} Historians [[Hans Eberhard Mayer]], Christopher Tyerman and Malcolm Barber agree that William of Tyre most probably referred to Baldwin's homosexuality.{{sfn|Tyerman|2006|p=202}}{{sfn|Barber|2012|p=113}}{{sfn|Edgington|2019|p=181}} Tyerman adds that a converted Muslim was one of Baldwin's lovers, but he betrayed Baldwin during the siege of Sidon.{{sfn|Tyerman|2006|p=202}} He proposed that the defenders of the town kill the king, but Baldwin was warned in advance.{{sfn|Runciman|1989b|pp=92–93}} On the other hand, Susan B. Edgington states that there is "little evidence to support" the theories about Baldwin's homosexuality, emphasizing that his contemporaries made no reference to it.{{sfn|Edgington|2019|p=181}}