Editing Godfrey of Bouillon (section)

==Kingdom of Jerusalem==
{{Main| Kingdom of Jerusalem}}
[[File:Godfrey of Bouillon from Histoire d'Outremer.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.44|Godfrey of Bouillon being created the Lord of the city. From the ''Histoire d'Outremer'' by [[William of Tyre]], detail of an historiated initial ''S'', in a [[British Library]] Manuscript in the Yates Thompson Collection (No. 12, fol. 46), 13th century.]]

Once the city was returned to Christian rule, some form of government had to be set up. On 22 July 1099, a council was held in the [[Church of the Holy Sepulchre]] and after Raymond of Toulouse had refused the crown, Godfrey agreed to become ruler.{{Sfn|Asbridge|2004|p=321}} However, he preferred the title [[Title of Godfrey of Bouillon|Advocate of the Holy Sepulchre]] to that of king, allegedly refusing to "wear a crown of gold where his Saviour had worn a [[crown of thorns]].{{Sfn|Porter|2013|p=18}} Both the meaning and usage of his title is disputed.{{Sfn|Rubenstein|2008|pp=61–62}} Some of the [[List of sources for the Crusades#Original Latin chronicles of the First Crusade|original chroniclers]] used the more ambiguous term ''princeps'', or his previous rank of duke. Later chroniclers who did not participate in the First Crusade suggest he took the title of ''rex'', "king".{{Sfn|Riley-Smith|1979|pp=83–86}}{{Sfn|Murray|1990|pp=163–178}}{{Sfn|France|1983|pp=321–329}}

During his short reign, Godfrey had to defend the new kingdom against the [[Fatimid]]s of [[Egypt]], who were defeated at the [[Battle of Ascalon]] in August. He also faced opposition from [[Dagobert of Pisa]], the [[Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem]], who was allied with Tancred. Although the Latins came close to capturing Ascalon, Godfrey's attempts to prevent Raymond of St. Gilles from securing the city for himself meant that the town remained in Muslim hands, destined to be a thorn in the new kingdom's side for years to come.

In 1100, Godfrey was unable to directly expand his new territories through conquest. However, his impressive victory in 1099 and his subsequent campaigning in 1100 meant that he was able to force [[Akko|Acre]], [[Ascalon]], [[Arsuf]], [[Jaffa, Israel|Jaffa]], and [[Caesarea Maritima|Caesarea]] to become tributaries. Meanwhile, the struggle with Dagobert continued, although the terms of the conflict are difficult to trace. Dagobert may well have envisaged turning Jerusalem into a [[fiefdom]] of the [[pope]], but his full intentions are not clear. Much of the evidence for this comes from [[William of Tyre]], whose account of these events is troublesome; it is only William who tells us that Dagobert forced Godfrey to concede Jerusalem and Jaffa, while other writers such as [[Albert of Aix|Albert of Aachen]] and [[Ralph of Caen]] suggest that both Dagobert and his ally Tancred had sworn an oath to Godfrey to accept only one of his brothers or blood relations as his successor. Whatever Dagobert's schemes, they were destined to come to naught. Being at Haifa at the time of Godfrey's death, he could do nothing to stop Godfrey's supporters, led by [[Warner of Grez]], from seizing Jerusalem and demanding that Godfrey's brother Baldwin should succeed to the rule. Dagobert was subsequently forced to crown Baldwin as the first Latin king of Jerusalem on 25 December 1100.