Editing Baldwin III of Jerusalem (section)

==Death==
[[File:Baldwin III of Jerusalemmort.jpg|thumb|Baldwin III on his deathbed]]
Queen Melisende died in 1161, and Baldwin died in [[Beirut]] on 10 February 1163. It was rumoured that he had been poisoned in Antioch by pills given to him by his [[Syrian Orthodox]] doctor. "As soon as the king had taken the pills," says William of Tyre, "he was seized with a fever and [[dysentery]] which developed into [[tuberculosis|consumption]] from which he was never able to obtain relief or help." On the way home Baldwin remained in [[Tripoli, Lebanon|Tripoli]] for a few months, and then continued to Beirut where he finally succumbed to his illness. As William says, "For eight successive days, while the funeral procession moved from Beirut to Jerusalem, lamentation was unrestrained and grief was renewed almost hourly." Theodora, now queen-dowager, retired to Acre. She was still only 18 years old; their marriage was childless. Baldwin was succeeded by his brother, Amalric I.<ref name="images.library.wisc.edu" />

A marble screen panel in the [[Terra Sancta Museum]], Jerusalem, is from his <sup>[the caption states [[Baldwin II of Jerusalem|Baldwin II]]]</sup> or [[Fulk of Jerusalem|Fulk]]'s tomb, formerly in the [[Church of the Holy Sepulchre]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Boehm |first1=Barbara Drake |last2=Holcomb |first2=Melanie |title=Jerusalem, 1000–1400 |date=2016 |publisher=Metropolitan Museum of Art |isbn=978-1-58839-598-6 |page=155 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ay30DAAAQBAJ&pg=PA155 |quote=Portion of a Transenna Panel […] CTS-SB-09460}}</ref>