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Baldwin dispatched Archbishop William I of Tyre and Bishop Robert of Lydda and Ramla to the Holy See.
The bishop sent with Archbishop William I was Roger of Lydda and Ramla, not Robert. Robert of Rouen had died before 1112, years before this embassy.
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This sentence identifies the wrong bishop.
The embassy to the papal curia in spring 1128 is described in modern scholarship as being led by Archbishop William I of Tyre and Bishop Roger of Ramla. A Cambridge study on Baldwin II's succession states: "Leading this third embassy were Archbishop William I of Tyre (d. 1130) and Bishop Roger of Ramla...".
By contrast, Robert of Rouen was the first bishop of Lydda and Ramla and had already died before 1112. He therefore could not have been dispatched by Baldwin in the late 1120s. A separate biographical entry for Roger, Robert's successor, states that in 1128 Roger accompanied Archbishop William I of Tyre to Europe.
So the correct identification is Roger of Lydda and Ramla, not Robert.
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- Cambridge repository study on Baldwin II's succession
Leading this third embassy were Archbishop William I of Tyre (d. 1130) and Bishop Roger of Ramla, who arrived at the papal curia in the spring of 1128.
- Robert of Rouen (bishop of Lydda and Ramla)
Robert of Rouen (died before 1112) was the first bishop of Lydda and Ramla from 1099.
- Roger (bishop of Lydda and Ramla)
In 1128, Roger accompanied Archbishop William I of Tyre to Europe.
Pope Honorius II stated that Baldwin was the lawful ruler of Jerusalem in a letter of 29 May 1129.
The papal letter confirming Baldwin II is dated 29 May 1128, not 29 May 1129.
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The year in this sentence is off by one.
Modern scholarship identifies Honorius II's letter Laudes et Gratiarum to Baldwin II as being dated 29 May 1128. A Cambridge article on papal political thought states that Honorius sent Baldwin this letter, "dated 29 May 1128." Another Cambridge study of Baldwin II's succession likewise says that on 29 May 1128 Honorius wrote to Baldwin after receiving the royal ambassadors.
The primary-source collection of Honorius II's letters also lists this item under "Anno 1128, Maii 29".
Because multiple scholarly and source-based references place the document on 29 May 1128, the article's date 29 May 1129 is incorrect.
3 sources
- The Papacy and the Establishment of the Kingdoms of Jerusalem, Sicily and Portugal
Honorius sent Baldwin the letter Laudes et Gratiorum, dated 29 May 1128.
- Cambridge repository study on Baldwin II's succession
On 29 May 1128, Pope Honorius II sent a letter to Baldwin II notifying him that he had received the royal ambassadors and affirming Baldwin’s position as rightful ruler of Jerusalem.
- Honorius II, Epistolae et Privilegia
(Anno 1128, Maii 29.) Laudes et gratiarum actiones...