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Group: Murcia, Muslim statelet, or taifa, of
People: Conrad I of Germany
Topic: Dano-Estonian War of 1219-27
Location: Jincheng Shanxi (Shansi) China

Amalric of Jerusalem, realizing the necessity of …

Years: 1168 - 1168

Amalric of Jerusalem, realizing the necessity of cooperation with Constantinople against Muslim Syria, had sent William of Tyre as envoy to the imperial capital.

Before the news of the agreement arranged by the envoy reaches Jerusalem, however, the King in 1168 sets out for Egypt.

The reasons are not clear, and there had been considerable division among the barons.