Queen Melisende had died in 1161; her…

Queen Melisende had died in 1161; her son, King Baldwin III, dies on February 10, 1163 in Beirut.

It is rumored 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 consumption from which he was never able to obtain relief or help."

Baldwin on the way home had remained in Tripoli for a few months, 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, retires to Acre.

She is still only sixteen years old; their marriage has been childless.

Baldwin is succeeded by his brother, Amalric I.