Defending the Crusader Kingdoms

This blog is dedicated to discussing the Crusader Kingdoms of Jerusalem and Cyprus. Dr. Schrader holds a PhD in History from the University of Hamburg. For more information visit: http://defenderofjerusalem.com or http://crusaderkingdoms.com

Friday, October 2, 2015

Jerusalem is Lost! The Surrender of Jerusalem 1187

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The Damascus Gate of Jerusalem by which some of Saladin's troops would have entered the city. On Oct. 2, 1187, the gates of Jerus...

Friday, September 25, 2015

Maria Comnena, Lady of Ibelin and Founder of Two Dynasties, Part II

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Uta von Ballenstedt in Naumberg Cathedral, ca. 1250 In late 1177 Maria Comnena, the Dowager Queen of Jerusalem, made a surprise secon...

Friday, September 18, 2015

Maria Comnena: Byzantine Princess and Queen of Jerusalem

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Empress Irene from Agia Sophia in Constantinople (Istanbul) Maria Comnena was probably born in 1154 or 1155, the daughter of John Comne...

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Helena P. Schrader: Helena P. Schrader is a former U.S. diplomat, who earned her PhD in Modern History from the University of Hamburg. She spent roughly one-third of her life in Berlin and first explored the pivotal events of the Berlin Crisis 1948-1949 in her comprehensive non-fiction study The Blockade Breakers: The Berlin Airlift. Schrader is the author of twenty novels, twelve of which have earned one or more literary awards. Three of her books have also attained "best-seller" status on amazon, including #1 Best Seller in the categories Aviation History and Wartime Fiction.

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