After Nuradin’s son Al-Saleh died in 1181, Syria and Egypt
could fight fully on the same side at last. At the same time, the
Franks had terrible problems. King Baldwin’s leprosy made
him weak; he couldn’t see, and he couldn’t fight. It was hard
for him to be King of Jerusalem and he had no son. Two people
wanted to take his place and be King of the Franks. One was
Raymond of Tripoli. He spoke Arabic and he understood both
Muslims and Franks well. But there was another knight, new in
the Holy Land – Guy of Lusignan. He arrived from Europe and
married King Baldwin’s sister. When Baldwin died in 1184, the
Franks made Guy King of the Franks, because they thought that
Raymond was too friendly with the Muslims.