why don't king baldwin marry someone although he was afflicted by leprosy? or that no one wants to marry him because of his disease?
2006-11-26 13:57:25 · 4 answers · asked by FaRaH 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Royalty
This website tells the story of King Baldwin IV, the leper king. He did not marry because he was not expected to live very long.
http://bellatryx.blogs.ie/2006/06/13/king-baldwin-iv/
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2006-11-26 17:52:53 · answer #1 · answered by Serendipity 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Perhaps you mean this King Baldwin IV?
born 1161-died March 1185
King of Jerusalem 1174–85
He was only about 24 when he died.
He had been busy being king and being sick.
In those times leprosy was still considered a very serious disease; only in recent decades has there been effective treatments for that dreaded disease.
2006-11-26 23:19:03 · answer #2 · answered by kent chatham 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Baldwin, as you noted, was a leper. As such, it was a minor miracle he even reigned (although largely through regents) rather than be sent to a leprosery. His marrying and begetting an heir was just out of the question. Fear of his contaminating any wife, and of the possibility of an offspring being born and surviving to majority were such that the possibility was not regarded as worth considering.
2006-11-27 03:24:53 · answer #3 · answered by Svartalf 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ou, ooz e ?
2006-11-27 16:40:21 · answer #4 · answered by obanlassie 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋