After three days of deliberations, Baldwin IV was chosen, with the expectation that a husband would be found for Sibylla to succeed him if he proved to be affected. The young king's coronation by the Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, Amalric of Nesle, took place immediately in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. 15 July was chosen rather than a Sunday because it was the 75th anniversary of the First Crusade's seizure of Jerusalem.