# Talk:Baldwin III of Jerusalem

Some sources say 1162, others 1163. Dougweller (talk) 09:26, 18 March 2014 (UTC)

We should make a list here...I thought it was pretty well established that he died in 1163. To give one relevant recent work, Malcolm Barber's The Crusader States gives February 10, 1163. Adam Bishop (talk) 10:41, 3 May 2014 (UTC)
All the best recent sources in English (Barber, Riley-Smith, Hamilton, etc), French (Richard), and German (Mayer) seem to give February 10, 1163 as the date. Actually all the good French sources going back to the 19th century agree on 1163, Mas Latrie for example. There are some sources that give 1162, but they are all rather old (Runciman, Stevenson, etc). I'm sure the discrepancy comes from William of Tyre. It's possible that he is using a calendar that starts in March (or later), so February 1163 is still 1162 for him, but from what I know of William and his system of dating, that is not the case at all, it is simply that he was astoundingly bad at giving correct dates even for events he witnessed personally. The date is certainly 1163. Adam Bishop (talk) 09:14, 8 May 2014 (UTC)

@Surtsicna: I've noticed your incredible contributions to this article, and I was wondering if you would consider nominating it for GA status. 
The article is very well-written, sufficiently long, well-sourced, and well-imaged; from a brief skim, the article is more than equipped to reach GA status after a brief review.
I'd be more than happy to review this article for you, or even nominate it myself with your permission (I did this with Baldwin I of Jerusalem's article and it was promoted). If not, I completely understand, but looking at this article's astonishing quality, I thought I would ask.
If you've improved this article in order to create a DYK hook and need to create/improve other articles before this one can be reviewed, please let me know and disregard this comment.
Thank you, ‍🌷Reverosie🌷★talk★ 20:43, 11 August 2025 (UTC)

No special plans here, Reverosie. I have been meaning to nominate it, but had hoped to see the Melisende FAC through first. But now you have persuaded me. Be my guest! Surtsicna (talk) 20:50, 11 August 2025 (UTC)