Baldwin III of Jerusalem and Melisende and Fulk reconciled and conceived a second child, Baldwin III's brother Amalric. Baldwin III was 13 years old when his father Fulk died in a hunting accident in 1143, and Baldwin III was crowned as co-ruler alongside his mother, echoing Melisende's own crowning alongside her father as his heir. Yet Baldwin showed little interest in the intricacies of governance. With a woman and a child ruling Jerusalem, the political situation was somewhat tense; the northern crusader states of Tripoli, Antioch, and Edessa increasingly asserted their independence, and there was no king to impose the suzerainty of Jerusalem as
Baldwin I Rátót Baldwin I Rátót Baldwin (I) from the kindred Rátót (; died after 1255) was a Hungarian distinguished nobleman from the "gens" Rátót, who served as master of the cupbearers three times. His father was Rathold Rátót, ispán ("comes") of Somogy County in 1203. His older brother was Dominic I Rátót. He served as master of the cupbearers between 1233 and 1234. After that he functioned as ispán of Moson County in 1235. He was appointed master of the cupbearers for the second time in 1235, a position which he held until 1238. He was ispán of Vas County from 1240