Later that year, Bohemond, Prince of Antioch, Godfrey’s brother Count Baldwin of Edessa, and Bishop Daibert of Pisa arrived at Jerusalem to spend Christmas at the Holy City. Daibert brought with him much needed funds and troops for the beleaguered new Kingdom, as well as badly needed maritime support via a Pisan fleet. Albert describes how Daibert used these advantages to buy his way into the patriarchate of the Kingdom of Jerusalem (see Albert of Aachen, p. 15).
Daibert’s establishment of himself as Patriarch showed how reliant Godfrey was on external aid. For the agreement also involved Godfrey’s recognition of Jerusalem as ultimately a poccession of the Church. Godfrey conceded important portions of both Jerusalem and Jaffa to Daibert, and even swore to relinquish Jerusalem to the Church at a later date, once he had conquered “one or two other cities”. At epiphany Godfrey, Baldwin, Bohemond, and Daibert then set out with large armed entourages – a testament to the perils of travel that still existed in the Kingdom. They rode to the River Jordan, where they bathed in the holy waters. After this Bohemond and Baldwin returned to their own domains.
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