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At Easter 1180, Raymond III of Tripoli and Bohemund of Antioch entered the kingdom in force, with the intent of imposing a husband of their own choice, probably Baldwin of Ibelin, on Sibylla. However, a foreign match was essential to the kingdom, bringing the possibility of external military aid. Baldwin IV himself arranged the marriage to Guy, whose brother Amalric, well-regarded and able, had first come to court as Baldwin of Ibelin's son-in-law and was now Constable of Jerusalem. With the new French king Philippe II a minor, Guy's status as a vassal of the King and Sibylla's first cousin Henry II of England - who owed the Pope a penitential pilgrimage - was useful in terms of offering a source of external help.
WI Raymond's coup was successfull and Sibylla was married to Baldwin d'Ibelin instead of Guy de Lusignan? How is this altering History?
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