King Baldwin The Leper Mask
Baldwins father died in 1174 and the boy was crowned on 15 july that year at the age of 13.
King baldwin the leper mask. His preprogrammed name is baldwin. So no historical mask exists because it never existed. Heroic figure of the crusades.
4 available 6 sold. Baldwin iv also inspired the creators of the popular darkest dungeon video games who crafted a playable character called the leper the leper covers his body with armor and conceals his ravaged face behind a mask and hes ferocious in battle. The metal mask seen in the film the kingdom is an invention of the screenwriter.
Comes unpainted raw and needs light file work around some edges for a small amount of flash. King baldwin iv was known throughout hfrom. There is no reference from the time of king baldwin wearing a mask and this detail was invented in the script of the 2005 movie kingdom of heaven by screenwriter william monahan.
Dont get your history from silly hollywood movies they are usually completely wrong about pretty much everything. Kingdom of heaven inspired king baldwin iv the leper raw casting mask replica. Probably in the props department at 20th century fox.
Video in honor of king baldwin iv. His reign saw the growth of factionalism among the latin nobility that weakened the kingdom during the years when its greatest adversary the muslim leader saladin. King and lord of jerusalem.
Kingdom of heaven inspired king baldwin iv the leper raw casting mask replica pynokio feb 14 2019 beautiful piece very fast shipping from croatia to virginia in the us. Details about kingdom of heaven inspired king baldwin iv the leper raw casting mask replica. In his minority the kingdom was ruled by two successive regents the first being miles of plancy though unofficially and then raymond iii of tripoli his fathers cousinin 1175 raymond iii made a treaty with saladin.
Baldwin iv king of jerusalem 117485 called the leper king for the disease that afflicted him for most of his short life. Sep 2 2016 this auction is for an exact replica mask produced for 20th century fox of baldwin the leper king which was worn by actor edward norton in kingdom of heaven. He may well have covered his face but there is no historical description of him doing so.
As a leper baldwin was not expected to reign long or have children and. Protector of the holy sepulchre.