The chronicle is sometimes given the title Historia rerum in partibus transmarinis gestarum ('History of Deeds Done Beyond the Sea') or Historia Ierosolimitana ('History of Jerusalem'), or the Historia for short. William composed his chronicle in excellent Latin for his time, with numerous quotations from classical literature. He is famous today as the author of a history of the Kingdom of Jerusalem. William wrote an account of the Lateran Council and a history of the Islamic states from the time of Muhammad, neither of which survives. He was passed over for the prestigious Patriarchate of Jerusalem, and died in obscurity, probably in 1186. As he was involved in the dynastic struggle that developed during Baldwin IV's reign, his importance waned when a rival faction gained control of royal affairs. After Amalric's death, William became chancellor and archbishop of Tyre, two of the highest offices in the kingdom, and in 1179 William led the eastern delegation to the Third Council of the Lateran. William became tutor to the king's son, the future King Baldwin IV, whom William discovered to be a leper. He grew up in Jerusalem at the height of the Kingdom of Jerusalem, which had been established in 1099 after the First Crusade, and he spent twenty years studying the liberal arts and canon law in the universities of Europe.įollowing William's return to Jerusalem in 1165, King Amalric made him an ambassador to the Byzantine Empire. As archbishop of Tyre, he is sometimes known as William II to distinguish him from his predecessor, William I, the Englishman, a former Prior of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, who was Archbishop of Tyre from 1127 to 1135. 1130 – 29 September 1186) was a medieval prelate and chronicler. William of Tyre ( Latin: Willelmus Tyrensis c.

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