How Baldwin IV's 500 Templars Destroyed Saladin's 30,000 Ayyubid (1177 AD)–The Battle of Montgisard

In 1177 AD, Saladin commanded the most feared army in the known world — 30,000 battle-hardened warriors marching unopposed toward Jerusalem. Standing in his way was a sixteen-year-old king whose body was already being consumed by leprosy. No one gave him a chance. No one expected him to fight. He charged anyway. This is the story of the Battle of Montgisard — one of the most impossible military upsets in medieval history. A dying boy-king who couldn’t grip a sword led 500 knights into the teeth of an empire. What happened next shattered Saladin’s myth of invincibility and bought the Kingdom of Jerusalem ten more years of life. #BattleOfMontgisard #BaldwinIV #LepperKing #Saladin #CrusaderHistory #MedievalBattle #VeilOfHistory #AncientHistory #HistoryDocumentary #cinematichistory