The ailing king survived his expected heirSourced
He was expected to succeed the king.
Then the king outlived him.
In 12th-century Jerusalem, William of Montferrat was considered a likely successor to the ill King Baldwin IV. William fell sick in 1177, and Baldwin also became gravely ill after visiting him. The king recovered; William died that June.
History did not follow
the expected order.
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