Those were good times: The kingdom was founded following the capture of Jerusalem by the Crusaders in 1099, the peak of the First Crusade. Godfrey of Bouillon , a leader of the expedition, was chosen as the first king, but he refused, saying that no man should have received a crown where Christ had worn his crown of thorns, instead of claiming the position of advocatus Sancti Sepulcri , "defender of the Holy Sepulchre .
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