Ehremar or Ebramar or Evremar was

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from 1102 to 1105 or 1107, and then

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. Ehremar was a priest from

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in France who in old age went east with the

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. In 1102

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was deposed as Patriarch by the papal legate, Cardinal Robert of Paris, on charges of misconduct brought by the King of Jerusalem, Baldwin I of Jerusalem, Baldwin I. When the legate asked for a candidate to be the new patriarch, the Palestinian bishops suggested Ehremar, who was known for his piety and charity. Baldwin was happy to accept the appointment as he knew that Ehremar, unlike Dagobert, would not set the claims of the church against his power as king. In 1104, Baldwin accepted the surrender of

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on a promise that the Moslem residents would be allowed to leave safely with their property, but Genoese sailors ignored the promise and murdered and robbed them. Baldwin was furious and would have attacked the Genoese but Ehremar patched up a reconciliation. Shortly afterwards, he came to assist with the conquest of Jaffa at Baldwin's request with the

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to encourage the troops, and one hundred and fifty men he had recruited. In the same year Dagobert went to Rome to appeal against his deposition, and

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reinstated him. When Ehremar heard about this, he went to Rome, but he arrived to find his rival had died. Paschal was then inclined to re-appoint Ehremar, but king Baldwin had become dissatisfied with him, considering him inefficient. Baldwin sent

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, who had himself been displaced as patriarch in favour of Dagobert in 1099, to oppose Ehremar. Paschal sent

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in 1120, and in 1123 he was a signatory to the

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, a treaty of alliance between the

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and the

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. His date of death is not known.

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, writing in the

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describes Ehremar as an "anti-patriarch" as his appointment was not ratified by the pope.Catholic Encyclopedia, The Catholic Church in Jerusalem
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