Richildis reacted with the anguished admission, “We—we are estranged.” “What does that have to do with anything?” Balian snapped back. “You’re still his wife, and Eschiva is his heir!” he insisted indignantly. “And Barry wishes that both were not the case! Surely you know he wants to divorce me?” Richildis answered.
Baudouin d’Ibelin and Richilde de Bethsan divorced in 1174, but this scene is supposed to be happening in 1177.
