The time for the coronation drew near, and the Emperor Baldwin was
crowned with great joy and great honour in the church of St. Sophia,
in the year of the Incarnation of Jesus Christ one thousand twelve
hundred and four. Of the rejoicings and feasting there is no need to
speak further, for the barons and knights did all they could; and the
Marquis Boniface of Montferrat and Count Louis of Blois and Chartres
did homage to the emperor as their lord. After the great rejoicings
and ceremonies of the coronation, he was taken in great pomp, and with
a great procession, to the rich palace of Bucoleon. And when the
feastings were over he began to discuss his affairs.

Boniface the Marquis of Montferrat called upon him to carry out the
covenant made, and give him, as he was bound to do, the land on the
other side of the straits towards Turkey and the Isle of Greece. And
the emperor acknowledged that he was bound so to do, and said he would
do it right willingly. And when the Marquis of Montferrat saw that the
emperor was willing to carry out this covenant so debonairly, he
besought him, in exchange for this land, to bestow upon him the
kingdom of Salonika, because it lay near the land of the King of
Hungary, whose sister he had taken to wife.

Much was this matter debated in various ways; but in the end the
emperor granted the land of Salonika to the marquis, and the marquis
did homage therefor. And at this there was much joy thr oughout , the
host, because the marquis was one of the knights most highly prized in
all the world, and one whom the knights most loved, inasmuch as no one
dealt with them more liberally than he. Thus the marquis remained in
the land, as you have heard.