Appealing to the new King of Jerusalem, Baldwin I, Geldemar was reinstated as Lord of Haifa, under the condition that it be restored to Tancred after 15 months.
Geldemar was one of many barons who supported the appointment of Dagobert of Pisa as Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, and yet upon Godfrey's death he seized the Tower of David along with the previous patriarch Arnulf of Chocques in order to ensure Baldwin I's succession and thereby denying Daimbert's vision of a theocracy in Jerusalem.
In September 1101, Geldemar was killed in the First Battle of Ramla against the Fatimid Caliphate, while fighting in the Crusader vanguard.
[5] With his death, Haifa formally fell back to Tancred, but no later than 1103, the lordship was given to Rohard I, allegedly a relative of Geldemar’s.
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