[1] In 1146 the archbishopric of Tyre became vacant when its archbishop, Fulcher of Angoulême, was made elected patriarch in succession to William of Malines, who had died in September 1145.
Queen Melisende insisted that her chancellor, Ralph, be installed as the new archbishop, but Fulcher's preferred candidate was Peter.
[4] In the meantime Peter continued his namesake predecessor's mission of establishing and enforcing the rights of the Holy Sepulchre, obtaining from Pope Eugene III two bulls confirming the canons' property and fiscal and judicial privileges.
[1] As the second highest-ranked prelate in the kingdom, Peter regularly attended the royal court and occasionally accompanied the king on military campaigns.
Historian Bernard Hamilton believes that it is due to Peter's advice to the king that Jerusalem recognized Alexander III as pope after the contested 1159 papal election.