Melisende, Queen of Jerusalem

Melisende
Melisende
Queen of Jerusalem
Reign	1131–1152
Coronation	14 September 1131
Predecessor	Baldwin II
Successor	Baldwin III
Regent	Fulk (1131–1143); Baldwin III (1143–1152);
Born	c. 1110
Died	11 September 1161 (aged 51–52)
Burial	Abbey of Saint Mary of the Valley of Jehosaphat
Spouse	Fulk V of Anjou
Issue	Baldwin III of Jerusalem; Amalric of Jerusalem;
House	House of Rethel
Father	Baldwin II of Jerusalem
Mother	Morphia of Melitene
Religion	Roman Catholicism

Melisende (c. 1110 – 11 September 1161) was the queen of Jerusalem from 1131 to 1152.^[1] She was the first female ruler of the Kingdom of Jerusalem and the first woman to hold a public office in the crusader kingdom.^[2]

References

↑ Barber, Malcolm (2012). The Crusader States. Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0300189315.
↑ Runciman, Steven (1952). A History of the Crusades: The Kingdom of Jerusalem and the Frankish East, 1100–1187. Vol. 2. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0241298768. {{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)

Other websites

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Letters from and to Queen Melisende
Melisende, Queen of Melisende on the BBC's In Our Time

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[1] Barber, Malcolm (2012). The Crusader States. Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0300189315.

[2] Runciman, Steven (1952). A History of the Crusades: The Kingdom of Jerusalem and the Frankish East, 1100–1187. Vol. 2. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0241298768. {{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)

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