Melisende, daughter of Baldwin II, queen of Jerusalem E / M XII
Milissendem, الملكة (Melisende 4002)
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Narrative
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Authorship
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Death
(1)
She died after a long illness (perhaps after a stroke?), for many months; her memory was disturbed, her body shrunken and she lay almost dead with very few people allowed to see her
William of Tyre bk. 16, 27.35-43
Description
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A woman of forethought, wiser than her sex, who for more than thirty years, as wife to her royal husband while he was alive and mother to her royal son, had ruled over the kingdom with a strength greater than a woman's and a judicious wisdom
mulier provida et supra sexum discreta femineum, qui regnum tam vivente marito quam regnante filio congruo moderamine annis triginta et amplius, vires transcendens femineas, rexerat. William of Tyre bk. 18, 27.32-35
A wise and circumspect woman, with a manly heart, and inferior in wisdom to no prince whatever
prudens et circumspecta mulier, cor habens virile et quolibet consulto principe nichil inferius sapiens. William of Tyre bk. 17, 1.39-41
Dignity/Office
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Queen (of Jerusalem)
regina. William of Tyre bk. 15, 27.35-40, bk. 17, 18.27
Education
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Kinship
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maternal aunt of
Constance 4002
(matertere). William of Tyre bk. 17, 18.31
daughter of
Baldwin 52
filias. William of Tyre bk. 12, 4.18-24
(والد). Usama 81
nata fuit. William of Tyre bk. 19, 4.36
daughter of
Morphia 4001
filias. William of Tyre bk. 12, 4.18-24
kin of
Hugh 4009
(secundum carnem valde proximus). William of Tyre bk. 14, 15.45
kin of
Manasses 102
(consanguineum). William of Tyre bk. 16, 4.75
mother of
Amalric 51
(nati sunt). William of Tyre bk. 19, 4.36
mother of
Baldwin 53
(puero). William of Tyre bk. 13, 28.7
(filius). William of Tyre bk. 16, 1.3
mater. William of Tyre bk. 17, 1.39
(nati sunt). William of Tyre bk. 19, 4.36
sister of
Alice 4001
soror. William of Tyre bk. 14, 4.9
sister of
Hodierna 4001
sororem. William of Tyre bk. 17, 19.2, bk. 18, 20.8
elder sister of
Iveta 4001
(soror inter ceteras iunior). William of Tyre bk. 15, 26.6
wife of
Fulk 4001
uxorem. William of Tyre bk. 13, 24.3-5
امرأة. Usama 81
(marito). William of Tyre bk. 18, 20.6
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Location
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Bethany
founded a rich convent for nuns at Bethany Bethania. William of Tyre bk. 15, 26.11-16
Jerusalem
As her parts of a divided Palestine, was left with the areas surrounding Jerusalem and Nablus Ierosolima et Neapoli. William of Tyre bk. 17, 14.8-9
gave up Jerusalem to
Baldwin 53
Ierosolimam. William of Tyre bk. 17, 14.61
Jerusalem: Tower of David
was besieged by
Baldwin 53
in the citadel (Tower of David) arcem. William of Tyre bk. 17, 14.49
Nablus
As her parts of a divided Palestine, was left with the areas surrounding Jerusalem and Nablus Ierosolima et Neapoli. William of Tyre bk. 17, 14.8-9
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Religion
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Eunuchs
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