Melisende of Lusignan

Melisende of Jerusalem
Princess of Antioch
Tenure1218-1233
Born1200
Holy Land
Diedafter 1249
SpouseBohemond IV of Antioch
IssueMary of Antioch
HouseHouse of Lusignan
FatherAimery of Jerusalem
MotherIsabella I of Jerusalem

Melisende of Cyprus (1200 Holy Land- after 1249), was the youngest daughter of Queen Isabella I of Jerusalem by her fourth and last marriage to King Aimery of Cyprus.[1] She had a sister Sibylla of Lusignan, a younger brother, Amalric who died as a young child. By her mother's previous marriages, Melisende had three half-sisters, Maria of Montferrat, who succeeded their mother as queen of Jerusalem on 5 April 1205; Alice of Champagne, and Philippa of Champagne.

  1. ^ Runciman 1989, p. Appendix III.