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Melisende of Jerusalem | |
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Princess of Antioch | |
Tenure | 1218-1233 |
Born | 1200 Holy Land |
Died | after 1249 |
Spouse | Bohemond IV of Antioch |
Issue | Mary of Antioch |
House | House of Lusignan |
Father | Aimery of Jerusalem |
Mother | Isabella 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.