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Melisende, Queen of Jerusalem

1105–1161 · 12th century · Also known as Queen Melisende

Melisende was Queen of Jerusalem from 1131 to 1153, the eldest daughter of Baldwin II. She ruled jointly with her husband Fulk of Anjou and, after his death in 1143, with her son Baldwin III, until he forced her from power in 1153. A patron of churches and the arts, she is associated with the Melisende Psalter and the crusader rebuilding of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.

Melisende, Queen of Jerusalem
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