Melisende of Lusignan

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Melisende of Jerusalem
Princess of Antioch
Tenure1218-1233
Born1200
Holy Land
Diedafter 1249
Spouse Bohemond IV of Antioch
Issue Mary of Antioch
House House of Lusignan
Father Aimery of Cyprus
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]

In January 1218, Melisande married Prince Bohemond IV of Antioch. [1] They had a daughter, Maria. [1]

Melisende protested the succession of her nephew King Henry I of Cyprus as regent of Jerusalem on the death of her half-sister Alice in 1246. Alice had been regent of Jerusalem for Conrad IV of Germany.

She died sometime after 1249.

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  1. 1 2 3 Runciman 1989, p. Appendix III.

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