Melisende of Lusignan

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.

Melisende of Jerusalem
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

Marriage and issue

In January 1218, Melisande married Prince Bohemond IV of Antioch.^[1] The marriage produced three daughters:

• Isabella (died young)
• Maria (died after 10 December 1307),^[1] she was childless.
• Helvis (died young)

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. Upon the childless death of her only surviving daughter, Marie sometime after December 1307, the line of Melisende became extinct.

References

1. Runciman 1989, p. Appendix III.

Sources

• Runciman, Steven (1989). A History of the Crusades, Volume III: The Kingdom of Acre and the Later Crusades. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-06163-6.