KRÓLOWA MELISANDA I JEJ SIOSTRY
QUEEN MELISENDE AND HER SISTERS

Summary/Abstract: This article concerns four daughters of Baldwin II, King of Jerusalem, their relations and their impact on the events in the Holy Land in XII c. Amidst all four sisters, the impact of the oldest sister Melisende, both in politics and in the family, was much greater then of others. For this reason, the article focuses on her. In the first part, it shows the historical, political and domestic background for the history of the four sisters. In the next part, there is a short description of the used sources. The last part concerns Melisende’s relations with her sisters, husband and son. Unfortunately, due to the lack of sources, a closer analysis of the relations between other sisters was not possible.

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