Melisende of Cyprus (1200

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- after 1249), was the youngest daughter of Queen

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by her fourth and last marriage to King

Aimery of Cyprus Aimery of Lusignan ( la, Aimericus, , ''Amorí''; before 11551 April 1205), erroneously referred to as Amalric or Amaury in earlier scholarship, was the first King of Cyprus, reigning from 1196 to his death. He also reigned as the King of Jer ...

. She had a sister

Sibylla of Lusignan Sibylla of Lusignan (or Sibylle de Lusignan) (October/November 1198 – c. 1230 or 1252) was a queen consort of Armenia. She was the daughter of King Aimery of Cyprus and Queen Isabella I of Jerusalem. She was a member of the House of Lusignan. ...

, a younger brother, Amalric who died as a young child. By her mother's previous marriages, Melisande had three half-sisters,

Maria of Montferrat Maria of Montferrat (1192–1212) was the queen of Jerusalem from 1205 until her death. Her parents were Isabella I and her second husband, Conrad of Montferrat. Maria succeeded her mother under the regency of her half-uncle John of Ibelin. After ...

, who succeeded their mother as queen of Jerusalem on 5 April 1205;

Alice of Champagne Alice of Champagne (french: Alix; 1193 – 1246) was the queen consort of Cyprus from 1210 to 1218, regent of Cyprus from 1218 to 1223, and of Jerusalem from 1243 to 1246. She was the eldest daughter of Queen Isabella I of Jerusalem and Count Hen ...

, and

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Marriage and issue

In January 1218, Melisande married Prince

Bohemond IV of Antioch Bohemond IV of Antioch, also known as Bohemond the One-Eyed (french: Bohémond le Borgne; 1175–1233), was Count of Tripoli from 1187 to 1233, and Prince of Antioch from 1201 to 1216 and from 1219 to 1233. He was the younger son of Bohemond III ...

. The marriage produced three daughters: * Isabella (died young) *

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(died after 10 December 1307), she was childless. * Helvis (died young) Melisende protested the succession of her nephew King

Henry I of Cyprus Henry I of Cyprus, nicknamed the Fat (french: Henri de Lusignan; 3 May 1217 – 18 January 1253 at Nicosia) was King of Cyprus from 1218 to 1253. He was the son of Hugh I of Cyprus and Alice of Champagne. When his father Hugh I died on January 1 ...

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on the death of her half-sister Alice in 1246. Alice had been regent of Jerusalem for

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. 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.

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