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Mélesinde de Rethe

Female - 1161


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Mélesinde de Rethe (daughter of Baldwin II, King of Jerusalem and Malfia); died on 11 Sep 1161 in Holy Land.

    Mélesinde married Fulk V "le Jeune", King of Jerusalem, Count of Anjou on 2 Jun 1129 in Jerusalem, Holy Land. Fulk (son of Fulk IV "Rechin", Count of Anjou and Bertrade de Montfort l'Amaury) was born in 1092 in France; died on 10 Nov 1143 in Acre, Holy Land; was buried after 10 Nov 1143 in Church of the Holy Sepulcher, Jerusalem, Holy Land. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Baldwin III, King of Jerusalem was born in 1130; died on 10 Feb 1162.
    2. Amalric I, King of Jerusalem was born in 1136; died on 11 Jul 1174.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Baldwin II, King of Jerusalem was born about 1058 (son of Hugh I, Comte de Rethel and Melisende de Monthlhéry); died on 21 Aug 1131.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • General Information: He was also the Count of Rethel and Edessa.
    • Military: 1098; He joined with Geoffrey de Bouillon and went on the First Crusade in 1098.
    • Crowned: 1118; In 1118, he was crowned the King of Jerusalem.
    • Reign: From 1118 to 1131; King of Jerusalem

    Notes:

    Name:

    Baldwin married Malfia in 1101. Malfia (daughter of Gabriel the Armenian, Prince and Governor of Melitene) died in 1126/27. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Malfia (daughter of Gabriel the Armenian, Prince and Governor of Melitene); died in 1126/27.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • General Information: Her name was also spelt Moraphia.

    Children:
    1. 1. Mélesinde de Rethe died on 11 Sep 1161 in Holy Land.
    2. Alice de Rethel, Princess of Jerusalem was born about 1110; died after 1136.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Hugh I, Comte de Rethel (son of Manasses III, Count of Rethel and Porcieu and Yvette de Reucy); died about 1118; was buried in Novi (not found).

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Living: 1081; He was living in 1081.

    Notes:

    Parents: Weis (1982) gives his parents as Baldwin of Le Bourg, Count of Rethel and Ida, sister of Eustace II, count of Boulogne.

    Weis 103-25*

    Hugh married Melisende de Monthlhéry on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Melisende de Monthlhéry (daughter of Guy I de Montlhéry, Seigneur de Montlhéry and Chevreuse and Saint Hodierne de Gometz, Dame de la Ferte).

    Notes:

    Parents: Weis (1982) gives her parents as Bouchard of Montlhéry, Count of Corbeil and Adelaide of Crécy.

    Children:
    1. 2. Baldwin II, King of Jerusalem was born about 1058; died on 21 Aug 1131.

  3. 6.  Gabriel the Armenian, Prince and Governor of Melitene

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • General Information: He was the Governor of Melitene on the Upper Euphrates, at first for the Eastern Emperor, then for the Sultan.

    Children:
    1. 3. Malfia died in 1126/27.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Manasses III, Count of Rethel and Porcieu (son of Manasses II, Count of Rethel and Judith); died in 1056.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Title(s): 1048; In 1048, he became the Count of Rethel and Porcieu.

    Manasses married Yvette de Reucy on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Yvette de Reucy (daughter of Giselbert, Comte de Roucy, Viscomte de Rheims and [no first name] de Poitiers).
    Children:
    1. 4. Hugh I, Comte de Rethel died about 1118; was buried in Novi (not found).

  3. 10.  Guy I de Montlhéry, Seigneur de Montlhéry and Chevreuse was born about 1009 in France (son of Milton I de Monteleherico, Seigneur de la Ferte-sur-Qurcy and daughter); died in 1095 in Longpont Abbey, Longpont, Hauts-de-France, France; was buried in Longpont Abbey, Longpont, Hauts-de-France, France.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • General Information: He founded the Abbey of Longpoint.
    • Religion: say 1090; In later life he became a monk.

    Guy married Saint Hodierne de Gometz, Dame de la Ferte on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 11.  Saint Hodierne de Gometz, Dame de la Ferte (daughter of William I de Gometz, Seigneur de Bures).

    Notes:

    Name:

    Children:
    1. Guy II "the Red", Sire de Montlhéry was born in 1017 in Monthlhéry, Île-de-France, France; died in 1108.
    2. Milon I "the Grand", Seigneur de Montlhery, Bray, Chevreuse, and la Ferte was born about 1035; died in 1118.
    3. Elizabeth de Monthlhéry was born about 1040 in Montlhéry, Essonne, Île-de-France, France; died in 1113.
    4. 5. Melisende de Monthlhéry