Melisende, Queen of Jerusalem
In Our Time: History
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Manison Salte Cathrin
Hodiena was married out to tripoli, which is one of the main crusadestates. We don't know a huge amount about her marriage with raymond apart from era. And it's essentially another way of furthering the family's power in the areaso i get hodiena, she goes to tripoli er and i think she possibly has a lower profile than the other two but there'se still quite a lot of interest. Please have this beautiful ivory salter, which susace i al dater,. It's very ornately decorated, so the covers are all carved ivory, with precious gems marking out the eyes of individuals and the eyes of the birds
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