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Melisende, Queen of Jerusalem

In Our Time: History

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Did He Insist That His Daughter Be the King?

There is precedent for women inheriting from their fathers. Henry the first gets the barons to agree that she is his heir. But later female heirs don't have the same level of control as melisond, who was such a key figure in her time.

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