Vem gifte sig med Morphia of Melitene?

Morphia of Melitene (died 1 October c. 1127) was queen consort of the Kingdom of Jerusalem from 1118 until her death. She was an Armenian by ethnicity and a Melkite Greek Orthodox Christian. Her father, Gabriel, was a warlord in northern Syria. He wished to marry her off to one of the crusader leaders who were carving out states in the Levant, and eventually chose Count Baldwin II of Edessa. They married around 1100 and had four daughters: Melisende, Alice, Hodierna, and Ioveta. In 1118, Baldwin was elected king of Jerusalem; the next year, Morphia became the first woman to be crowned as the queen of Jerusalem. She did not participate in the government but took initiative to liberate her husband after he was captured in 1123. She died a few years later. According to historian Bernard Hamilton, her religious practices left a lasting mark on the status of Orthodox Christians in the crusader kingdom.

Balduin II av Jerusalem, även Balduin II av Edessa, Balduin av Bourcq, född Balduin av Rethel greve av Burg, död 21 augusti 1131, var regent av kungadömet Jerusalem och greve av grevskapet Edessa.

Balduin var son till greve Hugo I av Rethel, deltog i första korståget och efterträdde 1110 kusinen Balduin I av Jerusalem som greve av Edessa. Han regerade korsfararstaten Jerusalem 1118-31. Balduin var 1123-24 i fångenskap hos muslimerna, men lyckades annars kämpa med framgång mot dem och lyckades ansenligt utvidga sitt rike. Han avled 1131 och efterträddes av sin dotter Melisende av Jerusalem och sin måg, greve Fulko av Anjou.