Morphia of Melitene, Queen of Jerusalem

Morphia of Melitene

Queen of Jerusalem from 1118 to 1127

Morphia of Melitene was the queen consort of the crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem from 1118 until her death. She was an Armenian by ethnicity and an adherent of the Greek Orthodox faith. Her father, Gabriel, was a warlord in northern Syria. He wished to marry her off to one of the…