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  1. Agnes of Courtenay (c. 1136 – c. 1184) was a Frankish noblewoman who held considerable influence in the Kingdom of Jerusalem during the reign of her son, King Baldwin IV. Though she was never queen, she has been described as the most powerful woman in the kingdom's history after Queen Melisende.

  2. Agnes of Courtenay (1136–1186) Syrian-Frank royal who held sway in the Frankish principality of Jerusalem. Born in 1136; died in 1186; daughter of Joscelin II and Beatrice ; sister of Joscelin III and Sibylla; first wife of Amalric I, king of Jerusalem (r. 1162–1174); married Hugh of Ramleh also known as Hugh of Ibelin (died 1169); married ...

  3. Agnes of Courtenay ( c. 1136 – c. 1184) was a Frankish noblewoman who held considerable influence in the Kingdom of Jerusalem during the reign of her son, King Baldwin IV. Though she was never queen, she has been described as the most powerful woman in the kingdom's history after Queen Melisende.

  4. Agnes de Courtney: The Tragic Life of the Leper King's Mother. Biographical essay on Agnes de Courtenay, daughter of Joscelyn, Count of Edessa, wife of King Aimery I of Jerusalem and Hugh d'Ibelin, mother of Baldwin IV and Sibylla of Jerusalem.

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  6. ABSTRACT. Agnes was a Courtenay and therefore a member of one of the greatest families in the Frankish East. As part of his reorganisation of the defences of the principality the king appointed Joscelin of Courtenay bailli of the important frontier-fief of Harim. Agness influence is first discernible in the appointment of Archdeacon ...

  7. Apr 30, 2022 · Agnes of Courtenay (c. 1136 – c. 1184) was a Frankish noblewoman from the Crusader states. Agnes's parents, Joscelin II of Edessa and Beatrice of Saone, lost the County of Edessa in 1150. As the widow of Reynald of Marash, Agnes married Count Amalric of Jaffa and Ascalon, younger son of Queen Melisende.

  8. He was forced first to annul his marriage to Agnes of Courtenay because she was his third cousin (rights of legitimacy and inheritance, however, were granted to his son Baldwin and a daughter by Agnes).

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