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Melissenos family (Gr****: Μελισσηνός),
latinized Melissenus,
feminine form
Melissene (Μελισσηνή),
latinized Melissena, was the name of a
Byzantine noble family...
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Successor Theodore Komnenos Doukas Born c. 1170 Died late 1214 or 1215
Spouse Melissene (first name unknown)
Issue Unnamed wife of
Eustace of
Flanders Theodora...
- 1390–1466). In 1435 he
visited Sultan Murad II as an
emissary of
Maria Melissene, the
widow of
Antonio I Acciaioli, for his
consent for the understanding...
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Tresor dóu
Felibrige which states (translation): "Mélisende, Mélissande or
Mélissène,
countess of Tripoli,
daughter of
Aimeri de Lusignan,
loved by the troubadour...
- on his uncle's
death in 1435, he had to
fight his uncle's
widow Maria Melissene and the
Chalkokondyles for the
ducal throne.
While George Chalkokondyles...
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Florentine Acciaioli family. His
father George was a
kinsman of
Maria Melissene, the wife of Duke
Antonio I Acciaioli. When
Antonio died in 1435, Maria...
- 1435, he left the
duchy to
Nerio II
under the
regency of his
widow Maria Melissene. However,
Antonio forced Nerio from the city in
January 1439. Antonio...
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through an 11th-century seal
which describes her as a nun.
Maria Melissene,
attested in a seal
dated to c. 1060–1070. It has been
suggested that...
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disputed between his
nephews Nerio II and
Antonio II and his
widow (Maria
Melissene?). Lock 1995, p. 368.
Setton 1975, p. 252.
Setton 1975, pp. 255–256. Stathakopoulos...
