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From: wjhonson <>
Subject: Re: Wife of Gabriel of Melitene
Date: Mon, 2 Nov 2009 17:45:39 -0800 (PST)
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On Nov 2, 5:25 pm, Chuck Owens <> wrote:
> I found that the book "A History of Eastern Christianity", page 332,
> by Aziz Suryal Atiya, mentioned the following: “Baldwin married
> Morfia, daughter of the Armenian Prince Gabriel of Edessa; and a
> daughter of  Constantine I (1095-1099).”  I'm not sure what source he
> used for Gabriel's wife as a daughter of Constantine I or its
> reliability.
>
> Chuck Owens

The sources for making Baldwin's wife, a daughter of "Gabriel" are
listed here.

http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/JERUSALEM.htm#BaudouinIIB

Will Johnson


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