It is likely that Constance, Maria's mother and regent of Antioch, had requested assistance from Manuel in the absence of her husband Raynald of Châtillon, who had been taken captive in Aleppo.
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The French dramatist Edmond Rostand made Melisende the main character in his verse drama La Princesse lointaine, in which she was played by Sarah Bernhardt.
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