text: Nov. 10 1143 – 1144. Abbot Bernard of Clairvaux comforts Queen Melisende after the death of her husband King Fulk.Nov. 10 1143 – 1144. Abbot Bernard of Clairvaux comforts Queen Melisende after the death of her husband King Fulk.
sources: Bernard of Clairvaux, ‘Epistolae’ 8:297-8, no. 354 (RRH no. 216)
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Correspondence/envoy
449
year: 1144
initiator: Abbot Bernard of Clairvaux
recipient: Queen Melisende
text: Nov. 10 1143 – 1144. Abbot Bernard of Clairvaux recommends Premonstratensian monks to Queen Melisende.Nov. 10 1143 – 1144. Abbot Bernard of Clairvaux recommends Premonstratensian monks to Queen Melisende.
sources: Bernard of Clairvaux, ‘Epistolae’ 8:299, no. 355 (RRH no. 216)
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RRR:
Correspondence/envoy
546
year: 1153
initiator: Abbot Bernard of Clairvaux
recipient: Queen Melisende
text: Nov. 10 1143 – Aug. 20 1153. Abbot Bernard of Clairvaux writes to Queen Melisende commending a young relation to her and referring to the good reports he had had from his uncle Andreas.Nov. 10 1143 – Aug. 20 1153. Abbot Bernard of Clairvaux writes to Queen Melisende commending a young relation to her and referring to the good reports he had had from his uncle Andreas.
sources: Bernard of Clairvaux, ‘Epistolae’ 8:65, no. 206
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RRR:
Correspondence/envoy
547
year: 1153
initiator: Abbot Bernard of Clairvaux
recipient: Queen Melisende
institution: Templars
text: Nov. 10 1143 – Aug. 20 1153. Abbot Bernard of Clairvaux writes to Queen Melisende on the virtues of queenship and widowhood. He has had good reports of her government and of her care for the Templars from his uncle Andreas.Nov. 10 1143 – Aug. 20 1153. Abbot Bernard of Clairvaux writes to Queen Melisende on the virtues of queenship and widowhood. He has had good reports of her government and of her care for the Templars from his uncle Andreas.
sources: Bernard of Clairvaux, ‘Epistolae’ 8:205-6, no. 289
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