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Sibylle d'Anjou

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Sibylle d'Anjou

Birth
Death
1165 (aged 52–53)
Burial
al-Eizariya, Jerusalem, West Bank Add to Map
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Nobility. Born the youngest daughter of Fulko V d'Anjou and Eremburge de Maine. She married William Clito of Normandy in 1123, but the marriage was annulled a year later. She married, as her second husband, Thierry I of Flanders in 1134. She left France with Thierry in 1157 to Palestine, but refused to return with him to Europe. She became a nun at the convent of St Lazarus at Bethany and later had a position of influence at her step-brothers court in Jerusalem.
Nobility. Born the youngest daughter of Fulko V d'Anjou and Eremburge de Maine. She married William Clito of Normandy in 1123, but the marriage was annulled a year later. She married, as her second husband, Thierry I of Flanders in 1134. She left France with Thierry in 1157 to Palestine, but refused to return with him to Europe. She became a nun at the convent of St Lazarus at Bethany and later had a position of influence at her step-brothers court in Jerusalem.


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