Ioveta (1120-c. 1170s) was the fourth and youngest daughter of Baldwin II of Jerusalem and Morphia of Melitene. Her name appears in various forms, including Joveta, Yvette, Iveta, Ivetta, and even Juditta. Events Welcher of Malvern creates a system of measurement for the earth using degrees, minutes, and seconds of latitude and longitude. ... Centuries: 11th century - 12th century - 13th century Decades: 1120s 1130s 1140s 1150s 1160s - 1170s - 1180s 1190s 1200s 1210s 1220s Years: 1170 1171 1172 1173 1174 1175 1176 1177 1178 1179 Events and Trends 1170 - Thomas à Becket assassinated 1171 - Saladin abolishes the Fatimid caliphate, restoring Sunni rule in Egypt. ... Baldwin of Bourcq was the cousin of Godfrey of Bouillon and Baldwin of Boulogne. ...

Ioveta was the only one of Baldwin's daughters born after he became king in 1118. When Baldwin was taken captive by the Ortoqids near Edessa in 1123, Ioveta was one of the hostages given for his release. She was held at Shaizar until being ransomed to Baldwin in 1125 for eighty thousand dinars. Her ransom was gathered from the spoils taken after Baldwin's victory at the Battle of Azaz that year. Events Knights Templar founded Baldwin of Le Bourg succeeds his cousin Baldwin I as king of Jerusalem John II Comnenus succeeds Alexius I as Byzantine emperor Gelasius II succeeds Paschal II as pope Births December 21 - Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury Taira no Kiyomori, Japanese general Deaths January 21 - Pope... The Ortoqid dynasty was an Oghuz Turk dynasty that ruled in the Jezirah (northern Iraq) in the 11th and 12th centuries. ... The County of Edessa was one of the Crusader states in the 12th century, in a city with an ancient history and an early tradition of Christianity (see Edessa). ... A hostage is an entity which is held by a captor in order to compel another party to act or refrain from acting in a particular way. ... Events May 23 - Lothar of Saxony becomes Holy Roman Emperor on the death of Henry V. War ends between Toulouse and Provence. ... A five-dinar note featuring Saddam Hussein The word Dinar (in Arabic and Persian: دينار) traces its origin back to the Roman currency, the denarius (pl. ... The Battle of Azaz took place between the Crusader States and the Seljuk Turks on June 11, 1125. ...

Her sisters married well. The eldest, Melisende, married Fulk V of Anjou and succeeded Baldwin to the throne of the Kingdom of Jerusalem. Alice married Bohemund II of Antioch, and Hodierna married Raymond II of Tripoli. Ioveta, on the other hand, entered the Convent of St. Anne in Jerusalem. In 1143 Melisende built a convent dedicated to St. Lazarus at Bethany, on land purchased from the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. After the death of the elderly first abbess, Ioveta was elected to the position in 1144. Though not as influential as her sisters, she had some power as abbess; a charter from 1157 survives in which she donated land to the Knights Hospitaller. Melisende (1105 - c. ... Fulk of Anjou, king of Jerusalem (1092-1143), was the son of Fulk IV, count of Anjou, and his wife Bertrada (who ultimately deserted her husband and became the mistress of Philip I of France). ... The Kingdom of Jerusalem was a short-lived country established in the 12th century by the First Crusade. ... Bohemund II Guiscard (1108-1131) was the Prince of Antioch between 1111 and 1131. ... Hodierna of Tripoli (c. ... Raymond II of Tripoli (c. ... Anna also known as Saint Anne is known by tradition as mother of The Virgin Mary. ... Events Celestine II is elected pope. ... Lazarus raised from the grave by Jesus, painting by the Swedish artist Karl Isakson (c. ... Bethany - house of dates, or house of misery - was the name of two places in Ancient Israel: A place on the east of Jordan River. ... The Church of the Holy Sepulchre, called Church of the Resurrection (Anastasis) by Eastern Christians, is a Christian church now within the walled Old City of Jerusalem. ... Events Louis VII capitulates to Pope Celestine II and so earns the popes absolution Pope Celestine II is succeeded by Pope Lucius II December 24 - Edessa falls to Zengi Montauban, France, is founded First recorded example of an anti-Semitic blood libel in England Normandy comes under Angevin control... Events Births 8 September - Richard I of England Deaths August 21 - Alfonso VII, king of Castile (b. ... The Knights Hospitaller (the or Knights of Malta or Knights of Rhodes) is a tradition which began as a Benedictine nursing Order founded in the 11th century based in the Holy Land, but soon became a militant Christian Chivalric Order under its own charter, and was charged with the care...

Ioveta was responsible for the education of her grandniece Sibylla. Sibylla was the daughter of her nephew, Melisende's son Amalric, and Agnes of Courtenay. Sibylla of Jerusalem (c. ... Amalric I (also Amaury or Aimery) (1136-1174) was king of Jerusalem from 1162 to 1174. ... Agnes of Courtenay (died c. ...

Ioveta and her sisters were very close. When Melisende lay dying in 1161, Ioveta and Hodierna were at her side (Alice had probably died sometime earlier). After this Ioveta disappears from history; the date of her own death is unknown, but she was dead by 1178, when another abbess appears at the Convent of St. Lazarus. Events Bartholomew Iscanus becomes Bishop of Exeter. ... Events June 18 - Five Canterbury monks see what was possibly the Giordano Bruno crater being formed The Sung Document written detailing the discovery of Mu-Lan-Pi (suggested by some to be California) by Muslim sailors The Chronicle of Gervase of Canterbury written The Leaning Tower of Pisa begins to...

Sources

• William of Tyre, A History of Deeds Done Beyond the Sea. E. A. Babcock and A. C. Krey, trans. Columbia University Press, 1943.
• Steven Runciman, A History of the Crusades, vol. II: The Kingdom of Jerusalem. Cambridge University Press, 1952.