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Morphia of Melitene or Morfia or Moraphia (died c. 1126 or 1127) was the wife of Baldwin II king of the crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem.Morphia was the daughter of an Armenian nobleman named Gabriel (or Khoril in Armenian) the ruler of the city of Melitene. Although ethnically Armenian the family practised the Greek Orthodox faith. Melitene was a neighbour of the crusader County of Edessa and Gabriel soon became a vassal of the county.

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