Zartonk Media on Instagram: "Meet The Armenian Queens of Jerusalem 🇦🇲 Armenian women did more than witness Crusader history, they shaped it. Arda of Cilicia became the first Armenian Queen of Jerusalem when she married King Baldwin I. Her time as queen was brief, but it marked the beginning of a deep Armenian presence in the leadership of the kingdom. The most influential Armenian queen was Morphia of Melitene, daughter of Gabriel, the Armenian ruler of Melitene (modern day Malatya). Baldwin I