Gabriel of Melitene
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Gabriel of Melitene was the ruler of Melitene (modern Malatya). Along with Thoros of Edessa, Gabriel was a former officer of Philaretos Brachamios. He was constantly under attack by the Danishmendids. In 1101 Baldwin II of Jerusalem married his daughter Morphia of Melitene. William of Tyre described Gabriel as Greek by religion, Armenian by race, language and custom. Byzantine seals baring his name testify him as Gabriel, protonobelissimos and doux of Melitene.
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- The Rupenides, Hethumides, and Lusignans, W. H. Ruedt-Collenberg (Paris: Klincksieck, 1963), p. 78
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