Jewelry - The Queen Melisende Collection

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Desert Fires

42 cm / 16 1/2 inches of bronze iridescent and sparkling pink glass beads with a 5/8 inch center glass bronze bead

Sterling silver clasp - one of a kind necklace

$39.95

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Elegant Power

38.5 cm / 15 1/8 inches of bronze iridescent glass beads and tiny gold glass seed beads with a 1/2 inch center glass bronze bead

Sterling silver clasp - one of a kind necklace

$35.95

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44.5 cm / 17 1/2 inches of faceted golden cherry quartz beads (glass), ribbed glass (we think) tiger eye beads and golden iridescent glass beads with a heart-shaped clasp

Sterling silver designer clasp - one of a kind necklace

$65.95

Kingdom of Heaven Notes

The Orlando Bloom character, Balian of Ibelin, was never a blacksmith, but rather a noble of the Crusader States.  He took part in the defense and surrender of Jerusalem in 1187, securing the freedom of his wife and child in the process.  At the conclusion of the Third Crusade, Balian helped Richard the Lionheart negotiate with Saladin for unmolested passage of Christian pilgrims to Jerusalem.

Sibylla and her brother Baldwin IV, the Leprous or le Mesel, were Melisende's grandchildren.  Sibylla's son from her first marriage was crowned Baldwin V in 1185, while her second husband, the much disliked Guy of Lusignan, served as regent.  Baldwin V died, perhaps from poison, and Guy became king of Jersalem in 1186.  Sibylla died in 1190, and Guy remarried and spent the last four years of his life trying to be king of something.

The goblet scene in the movie actually took place.  Nancy