Career
She was the princess of Jerusalem. Ioveta"s name appears in various forms, including Joveta, Jovita, Jowita, Yvette, Iveta, Ivetta, and even Juditta. 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.
Her sisters married well. The eldest, Melisende, married Fulk V of Anjou and succeeded Baldwin to the throne of the Kingdom of Jerusalem.
Ioveta, on the other hand, entered the Convent of Saint Anne in Jerusalem.
In 1143 Melisende built a convent dedicated to Saint Lazarus at Bethany, on land purchased from the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem. After the death of the elderly first abbess, Ioveta was elected to the position in 1144. Ioveta was responsible for the education of her grandniece Sibylla.
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 Saint Lazarus.
