In 1131, Fulk and Melisende became joint rulers of Jerusalem after Baldwin II's death. From the start Fulk assumed sole control of the government, excluding Melisende altogether. He favoured fellow countrymen from Anjou to the native nobility. The other Crusader states to the north feared that Fulk would attempt to impose the suzerainty of Jerusalem over them, as Baldwin II had done.
In 1131, Fulk and Melisende became joint rulers of Jerusalem af.ter Baldwin II's death From the st.art. Fulk assumed sole control of the government, excluding Melisende altogether. He favoured fellow countrymen from Anjou to the native nobility The other Crusader states to the north feared that Fulk would attempt to impose the suzerainty of Jerusalem over them, as Baldwin II had done