List of Queens of Jerusalem
This is a list of Queens of Jerusalem, from 1099 to 1291.
Throughout 200 years of its existence, the Kingdom of Jerusalem had one protector, 18 kings and five queens regnant. Six women were queens consort, i.e. queens as wives of the kings. Some of them were highly influential in the country's history, having ruled as regents for their minor children and heirs, as well as having a great influence over their spouses. Many kings of Jerusalem died unmarried or as children.
Queens of Jerusalem
Reigning Queens
This is a list of queens regnant of Jerusalem who held to the throne by their own right:Queen | Portrait | Birth | Husbands and Co-Rulers | Death |
Melisende 1131-1153 | 1105 Jerusalem daughter of King Baldwin II and Morphia of Melitene | Fulk V, Count of Anjou 2 June 1129 2 sons | 11 September 1161 Jerusalem aged 61 | |
Sibylla 1186-1190 | c. 1160 daughter of King Amalric and Agnes of Courtenay | William of Montferrat, Count of Jaffa and Ascalon 1176 one son Guy of Lusignan April 1180 2 daughters | 25 July ', 1190 Acre, Kingdom of Jerusalem aged about 40 | |
Isabella I 1190/1192-1205 | 1172 Nablus, Kingdom of Jerusalem daughter of King Amalric I and Maria Komnene | Humphrey IV of Toron November 1183 no children Conrad of Montferrat 24 November 1190 one daughter Henry II, Count of Champagne 6 May 1192 2 daughters Amalric of Lusignan January 1198 3 children | 5 April 1205 Acre, Kingdom of Jerusalem aged 33 | |
Maria 1205-1212 | 1192 daughter of Conrad of Montferrat and Queen Isabella | John of Brienne 14 September 1210 one daughter | 1212 aged 20 | |
Isabella II also called Yolande 1212-1228 | 1212 daughter of John of Brienne and Queen Maria | Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor August 1225 2 children | 25 April 1228 Andria, Holy Roman Empire aged 16 |
Consorts
House of Boulogne, 1099–1118
House of Rethel, 1118–1153
House of Anjou, 1143–1205
House of Aleramici, 1205–1212
- None
House of Brienne, 1212–1228
- None
House of Hohenstaufen, 1228–1268