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Isabella II (1212 – 4 May 1228), sometimes erroneously called Yolanda, was a princess of French origin, the daughter of Maria, the queen-regnant of Jerusalem, and her husband, John of Brienne. She was reigning Queen of Jerusalem from 1212 until her death in 1228.
There were five queens regnant who ruled in their own right on the basis of inheritance in the twelfth century: Melisende, Sibylla, Isabella I, Maria, and Isabella II. How did these women wield power? What external and internal issues were important to a successful reign? How did they deal with the more masculine aspects of their leadership?
Isabella II was the queen of the Latin kingdom of Jerusalem (1212–28) and consort of the Holy Roman emperor Frederick II. The daughter of John of Brienne and Mary (Marie) of Montferrat, Isabella inherited the throne on her mother’s death in 1212, but her father ruled as regent and guardian and even.
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Apr 28, 2022 · Isabella II (1212 – 25 April 1228 Andria, Italy) also known as Yolande of Brienne, was a princess of French origin who became monarch of Jerusalem. Infant Queen Isabella II was the only child of Maria of Montferrat, Queen of Jerusalem, and John of Brienne.
Description The kingdom of Jerusalem and the crusader states.pdf. English: Genealogical tree of the Kingdom of Jerusalem and the Crusader States, from their foundation following the First Crusade to the domination of Cyprus by the Poitiers-Lusignan line after the fall of Jerusalem.
Isabella II (1212 – 25 April 1228) also known as Yolande of Brienne, was a princess of French origin who became monarch of Jerusalem. Infant Queen Isabella II was born in Andria , in the southern Italian Kingdom of Sicily .
In 1223, King John arranged a splendid match for Isabella-Yolanda, the finest ever achieved by an heiress to the kingdom of Jerusalem: she would marry the German emperor and king of Sicily, Frederick II of Hohenstaufen. Two years later, the marriage took place, as the climax of a series of events that marked Isabella- Yolandas passage to adulthood.
