List of Queens of Jerusalem

Coat of arms of the kingdom of Jerusalem.

See also: Kings of Jerusalem

This is a list of Queens of Jerusalem, from 1099 to 1291, as well as claimants to the title up to the present day.

Throughout 200 years of its existence, the Kingdom of Jerusalem had 1 protector, 11 reigning kings, 5 queens regnant, and 7 jure uxoris kings. But there were only 6 women who used the title of Queen consort of Jerusalem, wives of the Latin kings of Jerusalem, and 1 woman who was an untitled consort. Nevertheless, many of them were highly influential in the country's history, having ruled as regents for their minor children and heirs, as well has having a great influence over their spouses. Many kings of Jerusalem died unmarried or as a child.

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 (probable), 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

Picture	Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became Queen	Coronation	Ceased to be Queen	Death	Spouse
	Arda of Armenia	Thoros, Lord of Marash	-	1097	25 December 1100 husband's coronation	Never Crowned	1105 marriage annulled, but not according to the church	after 1117	Baldwin I
	Adelaide del Vasto	Boniface del Vasto (Aleramici)	1072/5	September 1113 bigamous according to the Pope		Never Crowned	1117 marriage annulled due to pressure from the Pope	16 April 1118	Baldwin I

House of Rethel, 1118–1153

Picture	Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became Queen	Coronation	Ceased to be Queen	Death	Spouse
	Morphia of Melitene	Gabriel of Melitene	-	1101	14 April 1118 husband's coronation	Christmas 1119 at Bethlehem	1 October 1126 or 1127		Baldwin II

House of Anjou, 1143–1205

Picture	Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became Queen	Coronation	Ceased to be Queen	Death	Spouse
	Theodora Komnene	sebastokratōr Isaac Komnenos (Komnenoi)	1145	after September 1158		-	10 February 1162 husband's death	-	Baldwin III
	Agnes of Courtenay ^[1]	Joscelin II, Count of Edessa (Courtenay)	1133/6	1157	10 February 1162 husband's accession ^[2]	Never crowned	1163 marriage annulled on grounds of consanguinity	September 1184 or 1 February 1185	Amalric I
	Maria Komnene	protosébastos John Komnenos (Komnenoi)	1154	29 August 1167		-	11 July 1174 husband's death	1208-17	Amalric I

House of Aleramici, 1205–1212

None

House of Brienne, 1212–1228

None

House of Hohenstaufen, 1228–1268

Picture	Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became Queen	Coronation	Ceased to be Queen	Death	Spouse
	Elisabeth of Bavaria	Otto II, Duke of Bavaria (Wittelsbach)	1227	1 September 1246		-	21 May 1254 husband's death	9 October 1273	Conrad II

House of Lusignan, 1268–1291

Picture	Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became Queen	Coronation	Ceased to be Queen	Death	Spouse
	Isabella of Ibelin	Guy of Ibelin, Constable of Cyprus (Ibelin)	1241/42	after 23 January 1255	24 September 1269 husband's coronation	-	24 March 1284 husband's death	2 June 1324	Hugh I

Notes

↑ She was the untitiled royal consort of Amalric I from her husband's accession to their marriage annulment.
↑ After Baldwin III's death, the Haute Cour refused to endorse Amalric as king unless his marriage to Agnes was annulled. She was never a titled Queen consort, although Agnes continued to hold the title Countess of Jaffa and Ascalon and received a pension from that fief's income.

See also

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