List of queens of Jerusalem

This is a list of queens of Jerusalem, from 1099 to 1291.

Coat of arms of the kingdom of Jerusalem

Throughout 200 years of its existence, the Kingdom of Jerusalem had one protector, 18 kings (including 7 jure uxoris) 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 regnant of Jerusalem

This is a list of queens regnant of Jerusalem who held to the throne by their own right:

QueenPortraitBirthHusbands and Co-RulersDeath
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

Queens consort of Jerusalem

House of Boulogne, 1099–1118

PictureNameFatherBirthMarriageBecame QueenCoronationCeased to be QueenDeathSpouse
Arda of ArmeniaThoros, Lord of Marash-109725 December 1100
husband's coronation
Never Crowned1105
marriage annulled, but not according to the church
after 1117Baldwin I
Adelaide del VastoBoniface del Vasto
(Aleramici)
1072/5September 1113
bigamous according to the Pope
Never Crowned1117
marriage annulled due to pressure from the Pope
16 April 1118

House of Rethel, 1118–1153

PictureNameFatherBirthMarriageBecame QueenCoronationCeased to be QueenDeathSpouse
Morphia of MeliteneGabriel of Melitene-110114 April 1118
husband's coronation
Christmas 1119
at Bethlehem
1 October 1126 or 1127Baldwin II

House of Anjou, 1143–1205

PictureNameFatherBirthMarriageBecame QueenCoronationCeased to be QueenDeathSpouse
Theodora Komnenesebastokratōr Isaac Komnenos
(Komnenoi)
1145after September 1158-10 February 1162
husband's death
-Baldwin III
Agnes of Courtenay
[note 1]
Joscelin II, Count of Edessa
(Courtenay)
1133/6115710 February 1162
husband's accession
[note 2]
Never crowned1163
marriage annulled on grounds of consanguinity
September 1184
or
1 February 1185
Amalric I
Maria Komneneprotosébastos John Komnenos
(Komnenoi)
115429 August 1167-11 July 1174
husband's death
1208-17

House of Aleramici, 1205–1212

House of Brienne, 1212–1228

House of Hohenstaufen, 1228–1268

PictureNameFatherBirthMarriageBecame QueenCoronationCeased to be QueenDeathSpouse
Elisabeth of BavariaOtto II, Duke of Bavaria
(Wittelsbach)
12271 September 1246-21 May 1254
husband's death
9 October 1273Conrad II

House of Lusignan, 1268–1291

PictureNameFatherBirthMarriageBecame QueenCoronationCeased to be QueenDeathSpouse
Isabella of IbelinGuy of Ibelin, Constable of Cyprus
(Ibelin)
1241/42after 23 January 125524 September 1269
husband's coronation
-24 March 1284
husband's death
2 June 1324Hugh I

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