List of queens of Jerusalem
This is a list of queens of Jerusalem, from 1099 to 1291.
Throughout 200 years of its existence, the
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:
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 |
April 1180 2 daughters |
25 July (probable), 1190 Acre, Kingdom of Jerusalem aged about 40 | |
Isabella I 1190/1192–1205 |
1172 King Amalric I and Maria Komnene |
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
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 |
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 | Komnenoi )
|
1145 | after September 1158 | - | 10 February 1162 husband's death |
- | Baldwin III | ||
Agnes of Courtenay [note 1] |
Joscelin II, Count of Edessa (Courtenay) |
1133/6 | 1157 | 10 February 1162 husband's accession [note 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 |
House of Aleramici, 1205–1212
House of Brienne, 1212–1228
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
|
See also
- Kings of Jerusalem
- List of Queens of Cyprus
- List of Queens of Armenia
- List of Savoyard consorts
- List of Neapolitan consorts
- Princess of Antioch
- List of Latin Empresses
Notes
- ^ She was the untitiled royal consort of Amalric I from her husband's accession to their marriage annulment.
- Haute Courrefused 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.