Yolande of Jerusalem

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Yolande of Brienne (1212 - 1228), also known as Yolanda or Isabella II, became Queen of Jerusalem as an infant in 1212.

The death of Queen Isabella-Yolande (From MS of William of Tyre's Historia and Old French Continuation, painted in Acre, 13C. Bib. Nat. Française.)

She was the only child of Maria of Montferrat, Queen of Jerusalem, and John of Brienne. Maria was the daughter of Queen Isabella of Jerusalem by her second husband Conrad I, and heiress, on her mother's death, of the Kingdom of Jerusalem. Because John did not have a direct claim on the throne, Yolande succeeded her mother Maria, who died giving birth to her in 1212. John ruled as regent until 1225, when Yolande married Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor with the encouragement of Pope Honorius III, who hoped by this bond to attach the emperor firmly to the Sixth Crusade.Frederick claimed the kingdom for himself.

Yolande gave birth to a first child, a daughter (some sources called her Margareta) in November 1226; the baby died in August 1227. She died after giving birth to a second child, a son, Conrad, in 25 April 1228; Frederick ruled as regent on behalf of his son, settling a truce with the Muslims in 1229 during the Sixth Crusade.

See also: Other young rulers

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• This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.