Isabella II of Jerusalem
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Isabella II, sometimes called Isabella of Brienne and erroneously Yolanda, was the queen of Jerusalem who reigned from 1212 to 1228. She was the daughter and successor of Maria of Montferrat, who died
Isabella marrying Frederick in person after landing at Brindisi; she had earlier married him through a stand-in.
Like her mother, Isabella died upon giving birth to her successor.
Isabella was buried in the crypt of the Andria Cathedral along with her husband's next wife, Isabella of England.
Maria of Montferrat
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Maria of Montferrat, known as la Marquise, was the queen of Jerusalem who reigned from 1205 until 1212. She was the eldest daughter of Queen Isabella I and was born posthumously to Isabella's second h
Isabella II of Jerusalem
…called Isabella of Brienne and erroneously Yolanda, was the queen of Jerusalem who reigned from 1212 to 1228. She was the daughter and successor of Maria of Montferrat, who died shortly after giving birth to her. Like her mother, Isabella died young before she could make an impression on politics. Isabella's father…
Detail of a 14th-century miniature
While Maria and her maternal family reigned in the Levant, her paternal family set up a kingdom in the Balkans.
John of Brienne married Maria the day after his arrival and was crowned soon after.