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Isabella of Jerusalem ( 1170- 1205) was Queen of Jerusalem from 1192 to 1205. She was the daughter of Amalric I of Jerusalem and Maria Comnena , daughter of Byzantine emperor Manuel I Comnenus.

Isabella was married four times. Her husbands were:

  1. Humphrey IV of Toron. They married in 1183. The marriage was annulled so Isabella could marry her second husband.
  2. Conrad of Montferrat, who died in 1192 when he was stabbed to death by Assassins. They had one daughter, Maria of Montferrat (born c.1192).
  3. Henry II of Champagne, who she married in 1192. He died in 1197 when he fell out of a tower window. They had two daughters, Alice (born 1196) and Philippa of Champagne.
  4. Amalric II of JerusalemAmalric II king of Jerusalem from 1197 to 1205, was the brother of Guy of Lusignan. He had been constable of Jerusalem, but in 1194, on the death of his brother, he became king of Cyprus, as Amalric I. He married Isabella, the daughter of Amalric I of Jer (also Amalric I of Cyprus), brother of Guy of LusignanGuy of Lusignan (died 1194) was a French knight who became king of Jerusalem and led the Kingdom to disaster at the Battle of Hattin in 1187. Guy arrived in the Kingdom around 1180, and King Baldwin IV, incapacitated by leprosy, arranged for him to marry. He died in 1205, shortly before his wife. They had two daughters, SybillaSybilla of Lusignan was the daughter of Amalric II of Jerusalem and Isabella of Jerusalem. She was the second wife of Leo II of Armenia, by whom she had one daughter, Isabella of Armenia. and Melisande of Lusignan, and one son.

On her death in 1205, she was succeeded by her daughter Maria of Montferrat.

Preceded by:
GuyGuy of Lusignan (died 1194) was a French knight who became king of Jerusalem and led the Kingdom to disaster at the Battle of Hattin in 1187. Guy arrived in the Kingdom around 1180, and King Baldwin IV, incapacitated by leprosy, arranged for him to marry and SibyllaSibylla of Jerusalem (c. 1160 1190) was the daughter of Amalric I of Jerusalem and Agnes of Edessa. She was the sister of Baldwin IV. Sibylla had very little personal power, but was instead a pawn in the political alliances in the Kingdom of Jerusalem.
Queen of Jerusalem
with Conrad, Henry, and Amalric
Succeeded by:
Maria
Crusades

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