- Godfrey Of Bouillon
Godfrey of Bouillon (c. 1060, Baisy-Thy, near Brussels - 18 July 1100, Jerusalem) was a medieval knight and soldier who was a leader of the First Crusade from 1096 until his death. He was the Lord of Bouillon, from which village he took his byname, from 1076 and the Duke of Lower Lorraine from 1087. After the fall of Jerusalem in 1099, Godfrey was proclaimed Defender of the Holy Sepulcher, a title which would later become King of Jerusalem. - Guy Of Lusignan
Guy of Lusignan (c. 1150 - 1194) was a French knight who, through marriage, became king-consort of Jerusalem, and led the kingdom to disaster at the Battle of Hattin in 1187. - Conrad Of Montferrat
Conrad of Montferrat, or Conrad I of Jerusalem (Piedmontese: Corad dël Monfrà; Italian: Corrado del Monferrato; mid-1140s - 28 April, 1192) was one of the major participants in the Third Crusade. He was the "de jure" King of Jerusalem from 24 November, 1190, but officially elected only in 1192, days before his death. - John Of Brienne
John of Brienne (Jean) (c. 1148 - 1237), king of Jerusalem and Latin emperor-regent of Constantinople, was a man of sixty years of age before he began to play any considerable part in history. He was the second son of Erard II, count of Brienne, in Champagne, and of Agnes de Montfaucon, countess of Montbéliard. Destined originally for the Church, he had preferred to become a knight, and in forty years of tournaments and fights he had won himself a considerable reputation, … - Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor
Frederick II (December 26, 1194 - December 13, 1250), of the Hohenstaufen dynasty, was a pretender to the title of King of the Romans from 1212 and unopposed holder of that monarchy from 1215. As such, he was King of Germany, and of Italy, and of Burgundy. He was Holy Roman Emperor from his papal coronation in 1220 until his death. His original title was King of Sicily, which he held as Frederick I from 1198 to death. - Baldwin of Boulogne
Baldwin of Boulogne (died April 2, 1118) was one of the leaders of the First Crusade, who became the first Count of Edessa and then the second ruler and first titled King of Jerusalem. He was the brother of Godfrey of Bouillon, who was the first ruler of the crusader state of Jerusalem, although he refused the title of 'king' which Baldwin accepted. - Sibylla Of Jerusalem
Sibylla (c. 1160 - 1190) was the Countess of Jaffa and Ascalon from 1176 and Queen of Jerusalem from 1186 to 1190. She was the eldest daughter of Amalric I of Jerusalem and Agnes of Courtenay, sister of Baldwin IV and half-sister of Isabella of Jerusalem, and mother of Baldwin V of Jerusalem. Her grandmother Queen Melisende had provided an example of successful rule by a queen regnant earlier in the century. - Conrad IV of Germany
Conrad IV (25 April, 1228 - 21 May, 1254) was king of Jerusalem (as Conrad II) (1228-1254), of Germany (1237-1254), and of Sicily (as Conrad I) (1250-1254). He was a son of the Hohenstaufen Emperor Frederick II and the queen regnant of Jerusalem, Yolanda. Born in Andria, Conrad was the second but only surviving son of Frederick and Yolanda, who died while bearing him. Conrad lived in Italy until 1235, when he first visited Germany. - Fulk Of Jerusalem
Fulk V of Anjou (1089/1092 - November 13, 1143), also known as Fulk the Young, and after 1131 as Fulk of Jerusalem, was Count of Anjou from 1109 to 1129, and King of Jerusalem from 1131 to his death. - Dagobert Of Pisa
Dagobert (died 1107), Archbishop of Pisa, was the first Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem after it was captured in the First Crusade. Dagobert arrived with the Pisan fleet that had come to help the Crusaders besiege the towns along the Mediterranean coast in 1100. He had been appointed by Pope Paschal II, and replaced the temporary patriarch, a Norman priest named Arnulf of Chocques. Dagobert wanted the Kingdom of Jerusalem to be a theocracy, with the Pope at its head, … - Juan Carlos I of Spain
Juan Carlos I de Borbón y Borbón (b. January 5, 1938, in Rome) is the reigning King of Spain. On 22 November 1975, two days after the death of Francisco Franco, Juan Carlos was designated King according to the law of succession promulgated by Franco. He successfully oversaw the transition of Spain to a democratic constitutional monarchy. Recent polls show that he is widely accepted by Spaniards. Juan Carlos's titles include that of King of Jerusalem, … - Mary Of Antioch
Maria of Antioch (d. after 10 December 1307), daughter of Prince Bohemond IV of Antioch and his second wife Melisende of Cyprus, was the pretender to the throne of Jerusalem from 1269 to 1277. By her mother, she was the granddaughter of Isabella, Queen of Jerusalem and her fourth husband, King-Consort Amalric II of Jerusalem. Prior to 1268, the principle Pretender to the throne of Jerusalem was Conradin, a great-grandson of Isabella of Jerusalem. - Yolande Of Jerusalem
Yolande of Brienne (1212 - 1228), also known as Yolanda or Isabella II, became Queen of Jerusalem as an infant in 1212. 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, … - Melisende Of Jerusalem
Melisende (1105 - September 11, 1161) was Queen of Jerusalem from 1131 to 1153. She was the eldest daughter of King Baldwin II of Jerusalem, and the Armenian princess Morphia of Melitene. She was named after her paternal grandmother, Melisende of Montlhery, wife of Hugh I, Count of Rethel. She had three younger sisters: Alice, princess of Antioch; Hodierna, countess of Tripoli; and Ioveta, abbess of St. Lazarus in Bethany. - Isabella Of Jerusalem
Isabella of Jerusalem (1172 - 1205) was Queen of Jerusalem 1190/1192-1205. She was the daughter of Amalric I of Jerusalem and his second wife Maria Comnena, a grandniece of Byzantine emperor Manuel I Comnenus, who had received the town and territory of Nablus as a dower from her husband the king. She married four times. - Conradin
Conrad or Conradin of Hohenstaufen (also called Conrad the Younger, Conradin the Boy, Conrad V, German Konradin or Konrad V, or Konrad der Jüngere) (March 25, 1252 - October 29, 1268), duke of Swabia, king of Jerusalem (as Conrad III), and King of Sicily 1254-1258, 1268, son of the German king Conrad IV, and of Elisabeth of Bavaria, … - Maria Of Montferrat
Maria of Montferrat (1192 - 1212) was the daughter of Conrad of Montferrat and Isabella, Queen of Jerusalem. Her father was murdered on 28 April 1192 in Tyre by the Hashshashin. Her mother married Henry II of Champagne on 5 May, when already noticeably pregnant (The "Old French Continuation of William of Tyre" and Imad ad-Din al-Isfahani remarked on this). Maria was thus born posthumously. On her mother's death in 1205, Maria became Queen of Jerusalem, aged 13. - Bona Sforza
Bona Sforza (February 2, 1494 - November 19, 1557) was a member of the House of Sforza who in 1518 became the second wife of Sigismund I of Poland. When her mother died in 1524, Bona succeeded to the titles Duchess of Bari and Princess of Rossano. She also became the holder of the Brienne claim to the title of King of Jerusalem. Bona was born in Vigevano, daughter of Gian Galeazzo Sforza of Milan and niece of Bianca Maria Sforza, … - Ladislas Of Naples
Ladislas the Magnanimous (also spelled "Ladislaus"; 11 February 1377 - 6 August 1414), was King of Naples and titular King of Jerusalem and Sicily, titular Count of Provence and Forcalquier (1386 - 1414), and titular King of Hungary (1390 - 1414). He was the last male of the senior Angevin line - Isabella Of Naples
Isabella di Aragona (October 2 1470 - February 11 1524) was born a princess of Naples, granddaughter of King Ferdinand I of Naples and daughter of King Alphonse II of Naples. From 1489 to 1494 she was the Duchess Consort of Milan, and from 1499 to 1524 the Duchess of Bari and Princess of Rossano. After her brother Ferdinand II's death, she was the heir of the Brienne claim to the title King of Jerusalem. She married her first cousin Gian Galeazzo Sforza, … - Robert Of Naples
Robert of Anjou, known as Robert the Wise (Italian: "Roberto il Saggio", 1277 - 20 January, 1343) was King of Naples from 1309 to 1343. He was also Duke of Calabria (1296-1309), titular King of Jerusalem, and Count of Provence and Forcalquier (1309-1343). - Morphia Of Melitene
Morphia of Melitene, or Morfia, or Moraphia (died c. 1126 or 1129) was the wife of Baldwin II, king of the crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem. Morphia was the daughter of an Armenian nobleman named Gabriel (or Khoril, in Armenian), the ruler of the city of Melitene, and wife, of unknown name, daughter of Prince Constantine I of Armenia. Although ethnically Armenian, the family practised the Greek Orthodox faith. - Judith Of Babenberg
Judith of Babenberg (c. late 1110s/1120 - after 1168), (Jutta, sometimes called Julitta or Ita in Latin sources), was a daughter of Agnes of Germany and her second husband Leopold III of Austria. The chronicler Otto of Freising was one of her older brothers; Conrad III of Germany her half-brother. Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor was her nephew. She married c. 1133 William V, Marquess of Montferrat, by whom she bore at least eight children. - Pons Of Tripoli
Pons of Tripoli was the son of Bertrand of Tripoli, and was count of Tripoli from 1112 to 1137. Pons married Cecile of France, the widow of his mentor Tancred, Prince of Galilee and daughter of Philip I of France. This marriage helped to reconcile the Norman and Provençal Crusaders, who had fallen out during the Siege of Antioch. In 1118 he allied with Baldwin II, the new king of Jerusalem, … - John Of Ibelin, The Old Lord Of Beirut
John of Ibelin (c. 1179-1236), the "Old Lord of Beirut," was a powerful crusader noble in the 13th century. He was the son of Balian, Lord of Nablus and Ibelin, and Maria Comnena, widow of Amalric I of Jerusalem. By 1198 he had become constable of Jerusalem; the fact that he was the half-brother of Isabella, Queen of Jerusalem gave him considerable influence. At the time he was a vassal of Ralph of Tiberias, … - Catherine Jagellonica Of Poland
Catherine Jagiellon (Polish: "Katarzyna Jagiellonka"; Finnish: "Katariina Jagellonica"; Swedish: "Katarina Jagellonica av Polen"; November 1,1526 - September 16 1583) was Duchess of Finland 1562-83, Queen Consort of Sweden 1569-83 and Grand Duchess of Finland 1581-83 and heir to her mother's claim to the title of King of Jerusalem. - Charles III of Naples
Charles III, King of Naples, also known as Charles II of Hungary, Charles of Durazzo or Charles the Short, was King of Naples and titular King of Jerusalem from 1382 to 1386, King of Hungary (under the name of Károly II "the Short"), from 1385 to 1386, and Prince of Achaea from 1383 to 1386. He was the son of Louis of Durazzo and Margherita of Sanseverino. As the great-grandchild of King Charles II of Naples, … - Guglielmo Embriaco
Guglielmo Embriaco (English "William"; born c. 1040), was a Genoese merchant and military leader who came to the assistance of the Crusader States in the aftermath of the First Crusade. Embriaco was probably born in the late 1030s, but did not gain fame until he and his brother Primo di Castello landed at Jaffa in June 1099 with a squadron of galleys: two, according to the "Annales" of Caffaro di Rustico, and six or nine according to Raymond of Aguilers. - René I of Naples
René I of Naples, was Duke of Anjou, Count of Provence (1434-1480), Count of Piedmont, Duke of Bar (1430-1480), Duke of Lorraine (1431-1453), King of Naples (1438-1442; titular 1442-1480), titular King of Jerusalem (1438-1480) and Aragon (1466-1480) (including Sicily, Majorca, Corsica). - Bertrand Of Toulouse
Bertrand of Toulouse (died 1112) was count of Toulouse, and was the first count of Tripoli to rule in Tripoli itself. He was the eldest son of Raymond IV of Toulouse, and had ruled Toulouse since Raymond left on the First Crusade in 1095 - although, between 1098 and 1100, he was dispossessed by his cousin Philippa and her husband Duke William IX of Aquitaine, who marched into Toulouse and captured it, … - Guillaume de Chartres
Guillaume de Chartres (Guillielmus de Carnoto, Willemus de Carnoto), Prince of the Cistercian Principality of Seborga, was a grand master of the Knights Templar 1210 - 26 August 1218. In 1210, he assisted at the coronation of Jean de Brienne as King of Jerusalem. In 1211, he arbitrated between Leo II of Armenia and the Templars, regarding the castle of Bagras. During his rule, the order flourished in Spain, achieving important victories against the Moors. - Philippe de Mézières
Philippe de Mézières, French soldier and author, was born at the chateau of Mézières in Picardy. He belonged to the poorer nobility, and first served under Lucchino Visconti in Lombardy, but within a year he entered the service of Andrew, Duke of Calabria, who was assassinated in September 1345. In the autumn of that year he set out for the East in the French army. After the Battle of Smyrna in 1346 he was made a knight, … - René II, Duke of Lorraine
René II was Count of Vaudémont from 1470, Duke of Lorraine from 1473, and Duke of Bar from 1483 to 1508. He claimed the crown of the Kingdom of Naples and the County of Provence as the Duke of Calabria 1480-1493 and as King of Naples and Jerusalem 1493-1508. He succeeded his uncle John of Vaudémont as Count of Harcourt and Aumale in 1473, using the first title before 1495 and the second title after. He succeeded as Count of Guise in 1504. - Joscelin I, Count of Edessa
Joscelin of Courtenay or Joscelin I, Prince of Galilee and Lord of Turbessel (1115-1131) and Count of Edessa (1119-1131), ruled over the County of Edessa during its zenith, from 1118 to 1131. He maintained the large and unstable borders through his martial prowess. He was the son of Joscelin I, Lord of Courtenay, born in 1034, and wife Isabella (or Elizabeth), daughter of Guy I of Montlhéry. - Vittorio Emanuele Prince of Naples
Vittorio Emanuele, Prince of Naples ("Vittorio Emanuele Alberto Carlo Teodoro Umberto Bonifacio Amadeo Damiano Bernardino Gennaro Maria di Savoia") (born February 12, 1937) was the last Crown Prince of Italy and is considered to be a pretender to the defunct Italian throne. Although the titles and distinctions of the Italian royal family have not been legally recognised in Italy since 1946, … - Leopold V, Duke of Austria
Leopold V, "the Virtuous", was a Babenberg duke of Austria from 1177 to 1194 and Styria from 1192 to 1194. Leopold was the son of Henry II Jasomirgott and his Byzantine wife Theodora Comnena. In 1172 he married Helena, daughter of King Géza II of Hungary, and their sons were Frederick I and Leopold VI. On August 17, 1186 the Georgenberg Pact was negotiated, by which Styria and the central part of Upper Austria were amalgamated into the Duchy of Austria after 1192. - Arda Of Armenia
Arda was the wife of King Baldwin I of Jerusalem. She was the first Queen consort of the Kingdom of Jerusalem, as Baldwin's brother and predecessor Godfrey of Bouillon was unmarried. Her name is unrecorded in contemporary sources, but since the 17th century she has been traditionally called Arda. She was the daughter of a minor Armenian noble named Thathoul (or Thoros), lord of Marash. Baldwin married her in 1097 after the death of his first wife, Godehilde, … - Joscelin II, Count of Edessa
Joscelin II of Edessa (died 1159) was the fourth and last ruling count of Edessa. The young Joscelin was taken prisoner at the Battle of Azaz in 1125, but was ransomed by Baldwin II, king of Jerusalem. In 1131, his father Joscelin I was injured in battle with the Danishmends, and Edessa passed to Joscelin II. Joscelin II refused to march the small Edessan army out to meet the Danishmends, so Joscelin I, in his last act, forced the Danishmends to retreat, dying soon after. - Mary Of Enghien
Mary of Enghien, also Maria d'Enghien, (1367 - May 9, 1446) was Countess of Lecce 1384-1446, and, by her second marriage, Queen of Naples and titular Queen of Sicily, Jerusalem, and Hungary 1406-1414. - Charles Emmanuel II, Duke of Savoy
Charles Emmanuel II (Italian: "Carlo Emanuele II di Savoia", June 20, 1634 - June 12, 1675) was the Duke of Savoy from 1638 to 1675 and under regency of his mother Christine Marie of France until 1663. He was also Marquis of Saluzzo, Count of Aosta, Geneva, Moriana and Nice, as well as claimant king of Cyprus and Jerusalem.
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