Isabel II (Yolande) of Jerusalem Queen of Jerusalem [5608] ²⁴

   Another name for Isabel was Yolande of Brienne.

  General Notes:

Acceded: 1212
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  Noted events in her life were:

• Acceded: Queen of Jerusalem, 1212. Maria died shortly after giving birth to her in 1212, possibly by puerperal fever. Because of this, Isabella II was proclaimed Queen of Jerusalem when she was only a few days old. Because her father John did not have a direct claim on the throne, he ruled as regent.

Isabel married Frederick II of Germany Hohenstaufens Emperor of Germany [5609] [MRIN: 1816], son of Henry VI of Sicily Holy Roman Emperor [7571] and Constance of Sicily Queen regnant of Sicily [7570], on 9 Nov 1225 in cathedral of Brindisi. (Frederick II of Germany Hohenstaufens Emperor of Germany [5609] was born on 26 Dec 1194 in Iesi, near Ancona, Italy and died on 13 Dec 1250.)

  Marriage Notes:

During a meeting between John of Brienne, the Pope Honorius III and Frederick II in the city of Ferentino in 1223, Yolande's fate was decided: Frederick accepted to finally go to the Crusade, but only as the legitimate King of Jerusalem, and this was only possible if he agreed to take the young Queen Isabella II as his wife (by this time, Frederick was a widower). This was planned by the Pope, who hoped by this bond to attach the Emperor firmly to the Sixth Crusade. The betrothal was confirmed, but the Emperor still delayed his departure until August 1225, when he and Isabella were married by proxy in the City of Acre. Days after, Isabella II was crowned as Queen of Jerusalem.

The now crowned Queen was sent to Italy and married in person to Frederick II in the , on 9 November 1225. In the ceremony, he declared himself King Frederick of Jerusalem. Immediately Frederick II saw to it that his new father-in-law John of Brienne, the current Regent of Jerusalem, was dispossessed and his rights transferred to him. Despite his new capacity as King of Jerusalem, Frederick II continued to take his time in setting off, and in 1227, he was excommunicated by Pope Gregory IX for failing to honour his crusading pledge.

After the wedding, Isabella was kept in seclusion by her husband. She spent her time in Frederick's harem in Palermo. In November 1226, she gave birth to her first child, a daughter (referred to by some sources as Margaret); the baby died in August 1227. Frederick finally sailed from Brindisi on 8 September 1227 for Jerusalem but fell ill at Otranto, where Louis IV, Landgrave of Thuringia, had been put ashore. Frederick postponed the journey while he recovered. In the meantime Isabella died after giving birth to her second child, a son, Conrad, in Andria, Bari, on 25 April 1228. She is buried in Andria Cathedral. Frederick finally embarked to Jerusalem on 28 June.