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Isabella II, queen of the Latin kingdom of Jerusalem (1212–28) and consort of the Holy Roman emperor Frederick II. The daughter of John of Brienne and Mary (Marie) of Montferrat, Isabella inherited the throne on her mother’s death in 1212, but her father ruled as regent and guardian and even.

Isabella I (1172 – 5 April 1205) was reigning Queen of Jerusalem from 1190 to her death in 1205. She was the daughter of Amalric I of Jerusalem and his second wife Maria Comnena, a Byzantine princess. Her half-brother, Baldwin IV of Jerusalem, engaged her to Humphrey IV of Toron.

Isabella II (1212 – 25 April 1228 Andria, Italy) also known as Yolande of Brienne, was a ...

Isabella II (1212 – 4 May 1228), also known as Yolande of Brienne, was a princess of French origin, the daughter of Maria, the queen-regnant of Jerusalem, and her husband, John of Brienne. She was reigning Queen of Jerusalem from 1212 until her death in 1228.

She died giving birth to him. Her husband had been on his way to Jerusalem, but by the time he arrived there, he was only regent for his little son. He crowned himself King of Jerusalem anyway. Isabella barely reigned solo. For the better part of her life, Jerusalem was ruled for her, first by her father and later by her husband.

Isabella II of Jerusalem’s reign would begin tragically early. Isabella, or Yolande of Brienne as she is sometimes known, was born as the daughter of Maria of Montferrat and John of Brienne. Maria of Montferrat was the eldest daughter of Isabella I of Jerusalem.

Abstract: There has long been a debate about the true name of the woman known to history as "Isabella II" or "Yolanda," the queen of Jerusalem and the spouse of the Emperor Frederick II. This article will try to answer two simple questions. First: what was her real name?

Isabella was the daughter of king Amalric I and his second wife, Maria Comnena. In 1180, when she was eight her half-brother Baldwin IV betrothed her to Humphrey IV of Toron, stepson of Reynald of Chatillon and grandson and heir-apparent to Oultrejourdain, through his mother.