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t. e. The king or queen of Jerusalem was the supreme ruler of the Kingdom of Jerusalem, a Crusader state founded in Jerusalem by the Latin Catholic leaders of the First Crusade, when the city was conquered in 1099. Most of them were men, but there were also five queens regnant of Jerusalem, either reigning alone suo jure ("in her own right ...
Henry II of Jerusalem retained the title of king of Jerusalem until his death in 1324, and the title continued to be claimed by his successors, the kings of Cyprus. The title of "king of Jerusalem" was also continuously used by the Angevin kings of Naples, whose founder, Charles of Anjou, had in 1277 bought a claim to the throne from Mary of ...
This a family tree of the kings of Jerusalem. This diagram lists the rulers of the kingdom of Jerusalem , since the conquest of the city in 1099, during the First Crusade , to 1291, year of the fall of Acre .
Baldwin IV (1161–1185), known as the Leper King, was the king of Jerusalem from 1174 until his death in 1185. He was admired by his contemporaries and later historians for his willpower and dedication to the Latin Kingdom in the face of debilitating leprosy. Choosing competent advisers, Baldwin ruled a thriving crusader state and succeeded in ...
Robert the Monk, Historia Iherosolimitana December 1. Raymond IV, Count of Toulouse, is the first ruler to join the crusade. 1096 August 15. Godfrey of Bouillon, Duke of Lower Lotharingia, departs for the crusade. His brother, Baldwin of Boulogne, and their kinsman, Baldwin of Bourcq, accompany him. 1097 c. January 20. Godfrey swears fealty to Alexios I in Constantinople. 1098 March. The ...
Judah. Aristobulus I. King and High Priest of Judaea. The first leader from the Hasmonean lineage to call himself king, and also the first of any Judean king to claim both the high priesthood and kingship title. 103–76 BCE. Jonathan Yannai. Alexander Jannaeus. King and High Priest of Judaea. 76–67 BCE.
The Kingdom of Jerusalem and the other Crusader states in 1135 AD, during the reign of Fulk. Fulk (Latin: Fulco, French: Foulque or Foulques; c.1089/1092 – 13 November 1143), also known as Fulk the Younger, was King of Jerusalem with his wife, Queen Melisende, from 1131 until his death in 1143. Previously, he was Count of Anjou (as Fulk V ...
Issue. Marguerite Alice of Champagne Philippa of Champagne. Father. Henry I, Count of Champagne. Mother. Marie of France, Countess of Champagne. Henry II of Champagne (or Henry I of Jerusalem) (29 July 1166 – 10 September 1197) was Count of Champagne from 1181 to 1197, and King of Jerusalem jure uxoris from 1192 to 1197 by virtue of his ...