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	She was the daughter of [[Maria of Montferrat]] and her husband John of Brienne, and succeeded her mother on the throne because John had no claim on the throne. John served as her [[regent]] from 121 to 1225, when, aged 13, Yolande [[marriage\|married]] the widowed [[Holy Roman Empire\|Holy Roman]] [[Emperor]], Frederick II. In this way Frederick was persuaded to go to Palestine on [[Crusade]] to meet his bride.		She was the daughter of [[Maria of Montferrat]] and her husband John of Brienne, and succeeded her mother on the throne because John had no claim on the throne. John served as her [[regent]] from 121 to 1225, when, aged 13, Yolande [[marriage\|married]] the widowed [[Holy Roman Empire\|Holy Roman]] [[Emperor]], Frederick II. In this way Frederick was persuaded to go to Palestine on [[Crusade]] to meet his bride.

	Once in Palestine, Frederick was very much the more active of the two: he had already dabbled deeply in the Guelph/Ghibelline controversy, between the supporters of [[pope\|papal]] power and that of the [[emperor]], and he now became embroiled in the politics of the Ayyubid [[Muslim]]s. Frederick would have claimed the kingdom for himself, but could not attract support from John or from the other Jerusalem nobility, and when, in 1228, in labour with their son, [[Conrad]], Yolande died, it was young Conrad who suceeded to the throne, whilst Frederick ruled as regent.		Once in Palestine, Frederick was very much the more active of the two: he had already dabbled deeply in the Guelph/Ghibelline controversy, between the supporters of [[pope\|papal]] power and that of the [[emperor]], and he now became embroiled in the politics of the Ayyubid [[Muslim]]s. Frederick would have claimed the kingdom for himself, but could not attract support from John or from the other Jerusalem nobility, and when, in 1228, in labour with their son, [[Conrad II\|Conrad]], Yolande died, it was young Conrad who suceeded to the throne, whilst Frederick ruled as regent.

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Simoncursitor at 09:15, 7 November 2006

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'''Yolande''' (otherwise '''Isabella II''') became [[queen]] of [[Jerusalem]] in 1212CE, being then but an infant.<br>
She was the daughter of [[Maria of Montferrat]] and her husband John of Brienne, and succeeded her mother on the throne because John had no claim on the throne. John served as her [[regent]] from 121 to 1225, when, aged 13, Yolande [[marriage|married]] the widowed [[Holy Roman Empire|Holy Roman]] [[Emperor]], Frederick II. In this way Frederick was persuaded to go to Palestine on [[Crusade]] to meet his bride.

Once in Palestine, Frederick was very much the more active of the two: he had already dabbled deeply in the Guelph/Ghibelline controversy, between the supporters of [[pope|papal]] power and that of the [[emperor]], and he now became embroiled in the politics of the Ayyubid [[Muslim]]s. Frederick would have claimed the kingdom for himself, but could not attract support from John or from the other Jerusalem nobility, and when, in 1228, in labour with their son, [[Conrad]], Yolande died, it was young Conrad who suceeded to the throne, whilst Frederick ruled as regent.

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