Kingdom of Jerusalem
Geographic extents and sub-fiefs
To come
- Jaffa -- a county
- with lordships of Ramla and Ibelin
- Galilee -- a principality
- Armenian Cilicia -- a principality
- The city of Aleppo
- the city & larodship of Beirut
Monarchs of the Kingdom
1099-1100 > Godfrey/Godefroi of Bouillon
1100-1118 > Baldwin I :: brother of Godfrey
1118-1131 > Baldwin II :: "cousin" of Godfrey & Baldwin
1131-1153 > Melisende :: daughter of Baldwin II.
- 1131-1143 > Fulk V of Anjou, as consort of Melisende, until his death
1143-1162 > Baldwin III :: son of Melisende & Fulk; co-ruler with his mother until 1152
1162-1174 > Amalric I :: brother of Baldwin
1174-1185 > Baldwin IV :: son of Amalric (known as "Baldwin the Leper")
1185-1186 > Baldwin V :: nephew of Baldwin the Leper
1186-1187 > Sybilla :: daughter of Amalric I
1186-1187 > Guy of Lusignan
The city of Jerusalem was lost to the Muslims in 1187. Sibylla died in 1190; Guy refused to cede the throne until his death in 1192. What was left of the kingdom itself was then governed from a number of coastal cities.
1192-1205 > Isabella I :: daughter of Amalric I
ruled with
- 1192 > Conrad of Montferrat
- 1192-1197 > Henry of Champagne
- 1198-1205 > Amalric II
1205-1212 > Maria of Montferrat :: daughter of Isabella and Conrad
- 1210-1212 > John of Brienne, who then served as regent for
1212-1228 > Yolande (otherwise Isabella II) :: daughter of Maria and John ruled with
- 1225-1228 > Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor
1228-1254 > Conrad II, of Hohenstaufen :: son of Yolande & Frederick
1254-1268 > Conrad III (also known as Conradin) :: son of Conrad II
1268-1284 > Hugh I (formerly Hugh of Antioch) :: regent to Conradin. His claim was challenged by
1277-1285 > Charles of Anjou
1284-1285 > John II :: son of Hugh, and successor to his claim
1285-1291 > Henry II :: brother of John
Post-1291
The kingdom of Jerusalem ended in 1291: the titular kingship continued within period, but was never more than an appendage to other titles and claims, by kings of Cyprus and of Naples.
