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Isabella I

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Byname:
Isabella of Anjou
French:
Isabelle d’Anjou
Born:
1172
Died:
1205 (aged 33)
Also Known As:
Isabelle d’Anjou
Isabel
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Isabella I (born 1172—died 1205) was the queen of Jerusalem (1192–1205).

Daughter of Almaric I of Jerusalem and Maria Comnena, she succeeded to the throne of Jerusalem after the death of her sister, Sibyl (Sibylle), in 1190 and the deposition of Sibyl’s husband and consort in 1192.

First married to Humphrey IV, lord of Toron, she was forcibly divorced from her beloved husband in order to be married to Conrad of Montferrat, lord of Tyre, and, after his assassination (1192), to Henry of Troyes (died 1197). Her fourth husband was Almaric II, king of Cyprus.

Isabella’s daughter Mary (Marie) of Montferrat, succeeded her as queen and was married to John of Brienne (1210).

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