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YOLANDE [or ISABELLA] OF BRIENNE (1212-1228) , the daughter of See also: John of Brienne, who had married Mary, daughter of
See also: Conrad of Nlontferrat, heiress on the See also: death of Amalric II. of the See also: kingdom of Jerusalem
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Yolande inherited the See also: throne on her See also: mother's death in 1212, but her See also: father ruled as her See also: guardian
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In 1225 she married the emperor See also: Frederick II., the See also: pope hoping by this bond to attach the emperor firmly to the crusade
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Immediately upon his See also: marriage Frederick demanded all the rights of See also: sovereignty in the kingdom of Jerusalem, which he claimed to exercise in his wife's name
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His See also: action led to difficulties with John, who did not relish the loss of his position
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Yolande died in 1228 after the See also: birth of a son, Conrad, and her See also: husband then continued to See also: rule, though not without opposition
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