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YOLANDE [or ISABELLA] OF BRIENNE (121...

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Originally appearing in Volume V28, Page 921 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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YOLANDE [or See also:ISABELLA] OF BRIENNE (1212-1228)  , the daughter of See also:John of Brienne, who had married See also:Mary, daughter of See also:Conrad of Nlontferrat, heiress on the See also:death of See also:Amalric II. of the See also:kingdom of See also:Jerusalem . See also: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 . In 1225 she married the See also:emperor See also:Frederick II., the See also:pope hoping by this See also:bond to attach the emperor firmly to the crusade . 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 . His See also:action led to difficulties with John, who did not relish the loss of his position . 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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