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Originally appearing in Volume V28, Page 921 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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YOLANDE [or ISABELLA] OF BRIENNE (1212-1228)  , the daughter of John of Brienne, who had married Mary, daughter of Conrad of Nlontferrat, heiress on the
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death of Amalric II. of the
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kingdom of Jerusalem . Yolande inherited the
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throne on her
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mother's death in 1212, but her
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father ruled as her
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guardian . In 1225 she married the emperor Frederick II., the pope hoping by this bond to attach the emperor firmly to the crusade . Immediately upon his
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marriage Frederick demanded all the rights of
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sovereignty in the kingdom of Jerusalem, which he claimed to exercise in his wife's name . His
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action led to difficulties with John, who did not relish the loss of his position . Yolande died in 1228 after the birth of a son, Conrad, and her
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husband then continued to
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rule, though not without opposition .

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