Maria of Montferrat

Type Figure Region Jerusalem Time 1191–1212 Also known as Maria of Montferrat、Marie de Montferrat、Montferrat 的玛丽、耶路撒冷女王玛丽亚

Maria of Montferrat (1191–1212), daughter of Queen Isabella I and Count Conrad of Montferrat, succeeded in 1205 as one of the last reigning queens of…

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1191–1204Jerusalem · LevantMaria was the daughter of Conrad and Isabella I, raised by her mother after her father's early death. After the Third Crusade the kingdom's territory shrank greatly, and her status as heiress came amid persistent foreign threats.
1205–1209Acre · LevantAfter her mother's death in 1205, thirteen-year-old Maria inherited the throne. The court operated at Acre, where noble factions sought a suitable husband for her to consolidate the kingdom's ties with the West.
1210–1212Acre · LevantMaria married John of Brienne in 1210, and the couple jointly bore the defense of the kingdom. Around 1211 she still held the title of queen, but real power gradually passed to her husband. She died in childbirth in 1212, and her posthumous daughter Isabella II succeeded her.

Sources

Maria of Montferrat https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_of_Montferrat
Queens of Jerusalem: The Lives of the Women who ruled the Holy City — Katherine Pangonis (2022)