Those who are soldiers of the temple are of God.
The Kingdom of Jerusalem was founded in 1099 by Godfrey of Bouillon, after the Crusaders had conquered the city of Jerusalem in a bloody way. However, Godfrey refused the title of king, and instead called himself “Guardian of the Holy Sepulchre”. After his death, his brother became the first King Baudouin I.
1099-1100: Godfrey of Bouillon as Protector of the Holy Sepulchre.
1100-1118: Baldwin I of Jerusalem. In 1100, he became king of Jerusalem and entrusted the county of Edessa to his nephew Baldwin du Bourg.
1118-1131: Baldwin II of Jerusalem. Baldwin I died in 1118 without heirs and was succeeded by his nephew Baldwin II, Count of Edessa.
1131-1143: Melisende and Fulk. Baldwin II was succeeded in 1131 by his daughter Melisende, who ruled the kingdom together with her husband Fulk. Fulk died as a result of an accident during the hunt in 1143. Queen Melisende became regent for her eldest son and appointed Mannases of Hierges as Constable of the army.
1143-1162: Baldwin III of Jerusalem. Baldwin III forces his mother to abdicate power in 1153.
1162-1174: Amalric I of Jerusalem. Baldwin III was succeeded by his brother Amalric I.
1174-1185: Baldwin IV of Jerusalem (1161-1185). He was king of Jerusalem from 1174 to 1185, during the Crusades. He died of leprosy in 1185, and was succeeded by his nephew Baldwin V. Two years later, the Saracen leader Saladin would conquer Jerusalem, after the city had been in the hands of Crusaders for 88 years.
1185-1187: Baldwin V of Jerusalem. Baldwin V of Jerusalem was the adoptive son of Guy of Lusignan. Lusignan, son of the Count of Poitou Hugh VIII of Lusignan, married Sybille in 1179; the sister of Baldwin IV of Jerusalem. Baldwin V “the child” is crowned king of the Holy Land in 1185. From that moment on, Guy of Lusignan was king consort.
1186-1190?: Sibylla and Guy of Lusignan. In 1187, Jerusalem was taken by Saladin, and the city belonged to the Muslim world.
Sybilla died in 1190, but Guy refused to give up the crown. However, only a small strip of land remained on the coast.
1192-1205: Isabella of Jerusalem and Conrad of Monferrato. Isabella was appointed queen in 1192 with co-regent Conrad, who died after only a year. She then married Henry II of Champagne. She reigned for a short time with Amalric of Lusignan.
1205-1212: Mary of Monferrato under regency of John of Ibelin and married John of Brienne
1212-1228: Yolande of Jerusalem (Isabella II), under the reign of John of Brienne, after which the kingdom was taken by the Roman Empire.
1225–1228: Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II
1228–1254: Konrad II of Hohenstaufen
1254-1268: Conrad III of Jerusalem also known as Conradine. also under the reign of Hugh II of Cyprus and his mother Plaisance of Antioch.
1268–1284: Hugh III of Cyprus also known as Hugh of Jerusalem
1284-1285: Charles of Anjou alone as clemency
1284–1285: John II of Jerusalem
1285–1292: Henry II of Jerusalem In 1292, the capital Acre fell into the hands of the Muslim world, causing the Kingdom of Jerusalem to cease to exist.
