Chi ha sposato Amalrico I di Gerusalemme?

Amalrico I (in latino Amalricus; in francese Amaury; 1136 – Gerusalemme, 11 luglio 1174) è stato un cavaliere medievale franco, secondogenito della regina Melisenda e del re Folco, fu conte di Giaffa e Ascalona (1151–1174) e re di Gerusalemme (1163–1174).

Il suo regno fu caratterizzato da cinque spedizioni in cui cercò di sottomettere l'Egitto, nella vana speranza di evitare l'unione di quest'ultimo con la Siria. Amalrico morì nel 1174, proprio mentre trattava col Re di Sicilia per assalire nuovamente l'Egitto. Il regno di Amalrico segna l'ultimo sforzo per assicurare l'esistenza degli Stati Latini di Siria.

Agnese di Courtenay (Contea di Edessa, 1136 – Acri, 1184) era figlia di Joscelin II di Edessa e di sua moglie Beatrice di Saone e madre di Baldovino IV e di Sibilla di Gerusalemme.

Agnese di Courtenay (Contea di Edessa, 1136 – Acri, 1184) era figlia di Joscelin II di Edessa e di sua moglie Beatrice di Saone e madre di Baldovino IV e di Sibilla di Gerusalemme.

Maria Komnene (Greek: Μαρία Κομνηνή; c. 1154 – 1217), Latinized Comnena, was the queen of Jerusalem from 1167 until 1174 as the second wife of King Amalric. She occupied a central position in the Kingdom of Jerusalem for twenty years, earning a reputation for intrigue and ruthlessness.

Maria was a grandniece of Byzantine Emperor Manuel I Komnenos. Her marriage to Amalric in 1167 served to establish an alliance between the Byzantine Empire and the Kingdom of Jerusalem. When Amalric died in 1174, the crown passed to Maria's stepson, Baldwin IV, and she withdrew with her daughter, Isabella, to the city of Nablus, which she was to rule as queen dowager. Due to Baldwin's leprosy, Maria's stepdaughter, Sibylla, and daughter, Isabella, were regarded as potential successors. Maria married the lord of Ibelin, Balian, in 1177, and had four more children.

From 1180, Maria was one of the leaders of the faction opposing Sibylla and her husband Guy of Lusignan. Baldwin IV died in 1185, leaving Sibylla's son, Baldwin V, as king. When Baldwin V died the next year, Maria and her party planned to crown her daughter Isabella and son-in-law Humphrey IV of Toron, but Humphrey submitted to Sibylla and Guy, who thus solidified their hold on the kingdom. Saladin, ruler of Egypt and Syria, invaded in 1187, capturing Jerusalem and most of the kingdom. Sibylla died in 1190 while Guy was retaking Acre, and his opponents asserted that his reign had thus ended and that Isabella was the rightful heir. Maria had her daughter's marriage to Humphrey annulled so that Isabella could marry a more capable candidate, Conrad of Montferrat. Maria died in the reign of her great-granddaughter Isabella II, having outlived all her allies and adversaries.