Sibylla, Queen of Jerusalem
Queen of Jerusalem (c.1160-1190) (r.1186-1190)
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She outmaneuvered her own supporters at her coronation: agreed to divorce the unpopular husband they despised, then chose him again the instant she wore the crown. That husband's failures cost her kingdom everything but a single city.
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Sibylla was the eldest daughter of King Amalric and became heir presumptive when her younger brother Baldwin IV took the throne at thirteen and promptly contracted leprosy. The regent married her to William Longsword of Montferrat in 1176, but he died within a year, leaving her pregnant with a son, Baldwin, and holding the County of Jaffa and Ascalon. Her brother arranged her second marriage to Guy of Lusignan in 1180, likely to block a coup, but the match split the nobility and Baldwin IV grew so disillusioned with Guy that he crowned Sibylla's son co-king to bar Guy from power. When Baldwin…
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