Family tree of Kingdom of Jerusalem monarchs

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This a family tree of the kings of Jerusalem.

This diagram lists the rulers of the kingdom of Jerusalem, since the conquest of the city in 1099, during the First Crusade, to 1291, year of the fall of Acre.

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House of Flanders-Boulogne Godfrey
1060–1100
r. 1099–1100
Baldwin I
1058–1118
r. 1100–1118
Baldwin II
1060–1131
r. 1118–1131
House of Rethel Melisende
1105–1161
r. 1131–1153
Fulk
1092–1143
r. 1131–1143
House of Anjou Baldwin III
1130–1163
r. 1143–1163
Amalric I
1136–1174
r. 1163–1174
Aleramici Baldwin IV
1161–1185
r. 1174–1185
William Longsword
1140–1177
Sibylla
1160–1190
r. 1186–1190
Guy
1150–1194
r. 1186–1190/92
Conrad I
1145–1192
r.1192
Isabella I
1172–1205
r. 1190/92–1205
Henry I
1166–1197
r. 1192–1197
Amalric II
1145–1205
r. 1197–1205
Eschiva of Ibelin
House of Blois-Champagne Baldwin V
1177–1186
r. 1185–1186
John
1170–1237
r. 1210–1212
Maria
1192–1212
r. 1205–1212
Alice
1195–1246
Hugh I of Cyprus
House of Brienne Frederick
1194–1250
r. 1225–1228
Isabella II
1212–1228
r. 1212–1228
Isabella
of Cyprus

1216–1264
House of Hohenstaufen Conrad II
1228–1254
r. 1228–1254
Hugh I
1235–1284
r. 1268–1284
House of Lusignan Conrad III
1252–1268
r. 1254–1268
John II
1267–1285
r. 1284–1285
Henry II
1270–1324
r. 1285–1291
House of Poitiers-Lusignan


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