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Birth:
1 Jun 1158
Acre, Kingdom of Jerusalem
Death:
21 Mar 1237
Constantinople, Turkey
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Source includes, but is not limited to: Ancestral File and the IGI, International Genealogical Index,both resource systems developed and solely owned by The Church of JesusChrist of Latter Day Saints. King of Jerusalen, 1209-1215; Emperor of Constantinople; Crusader. He bacame King Of Jerusalem by election of the barons; in right of his wife, Mary, who died shortly, leaving a daughter and heiress, Yolanda, in whose right he reigned. On the marriage of Yolanda, he returned to Europe, where he married his third wife, Berengeria. He was elected Latin Emperor of Constantinople in 1228. He was once considered for the throne of England, which made him an enemy of Henry III, although they were later reconciled. Jeans first marriage, to Mary, was arranged by Phillip II Augustus because Jean was having a scandalous affair with Blanche de Navarre, widow of the Count de Champagne. Jean's second wife, Stephanie, was suspected of having tried to poison Jean's seven year old daughter, Iolande. When Jean found out he beat her so severely that she eventually died from her injuries. Jean took Franciscan Orders before his death and endeared homself to several popes during his lifetime.
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