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This is a list of Kings of Jerusalem, from 1099 to 1291, as well as claimants to the title up to the present day.

Kings of Jerusalem (1099–1291)
The Kingdom of Jerusalem

Kingdom of Jerusalem

The Kingdom of Jerusalem was a Christianity kingdom established in the Levant in 1099 after the First Crusade. It lasted nearly two hundred years, from 1099 until 1291 when the last remaining possession, Acre, Israel, was destroyed by the Mamluks....
had its origins in the First Crusade

First Crusade

The First Crusade was launched in 1095 by Pope Urban II with the primary goal of responding to the appeal from Byzantine Emperor Alexius I. The Emperor requested that western volunteers come to their aid and repel the Seljuk Turks in Anatolia, Modern day Turkey....
, when Godfrey of Bouillon

Godfrey of Bouillon

Godfrey of Bouillon was a medieval knight who was one of the leaders of the First Crusade from 1096 until his death. He was the Lord of Bouillon, from which he took his byname, from 1076 and the Duke of Lower Lorraine from 1087....
took the title Advocatus Sancti Sepulchri (Protector of the Holy Sepulcher) in 1099 and was crowned as ruler of Jerusalem in the Church of the Nativity

Church of the Nativity

The Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem is one of the oldest continuously operating churches in the world. The structure is built over the cave that Sacred Tradition marks as the Nativity of Jesus of Christ, and it is considered sacred by followers of both Christianity and Islam ....
in Bethlehem

Bethlehem

Bethlehem is a Palestine city in the central West Bank, approximately south of Jerusalem, with a population of about 30,000 people. It is the capital of the Bethlehem Governorate of the Palestinian National Authority and a hub of Palestinian culture and tourism....
.

The following year, his brother Baldwin I

Baldwin I of Jerusalem

Baldwin I of Jerusalem, formerly Baldwin I of Edessa, born Baldwin of Boulogne , 1058? - April 2, 1118, was one of the leaders of the First Crusade, who became the first County of Edessa and then the second ruler and first titled Kingdom of Jerusalem....
was the first to use the title king

King

King is a title for a head of state.King may also refer to:...
and the first to be crowned king in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre

Church of the Holy Sepulchre

The Church of the Holy Sepulchre , also called the Church of the Resurrection, by Eastern Christianitys, is a Christianity Church within the walled Old City of Jerusalem....
in Jerusalem

Jerusalem

Jerusalem is the capital of Israel and its List of Israeli cities in both population and area, with a population of 747,600 residents over an area of if Positions on Jerusalem East Jerusalem is included....
itself.

The actual title of the early kings of Jerusalem was Rex Latinitas Ierosolimitanus, or other variations meaning king of the Latins of Jerusalem.

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This is a list of Kings of Jerusalem, from 1099 to 1291, as well as claimants to the title up to the present day.

Kings of Jerusalem (1099–1291)

The Kingdom of Jerusalem

Kingdom of Jerusalem

First Crusade

Godfrey of Bouillon

Church of the Nativity

Bethlehem

Baldwin I of Jerusalem

King

King is a title for a head of state.King may also refer to:...
and the first to be crowned king in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre

Church of the Holy Sepulchre

The Church of the Holy Sepulchre , also called the Church of the Resurrection, by Eastern Christianitys, is a Christianity Church within the walled Old City of Jerusalem....
in Jerusalem

Jerusalem

Christian

A Christian is a person who adheres to Christianity, a Monotheism#Christian view religion centered on the life and teachings of Jesus and interpreted by Christians to have been prophesied in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament....
, Muslim

Muslim

:A Muslim , , is an adherent of the religion of Islam. The feminine form is Muslimah . Literally, the word means "one who submits "....
, or Jewish populations.

The kingship of Jerusalem was partially elected and partially hereditary. During the height of the kingdom in the mid-12th century there was a royal family and a relatively clear line of succession. Nevertheless the king was elected, or at least recognized, by the Haute Cour

Haute Cour of Jerusalem

The Haute Cour was the feudal council of the kingdom of Jerusalem. It was sometimes also called the curia generalis, the curia regis, or, rarely, the parlement....
. Here the king was considered a primus inter pares

Primus inter pares

Primus inter pares , the first among equals, or first among peers is a phrase which indicates that a person is the most senior of a group of people sharing the same rank or office....
(first among equals), and in his absence his duties were performed by his seneschal

Officers of the Kingdom of Jerusalem

There were six major officers of the kingdom of Jerusalem: the constable, the marshal, the seneschal, the chamberlain , the butler and the chancellor....
.

The royal palace was located in the Citadel of the Tower of David

Tower of David

The Tower of David is an ancient citadel located near the Jaffa Gate entrance to the Old City of Jerusalem. Built to strengthen a strategically weak point in the Old City's defenses, the citadel was constructed during the second century BCE and subsequently destroyed and rebuilt by, in succession, the Christian, Muslim, Mamluk, and Ottoman...
. The Kingdom of Jerusalem introduced French

France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
feudal

Feudalism

Feudalism, a term first used in the early modern period , in its most classic sense refers to a Middle Ages European political system composed of a set of reciprocal law and military obligations among the warrior nobility, revolving around the three key concepts of lords, vassals, and fiefs....
structures to the Levant

Levant

The Levant describes, traditionally, the Eastern Mediterranean at large, but can be used as a geographical term that denotes a large area in Western Asia formed by the lands bordering the Eastern shores of the Mediterranean, roughly bounded on the north by the Taurus Mountains, on the south by the Arabian Desert, and on the west by the M...
. The king personally held several fiefs incorporated into the royal domain

Demesne

In the feudal system, demesne was all the land, not necessarily all contiguous to the manor house, that was retained by a lord for his own use - as distinguished from land "alienated" or granted to others as freehold tenants....
, that varied from king to king. He was also responsible for leading the kingdom into battle, although this duty could be passed to a constable.

While several contemporary European states were moving towards centralized monarchies, the king of Jerusalem was continually losing power to the strongest of his barons. This was partially due to the young age of many of the kings, and the frequency of regents from the ranks of the nobles.

After the fall of Jerusalem in 1187, the capital of the kingdom was moved to Acre

Acre, Israel

Acre also Akko, is a List of Israeli cities in the Western Galilee region of North District Israel. It is situated on a low promontory at the northern extremity of Haifa Bay....
, where it remained until 1291, although coronations took place in Tyre.

In this period the kingship was often simply a nominal position, held by a European ruler who never actually lived in Acre. When young Conrad III

Conradin

Conrad , called the Younger or the Boy, but usually known by the diminutive Conradin , was the Duke of Swabia , Kingdom of Jerusalem , and Kingdom of Sicily ....
was king and living in Southern Germany, his father's second cousin, Hugh of Brienne

Hugh of Brienne

Hugh de Candie, Count of Brienne and Lecce was the second surviving son of Count Walter IV of Brienne and Mary de Lusignan of Cyprus.His father, Count of Jaffa and Ascalon in Palestine, was murdered in 1246 in Cairo, and was succeeded by his elder son, John, Count of Brienne....
, claimed the regency of the Kingdom of Jerusalem

Kingdom of Jerusalem

Alice of Champagne

Alice of Cyprus was queen consort of Hugh I of Cyprus, and regent of Kingdom of Jerusalem for Conrad IV of Germany from 1243 to 1246.She was the daughter of Isabella of Jerusalem and Henry II of Champagne, Count of Champagne , born Adela or Alice of Champagne, also of Jerusalem....
, second daughter of Queen Isabella I, Hugh being the son of their eldest daughter. But was passed over by the Haute Cour in favor of his cousin, Hugh of Antioch, the future Hugh III of Cyprus and Hugh I of Jerusalem.

After Conrad III's execution by Charles I of Sicily

Charles I of Sicily

Lusignan

The Lusignan family originated in the Poitou near Lusignan in western France in the early 10th century. By the end of the 11th century, they had risen to become the most prominent petty lords in the region from their Ch?teau de Lusignan....
family, who were simultaneously kings of Cyprus

Kingdom of Cyprus

The Kingdom of Cyprus was a Crusader kingdom on the island of Cyprus in the high and late Middle Ages, between 1192 and 1489. It was ruled by the French House of Lusignan....
. However, Charles I of Sicily purchased the rights of one of the heirs of the kingdom in 1277.

In that year, he sent Roger of Sanseverino to the East as his bailiff

Bailiff

Bailiff is a governor or custodian ; a legal officer to whom some degree of authority, care or jurisdiction is committed. Bailiffs are of various kinds and their offices and duties vary greatly....
. Roger captured Acre and obtained a forced homage from the barons. Roger was recalled in 1282 due to the Sicilian Vespers

Sicilian Vespers

The Sicilian Vespers is the name given to a rebellion in Sicily in 1282 against the rule of the Angevin king Charles I of Naples, who had taken control of the island with Papacy support in 1266....
and left Odo Poilechien in his place to rule. His resources and authority was minimal, and he was ejected by Henry II of Cyprus when he arrived from Cyprus for his coronation as King of Jerusalem.

Acre was captured by the Mamluks in 1291, eliminating the crusader presence in the east.

King/Queen	Reigned	Regent
Godfrey Godfrey of Bouillon Godfrey of Bouillon was a medieval knight who was one of the leaders of the First Crusade from 1096 until his death. He was the Lord of Bouillon, from which he took his byname, from 1076 and the Duke of Lower Lorraine from 1087.... (Protector of the Holy Sepulchre)	1099–1100
Baldwin I Baldwin I of Jerusalem Baldwin I of Jerusalem, formerly Baldwin I of Edessa, born Baldwin of Boulogne , 1058? - April 2, 1118, was one of the leaders of the First Crusade, who became the first County of Edessa and then the second ruler and first titled Kingdom of Jerusalem....	1100–1118
Baldwin II Baldwin II of Jerusalem Baldwin II of Jerusalem, formerly Baldwin II of Edessa, also called Baldwin of Bourcq, born Baldwin of Rethel was the second County of Edessa from 1100 to 1118, and the third kingdom of Jerusalem from 1118 until his death....	1118–1131	Eustace Grenier Eustace Grenier Eustace Grenier was an important crusader lord, and Officers of the Kingdom of Jerusalem#Constables.He was from Beaurain-Ch?teau, in Th?rouanne in northern France ; he has accompanied Hugues II of St.... (Regent, 1123) William Bures (Regent, 1123-1124)
Melisende Melisende of Jerusalem Melisende of Jerusalem was Kingdom of Jerusalem from 1131 to 1152, and regent for her son between 1153-1161 while he was on campaign. She was the eldest daughter of King Baldwin II of Jerusalem, and the Armenian princess Morphia of Melitene.... and Fulk Fulk of Jerusalem title= Count of Anjou, King of Jerusalem\| image=\| reign= 1131-1143\| date1= 1131\| date2= 1143\| coronation= 1131\| predecessor=Baldwin II of Jerusalem ...	1131–1153 Fulk lost influence after 1136, and died in 1143. Melisende continued to reign by right of law
Baldwin III Baldwin III of Jerusalem Baldwin III of Jerusalem was Kingdom of Jerusalem from 1143–1162. He was the eldest son of Melisende of Jerusalem and Fulk of Jerusalem, and the grandson of Baldwin II of Jerusalem....	1143–1162, was crowned as co-ruler and heir of Melisende 1143; claimed full power in 1153	Melisende (Regent and advisor, 1154–1161)
Amalric I Amalric I of Jerusalem Amalric I of Jerusalem was Kingdom of Jerusalem 1162–1174, and Count of Jaffa and Ascalon before his accession. Amalric was the second son of Melisende of Jerusalem and Fulk of Jerusalem....	1162–1174
Baldwin IV Baldwin IV of Jerusalem Baldwin IV of Jerusalem , called the Leper or the Leprous, the son of Amalric I of Jerusalem and his first wife, Agnes of Courtenay, was Kingdom of Jerusalem from 1174 to 1185....	1174–1185	Raymond III of Tripoli Raymond III of Tripoli Raymond III of Tripoli was County of Tripoli from 1152 to 1187 and Principality of Galilee in right of his wife Eschiva.... (Regent, 1174–1177) Guy of Lusignan Guy of Lusignan Guy of Lusignan, Guy of Jerusalem or Guy of Cyprus was a France Knight who, through marriage, became Kingdom of Jerusalem, and led the monarchy to disaster at the Battle of Hattin in 1187.... (Regent, 1183–1184)
Baldwin V Baldwin V of Jerusalem Baldwin V of Jerusalem was the son of Sibylla of Jerusalem and her first husband, William of Montferrat, count of Jaffa and Ascalon. He was crowned co-Kingdom of Jerusalem with his uncle, Baldwin IV of Jerusalem in 1183, and once his uncle died, became the nominal king from 1185 to 1186, under the regency of Count Raymond III of Tripoli....	1185–1186	Raymond III of Tripoli (Regent, 1185–1186)
Sibylla Sibylla of Jerusalem Sibylla of Jerusalem was the Count of Jaffa and Ascalon from 1176 and Kings of Jerusalem from 1186 to 1190. She was the eldest daughter of Amalric I of Jerusalem and Agnes of Courtenay, sister of Baldwin IV of Jerusalem and half-sister of Isabella of Jerusalem, and mother of Baldwin V of Jerusalem.... and Guy Guy of Lusignan Guy of Lusignan, Guy of Jerusalem or Guy of Cyprus was a France Knight who, through marriage, became Kingdom of Jerusalem, and led the monarchy to disaster at the Battle of Hattin in 1187....	1186–1190
Jerusalem lost in 1187; Sybilla died in 1190, but Guy refused to cede crown; kingship disputed until 1192, after which kings ruled over a narrow coastal strip
Isabella I Isabella of Jerusalem Isabella I of Jerusalem was Kingdom of Jerusalem 1190/1192–1205. She was the daughter of Amalric I of Jerusalem and his second wife Maria Komnene, Queen consort of Jerusalem, half-sister of Baldwin IV of Jerusalem and Sibylla of Jerusalem, aunt of Baldwin V, a grandniece of Byzantine emperor Manuel I Komnenos, who had received the town...	1192–1205
With Conrad I Conrad of Montferrat Conrad of Montferrat, or Conrad I of Jerusalem was one of the major participants in the Third Crusade. He was the de facto Kings of Jerusalem, by marriage, from 24 November, 1190, but officially elected only in 1192, days before his death....	1192
With Henry I Henry II of Champagne Henry II of Champagne , was count of Champagne from 1181 to 1197, and Kings of Jerusalem from 1192 to 1197, although he never used the title of king....	1192–1197
With Amalric II Amalric II of Jerusalem Amalric II of Jerusalem or Amalric I of Cyprus, born Amalric of Lusignan , Kingdom of Jerusalem 1197–1205, was an older brother of Guy of Lusignan....	1197–1205
Maria Maria of Montferrat Maria of Montferrat, Queen of Jerusalem was the daughter of Conrad of Montferrat and Isabella of Jerusalem. Her father was murdered on 28 April 1192 in Tyre by the Hashshashin....	1205–1212	John of Ibelin John of Ibelin, the Old Lord of Beirut John of Ibelin , called the Old Vassals of the Kingdom of Jerusalem, was a powerful crusader noble in the 13th century, one of the best known representatives of the influential Ibelin family.... (Regent, 1205–1210)
With John I John of Brienne John of Brienne was a French nobleman who became King of Jerusalem by marriage, and was later invited to become Latin Empire.He was the second son of Erard II of Brienne, count of Brienne, in Champagne, France, and of Agnes de Montfaucon....	1210–1212
Yolande Yolande of Jerusalem For Isabella of England, the daughter of Edward III of England and Philippa of Hainault, see Isabella de Coucy.Yolande of Brienne , also known as Yolanda or Isabella II of Jerusalem, was a princess of French origin who became Kings of Jerusalem.... (Isabella II Yolande of Jerusalem For Isabella of England, the daughter of Edward III of England and Philippa of Hainault, see Isabella de Coucy.Yolande of Brienne , also known as Yolanda or Isabella II of Jerusalem, was a princess of French origin who became Kings of Jerusalem.... )	1212–1228	John I John of Brienne John of Brienne was a French nobleman who became King of Jerusalem by marriage, and was later invited to become Latin Empire.He was the second son of Erard II of Brienne, count of Brienne, in Champagne, France, and of Agnes de Montfaucon.... (Regent 1212–1225)
With Frederick Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II , of the House of Hohenstaufen dynasty, was an Kingdom of Italy pretender to the title of King of the Romans from 1212 and unopposed holder of that monarchy from 1215....	1225–1228
Conrad II Conrad IV of Germany Conrad IV was Kingdom of Jerusalem , of King of Germany , and of King of Sicily .... (Conrad of Hohenstaufen) Conrad IV of Germany Conrad IV was Kingdom of Jerusalem , of King of Germany , and of King of Sicily ....	1228–1254	Frederick II (Regent, 1228–1243) Queen Alice of Cyprus (Regent, 1243–1246) King Henry I of Cyprus Henry I of Cyprus Henry I of Cyprus, nicknamed the Fat, aka Henry of Lusignan or Henri I le Gros de Lusignan was Kingdom of Cyprus from 1218 to 1253.... (Regent, 1246–1253) Queen Plaisance of Cyprus (Regent, 1253–1254)
Conrad III	1254–1268	Queen Plaisance of Cyprus (Regent, 1254–1261 Isabella of Lusignan (Regent, 1261–1264) Hugh of Antioch (Regent, 1264–1268 (challenged by the claim of Hugh of Brienne Hugh of Brienne Hugh de Candie, Count of Brienne and Lecce was the second surviving son of Count Walter IV of Brienne and Mary de Lusignan of Cyprus.His father, Count of Jaffa and Ascalon in Palestine, was murdered in 1246 in Cairo, and was succeeded by his elder son, John, Count of Brienne.... ))
Hugh (the former Hugh of Antioch) Hugh III of Cyprus Hugh III of Cyprus , born Hughues de Poitiers, later Hughues de Lusignan , called the Great, was the King of Cyprus from 1267 and kingdom of Jerusalem from 1268 ....	1268–1284 (firstly challenged by claims of Hugh of Brienne Hugh of Brienne Hugh de Candie, Count of Brienne and Lecce was the second surviving son of Count Walter IV of Brienne and Mary de Lusignan of Cyprus.His father, Count of Jaffa and Ascalon in Palestine, was murdered in 1246 in Cairo, and was succeeded by his elder son, John, Count of Brienne.... and Mary of Antioch Mary of Antioch Maria of Antioch , daughter of Prince Bohemond IV of Antioch and his second wife Melisende de Lusignan, was the pretender to the throne of Jerusalem from 1269 to 1277.... , then opposed by Charles of Anjou)
Charles of Anjou Charles I of Sicily Charles I , commonly called Charles of Anjou, was the List of monarchs of Naples and Sicily by conquest from 1266, though he had received it as a Pope grant in 1262 and was expelled from the island in the aftermath of the Sicilian Vespers of 1282....	1277–1285 (Opposed by Hugh I and John II)
John II	1284–1285 (Opposed by Charles of Anjou)
Henry II	1285–1291
Acre captured in 1291; kingdom ends.

Claimant Kings of Jerusalem (1291 until today)

Origins of the claims

Over the years, many European rulers claimed to be the rightful heirs to one of these claims. None of these claimants, however, has actually ruled over a part of the Kingdom:

Count Hugh of Brienne
Hugh of Brienne

Hugh de Candie, Count of Brienne and Lecce was the second surviving son of Count Walter IV of Brienne and Mary de Lusignan of Cyprus.His father, Count of Jaffa and Ascalon in Palestine, was murdered in 1246 in Cairo, and was succeeded by his elder son, John, Count of Brienne....
claimed the regency of the kingdom of Jerusalem
Kingdom of Jerusalem

The Kingdom of Jerusalem was a Christianity kingdom established in the Levant in 1099 after the First Crusade. It lasted nearly two hundred years, from 1099 until 1291 when the last remaining possession, Acre, Israel, was destroyed by the Mamluks....
, and indirectly, his place in the succession in 1264 as senior heir of Alice of Jerusalem
Alice of Champagne

Alice of Cyprus was queen consort of Hugh I of Cyprus, and regent of Kingdom of Jerusalem for Conrad IV of Germany from 1243 to 1246.She was the daughter of Isabella of Jerusalem and Henry II of Champagne, Count of Champagne , born Adela or Alice of Champagne, also of Jerusalem....
, second daughter of Queen Isabella I, and Hugh I of Cyprus
Hugh I of Cyprus

Hugh I of Cyprus or Hugues I de Lusignan succeeded to the throne of Cyprus on April 1, 1205 underage upon the death of his elderly father Amalric II of Jerusalem, King of Cyprus and King-Consort of Jerusalem....
. Hugh, being the son of their eldest daughter, was passed over by the Haute Cour
Haute Cour of Jerusalem

The Haute Cour was the feudal council of the kingdom of Jerusalem. It was sometimes also called the curia generalis, the curia regis, or, rarely, the parlement....
in favor of his cousin Hugh of Antioch, the future Hugh III of Cyprus and Hugh I of Jerusalem. The Brienne claim to kingdom of Jerusalem continued, but the family had afterwards next to no part in affairs in Outremer.

After the end of the kingdom, Henry II of Cyprus continued to use the title of king of Jerusalem. After his death the title was claimed by his direct heirs, the kings of Cyprus
Kingdom of Cyprus

The Kingdom of Cyprus was a Crusader kingdom on the island of Cyprus in the high and late Middle Ages, between 1192 and 1489. It was ruled by the French House of Lusignan....
.

The title was also continuously used by the Angevin kings of Naples
Kingdom of Naples

The Kingdom of Naples is the modern day name for a polity which existed on the southern part of the Italian peninsula. Also known contemporaneously, and somewhat confusingly, as the Kingdom of Sicily, this kingdom was founded after the secession of the island of Sicily from the old Kingdom of Sicily as a result of the Sicilian Vespers...
, whose founder, Charles of Anjou, had bought a claim to the throne from Mary of Antioch
Mary of Antioch

Maria of Antioch , daughter of Prince Bohemond IV of Antioch and his second wife Melisende de Lusignan, was the pretender to the throne of Jerusalem from 1269 to 1277....
. Thereafter, this claim to the kingdom of Jerusalem was treated as a tributary of the crown of Naples, which often changed hands by testament or conquest rather than direct inheritance. As Naples was a papal fief, the Popes often endorsed the title of King of Jerusalem as well as of Naples, and the history of these claims is that of the Neapolitan Kingdom.

In 1806 Emperor Napoleon I of France
Napoleon I of France

Napoleon Bonaparte later known as Emperor Napoleon I, was a military and political leader of France whose actions shaped European politics in the early 19th century....
conceded the title to his brother and the new king of Naples
Naples

Naples is a city in southern Italy, the capital of the region of Campania and of the province of Naples. The city is known for its rich history, art, culture and gastronomy, playing an important role throughout much of its existence; it is over 2,800 years old....
, Joseph Bonaparte
Joseph Bonaparte

Joseph-Napol?on Bonaparte, King of Kingdom of Naples and Kingdom of Sicily, King of Spain and the Spanish West Indies, Comte de Survilliers was the elder brother of French Emperor Napoleon I of France, who made him King of Naples and King of Sicily and later King of Spain....
, who died in 1844.

Potential claimants today

There are several potential claimants today on the basis of (disputed) inheritance of the title. None of these has, or claims, any power in the area of the former Kingdom.

Juan Carlos I
Juan Carlos I of Spain

Juan Carlos I is the reigning List of Spanish monarchs of Spain. His name, while rarely Anglicisation, is rendered as John Charles Alphonse Victor Mary of Bourbon and Bourbon-Two Sicilies....
, current king of Spain
Louis Alphonse, Duke of Anjou
Louis Alphonse, Duke of Anjou

Louis XX, Duke of Anjou, of Bourbon and of Touraine is considered to be the head of the France Royal House by legitimists who consider the renunciation of Philip V of Spain as invalid....
, claimant to the royal throne of France (House of Bourbon legitimist line)
Victor Emmanuel, Prince of Naples, claimant to the royal throne of Italy (House of Savoy)
Amedeo, 5th Duke of Aosta
Amedeo, 5th Duke of Aosta

Prince Amedeo of Savoy, Duke of Aosta, is a claimant to the headship of the House of Savoy, the family which ruled Italy from 1861 to 1946, as well as the heir to the short-lived Independent State of Croatia during World War II with the name Zvonimir II....
, claimant to the royal throne of Italy (House of Savoy-Aosta)
Otto von Habsburg
Otto von Habsburg

Otto von Habsburg has been the head of the House of Habsburg since 1922. He is the eldest son of Charles I of Austria, the last Emperor of Austria and King of Hungary,Croatia and Bohemia, and his wife, Zita of Bourbon-Parma....
, claimant to the imperial throne of Austria and the royal thrones of Hungary and Bohemia (House of Habsburg-Lorraine)
Infante Carlos, Duke of Calabria
Infante Carlos, Duke of Calabria

Infante Carlos of Spain, Prince of the Two Sicilies, Duke of Calabria is the son of Don Infante Alfonso, Duke of Calabria, Duke of Calabria and Princess Alicia of Bourbon-Parma ....
, claimant to the royal throne of Two Sicilies (House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies Calabria line)
Prince Carlo, Duke of Castro
Prince Carlo, Duke of Castro

Prince Carlo of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Duke of Castro is one of two claimants to the headship of the the House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies....
, claimant to the royal throne of Two Sicilies (House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies Castro line)
Charles-Antoine Lamoral, Prince de Ligne de La Trémoille
Charles-Antoine Lamoral, prince de Ligne de La Trémoïlle

Charles-Antoine Marie Louis Eug?ne Lamoral de Ligne, Prince de Ligne de La Tr?moille is the son of the late Jean Charles, Prince de Ligne de La Tr?moille and Maria del Rosario de Lambertye-Gerbeviller....
or Patrick Guinness
Patrick Guinness

Patrick Desmond Carl Alexander Guinness, , is one of heirs of the Irish Guinness business dynasty, a historian and author.Son of Desmond Guinness, he was educated at Winchester College and Trinity College Dublin....

Lines of succession in several claims

Italics indicate individuals who did not themselves use the title of king of Jerusalem.

Cypriot claimants

House of Lusignan
Lusignan

The Lusignan family originated in the Poitou near Lusignan in western France in the early 10th century. By the end of the 11th century, they had risen to become the most prominent petty lords in the region from their Ch?teau de Lusignan....

Henry II
Henry II of Jerusalem

Henry II of Jerusalem, Henry I of Cyprus or Henri I & II de Lusignan was the last ruling and first titular Kingdom of Jerusalem and also ruled as Kingdom of Cyprus as Henry II....
(1285) 1291–1324
Hugh
Hugh IV of Cyprus

Hugh IV of Cyprus or Hughues IV de Lusignan was Kingdom of Cyprus from 1324 to his abdication, on November 24, 1358 and, nominally, King of Jerusalem, as Hugh II, until his death....
1324–1359
Peter I
Peter I of Cyprus

Peter I of Cyprus or Pierre I de Lusignan was Kingdom of Cyprus, and Titular Kingdom of Jerusalem from his father's abdication on November 24, 1358 until his own death in 1369....
1359–1369
Peter II
Peter II of Cyprus

Peter II of Cyprus or Pierre II le Gros de Lusignan , called The Fat, was King of Cyprus from January 17 1369 until his death. He was the son of Peter I of Cyprus and his second wife Eleanor of Aragon....
1369–1382
James I
James I of Cyprus

James I of Cyprus or Jacques I de Lusignan was Kingdom of Cyprus for his infant nephew Peter from 1369. When Peter died in 1382, James became King of Cyprus that year....
1382–1398
Janus
Janus of Cyprus

Janus , sometimes John II, was a Kingdom of Cyprus, Monarchs of the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia and a Titular Kingdom of Jerusalem from 1398 to 1432....
1398–1432
John
John II of Cyprus

John II or III was the King of Cyprus and Armenia and also titular King of Jerusalem from 1432 to 1458. He was previously a Titular Prince of Antioch....
1432–1458
Charlotte I
Charlotte of Cyprus

Charlotte of Cyprus or Charlotte de Lusignan , was the eldest and only surviving daughter of King John II of Cyprus and Helena Palaiologina Palaiologos....
1458–1485 (d. 1487) m. 1459 her cousin Louis of Savoy (d. 1482)

In 1460, Charlotte was dispossessed of Cyprus by her illegitimate half-brother James. However, she maintained her claims until 1485, when she resigned them to the next legitimate heir, Charles I of Savoy
Charles I of Savoy

Charles I , surnamed the Warrior, was the Duke of Savoy from 1482 to 1490 and titular Kingdom of Cyprus, Kings of Jerusalem, and Monarchs of the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia from 1485 to 1490....
.

House of Lusignan
Lusignan

The Lusignan family originated in the Poitou near Lusignan in western France in the early 10th century. By the end of the 11th century, they had risen to become the most prominent petty lords in the region from their Ch?teau de Lusignan....

Lusignan illegitimate claimants :

James II
James II of Cyprus

James II of Cyprus or Jacques II le B?tard House of Lusignan , was the illegitimate son of John II of Cyprus and Marietta de Patras....
1460–1473 (illegitimate, usurped Cyprus from his half-sister Charlotte)
James III
James III of Cyprus

James III of Cyprus or Jacques III de Lusignan was the only and posthumous child by marriage of James II of Cyprus and Catherine Cornaro and King of Cyprus from birth....
1473–1474
Catherine
Catherine Cornaro

Nobil Donna Catherine Cornaro , was Queen of Kingdom of Cyprus from 1474 to 1489 and declared a "Daughter of the Venetian Republic" in order that Venice could claim control of Cyprus after the death of her husband, James II of Cyprus....
1474–1489 (wife and widow of James II)
Catherine surrendered her rights to the Republic of Venice
Republic of Venice

The Most Serene Republic of Venice or Venetian Republic was a state originating from the city of Venice . It existed for over a millennium, from the late 7th century AD until the year 1797....
in 1489.

House of Savoy
House of Savoy

The House of Savoy was formed in the early eleventh century in the historical Savoy region. Through gradual expansion, it grew from ruling a small county in that region to eventually rule the Kingdom of Italy until the end of the Second World War....

Savoyard legitimate claimants :

Charles I
Charles I of Savoy

Charles I , surnamed the Warrior, was the Duke of Savoy from 1482 to 1490 and titular Kingdom of Cyprus, Kings of Jerusalem, and Monarchs of the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia from 1485 to 1490....
1482–1490
Charles II 1490–1496

On the death of Charles, the Duchy of Savoy passed to his heir-male Philip, and the Dukes of Savoy continued to claim Jerusalem. However, there was never historically a bar on female succession to the Kingdom of Jerusalem, although it always ran through a semi-salic line. The birth order of Anna and Marie, daughters of Amadeus IX, Duke of Savoy
Amadeus IX, Duke of Savoy

File:Amedeo IX di Savoia.jpgThe Blessed Amadeus IX , surnamed the Happy was the Duke of Savoy from 1465 to 1472. He was the son of Louis, Duke of Savoy and Anne de Lusignan, daughter of Janus of Cyprus, King of Cyprus....
, is uncertain, so the heirs of either might be the Savoyard heirs-general. Neither appear to have used the title king of Jerusalem or ever asserted a claim to the kingdom of Jerusalem.

House of Ligne
House of Ligne

The House of Ligne is one of oldest and the most prestigious Belgian noble families. It goes back to the eleventh century and owes its name at the village in which it originated, between Ath and Tournai....
or House of Urach-Württemberg
Duke of Urach

The title Duke of Urach was created for Wilhelm, 1st Duke of Urach on 28 March 1867, with the style of Serene Highness....

Heirs-general of Anna of Savoy:

Charlotte of Naples
Charlotte of Naples

Charlotte of Naples , also known as Charlotte of Aragon and Principality of Taranto, was the eldest daughter and eventual heiress of Frederick IV of Naples....
1496–1506

Heirs-general of Marie of Savoy, who m. Philipp, Markgraf of Baden-Hochberg (1452-1503)

Joanna of Baden-Hochberg
Francois d'Orleans, Count of Longueville (1513-48)
Leonor d'Orleans, Duke of Longueville (1540-73)
heiress Eleanore m. Charles de Goyon, Count of Thorigny (1564-1648)
Francois de Goyon, Count of Thorigny (1607-75)
Henri de Goyon, Count of Thorigny (1633-82)
Charlotte de Goyon (1657-1721) m. Jacques de Goyon de Matignon (1644-1725)
Jacques de Goyon de Matignon
Jacques I, Prince of Monaco

Jacques Fran?ois L?onor Goyon de Matignon was count of Thorigny and as Jacques I the fourth Sovereign Consort Prince of Monaco and the fourth Duke of Valentinois from 1731 until 1733....
who m. Louise-Hippolyte, Princess of Monaco
Louise-Hippolyte, Princess of Monaco

Louise-Hippolyte is "the only woman who reigned as the fourth Sovereign Princess of Monaco" . She is the ancestress of the current reigning royal family of Monaco....
Honoré III, Prince of Monaco
Honoré III, Prince of Monaco

Honor? III, Prince of Monaco ruled as the fifth Sovereign Prince the Principality of Monaco and was the fifth Duke of Valentinois for almost sixty years from 1733 to 1793....
Honoré IV of Monaco
Florestan I, Prince of Monaco
Florestan I, Prince of Monaco

Florestan I, Prince of Monaco was the eight sovereign List of rulers of Monaco of Monaco and the eighth Duke of Valentinois from 2 October 1841 until his death....

Florestan had a son Charles, and then a daughter Florestine

Charles III, Prince of Monaco
Charles III, Prince of Monaco

Charles III, Prince of Monaco was the ninth reigning Prince of Monaco and the ninth Duke of Valentinois from 20 June 1856 to his death. He was the founder of the famous casino in Monte Carlo....
(b. 1818) was heir-general from 1856 to his death in 1889
Albert I, Prince of Monaco
Albert I, Prince of Monaco

Albert I, Prince of Monaco was the tenth reigning Prince of Monaco and the tenth Duke of Valentinois from 10 September 1889 until his death....
(b. 1848) was heir-general from 1889 to his death in 1922
Louis II, Prince of Monaco
Louis II, Prince of Monaco

Louis II, Prince of Monaco was the eleventh Sovereign Prince of Monaco and the eleventh Duke of Valentinois from 26 June 1922 until 9 May 1949....
(b. 1870) was heir-general from 1922 to his death in 1949

Upon the death of Louis, the problem to resolve is this one. Was his illegitimate daughter Charlotte, who was legitimized in 1919 the heir-general? Is so, then the current heir-general descends to today in this line. If not, then the heir-general now must go back several generations to Florestine (who was already deceased) and down her line.

Savoyard heirs-male :

Philip 1496–1497
Philibert 1497–1504
Charles III 1504–1553
Emmanuel Philibert 1553–1580
Charles Emmanuel I 1580–1630
Victor Amadeus I 1630–1637 (assumed the title of "King of Cyprus" only in 1632)
Charles Emmanuel II 1637–1675
Victor Amadeus II of Savoy 1675–1730 (assumed the title 1713, in conjunction with his brief reign as King of Sicily)
Charles Emmanuel III of Sardinia
Charles Emmanuel III of Sardinia

Charles Emmanuel III was the Duke of Savoy and King of Sardinia from 1730 until his death....
1730–1773
Victor Amadeus III 1773–1796
Charles Emmanuel IV 1796–1819
Victor Emmanuel I 1819–1821
Charles Felix
Charles Felix of Sardinia

Charles Felix I of Sardinia was the Duke of Savoy, Piedmont , Aosta and King of Sardinia from 1821 to 1831.He was the eleventh child and fifth son born to Victor Amadeus III of Sardinia and Maria Antonietta of Spain....
1821–1831
Charles Albert
Charles Albert of Sardinia

Charles Albert was the Kingdom of Sardinia-Sardinia from 1831 to 1849. He succeeded his distant cousin Charles Felix of Sardinia, and his name is bound with the first Italian statute and the First Italian War of Independence....
1831–1849
Victor Emmanuel II
Victor Emmanuel II of Italy

Victor Emmanuel II, King of Italy , was the Monarch of Piedmont, Savoy, and Sardinia from 1849 to 1861. On February 18, 1861, he assumed the title King of Italy to become the first king of a Italian unification, a title he held until his death in 1878....
1849–1878
Humbert I
Umberto I of Italy

Umberto I, King of Italy or Humbert I of Kingdom of Italy , English: Humbert Ranier Charles Emmanuel John Mary Ferdinand Eugene of Savoy , nicknamed the Good , was the King of Italy from 9 January 1878 until his death....
1878–1900
Victor Emmanuel III
Victor Emmanuel III of Italy

Victor Emmanuel III was a member of the House of Savoy and King of Italy Kingdom of Italy . In addition, he was the claimed Emperor of Ethiopia Ethiopia and King of Albania Albania ....
1900–1946
Humbert II
Umberto II of Italy

Umberto II, occasionally anglicized as Humbert II, the last King of Italy, nicknamed the King of May , was born the Prince of Piedmont ....
1946–1983
Victor Emmanuel 1983–present (claim disputed in 2006)
Amedeo
Amedeo, 5th Duke of Aosta

Prince Amedeo of Savoy, Duke of Aosta, is a claimant to the headship of the House of Savoy, the family which ruled Italy from 1861 to 1946, as well as the heir to the short-lived Independent State of Croatia during World War II with the name Zvonimir II....
2006–present (claim disputed)

Neapolitan claimants

House of Anjou

Mary of Antioch

Mary of Antioch

Maria of Antioch , daughter of Prince Bohemond IV of Antioch and his second wife Melisende de Lusignan, was the pretender to the throne of Jerusalem from 1269 to 1277....
claimed the throne of Jerusalem from 1269 to 1277. She was the daughter of Prince Bohemond IV of Antioch and his second wife Melisende of Cyprus. Melisende was the youngest daughter of Isabella, Queen of Jerusalem and her fourth husband, Amalric II of Jerusalem

Amalric II of Jerusalem

Amalric II of Jerusalem or Amalric I of Cyprus, born Amalric of Lusignan , Kingdom of Jerusalem 1197–1205, was an older brother of Guy of Lusignan....
.

Since Mary was, at the time of the death of Conrad III

Conradin

Conrad , called the Younger or the Boy, but usually known by the diminutive Conradin , was the Duke of Swabia , Kingdom of Jerusalem , and Kingdom of Sicily ....
, the only living grandchild of queen Isabella, she claimed the throne on basis of proximity in blood to the kings of Jerusalem. Denied by the Haute Cour
Haute Cour of Jerusalem

The Haute Cour was the feudal council of the kingdom of Jerusalem. It was sometimes also called the curia generalis, the curia regis, or, rarely, the parlement....
, she went to Rome and sold her rights, with papal blessing and confirmation, to Charles of Anjou

Charles I of Sicily

Charles I , commonly called Charles of Anjou, was the List of monarchs of Naples and Sicily by conquest from 1266, though he had received it as a Pope grant in 1262 and was expelled from the island in the aftermath of the Sicilian Vespers of 1282....
in 1277.

Thereafter, this claim to the kingdom of Jerusalem was treated also as tributary to the crown of Naples, which often changed hands by testament or conquest rather than direct inheritance.

House of Anjou

Charles I of Sicily
Charles I of Sicily

Charles I , commonly called Charles of Anjou, was the List of monarchs of Naples and Sicily by conquest from 1266, though he had received it as a Pope grant in 1262 and was expelled from the island in the aftermath of the Sicilian Vespers of 1282....
1277–1285; acquired title with approval of the Pope in 1277
Charles II of Naples
Charles II of Naples

Charles II, known as "the Lame" , was List of monarchs of Naples and Sicily, titular Kings of Jerusalem, and Prince of Salerno....
1285–1309

Charles I of Hungary
Charles I of Hungary

Charles I of Hungary , , is also known as Charles Robert, Charles Robert of Anjou, and Charles Robert of Anjou-Hungary, King of Hungary ....
, King of Hungary
King of Hungary

The King of Hungary was the head of state of the Kingdom of Hungary from 1000 to 1918.From year 1097 onwards, Croatia was governed by a ban, because of the personal union of the two states....
, son of his eldest, predeceased son
Louis I of Hungary
Louis I of Hungary

Louis I the Great was King of Hungary from 1342 and of King of Poland from 1370.Louis was the head of the senior branch of the Angevin dynasty....
, king of Hungary and Poland, made a claim to Jerusalem and Sicily
Mary I of Hungary, childless, her kingdoms were kept by her husband, the future Emperor Sigismund
Jadwiga of Poland
Jadwiga of Poland

Not to be confused with Jadwiga of Greater PolandJadwiga of Anjou was Queen of Poland from 1384 to her death. She was a member of the Capetian House of Anjou and the daughter of King Louis I of Hungary and Elisabeth of Bosnia....
(d. 1399), sister, childless, left her rights to her husband king Ladislas Jagello of Lithuania and Poland; after her death, the heir-general was her distant cousin and her family's enemy's widow
Margaret of Durazzo (d. 1412), Dowager Queen of Hungary, Sicily and Jerusalem
Ladislas of Naples
Ladislas of Naples

Ladislas the Magnanimous was King of Naples and Titular King of Jerusalem and Kingdom of Sicily, Titular Count of Provence and Forcalquier , and Titular List of Hungarian rulers and List of Dalmatian rulers ....
Joan II of Naples
Joan II of Naples

Joan II or Jeanne II was Kingdom of Naples from 1414 to her death. As a mere formality, she used the title of King of Jerusalem, King of Sicily, and King of Hungary....
, after whose death, the heir-general of the line of Charles I of Sicily was:
Charles VII of France
Charles VII of France

File:Charles VII Franc a cheval 1422 1423.jpgCharles VII , called the Victorious or the Well-Served , was List of French monarchs from 1422 to his death, though he was initially opposed by Henry VI of England, whose Regent ruled much of France from Paris....
Louis XI of France
Louis XI of France

Louis XI , called the Prudent and the Universal Spider or the Spider King, was the List of French monarchs from 1461 to 1483....
Charles VIII of France
Charles VIII of France

Charles VIII, called the Affable, , was List of French monarchs from 1483 to his death. Charles was a member of the House of Valois. His invasion of Italy initiated the long series of Italian Wars which characterized the first half of the 16th century....
, conquered Naples 1495 and assumed the title
Anne of France
Anne of France

Anne of France , was the eldest daughter of Louis XI of France and his second wife, Charlotte of Savoy. Her paternal grandparents were King Charles VII of France and Marie of Anjou....
, Duchess of Bourbon
Anne of Laval
Anne de Laval (1505-1554)

Anne de Laval , princesse de Tarente, was a French noblewoman and nominal pretender to the Kingdom of Naples. She was the daughter of Guy de Laval, count of Laval, Mayenne, and of Charlotte of Naples, Principality of Taranto....
, ancestress of La Tremoille
La Trémoille

La Tr?moille, an old France family which derives its name from a village in the departments of France of Vienne.The family has been known since the middle of the 11th century, and since the 14th century its members have been conspicuous in French history....
, her issue also heirs of rights of Frederick IV of Naples
Frederick IV of Naples

Frederick IV , sometimes known as Frederick I or Federico d'Aragona, was the last List of monarchs of Naples and Sicily of the House of Trast?mara, ruling from 1496 to 1501....

Robert of Naples
Robert of Naples

Robert of Anjou, known as Robert the Wise was King of Naples from 1309 to 1343. He was also Duke of Calabria , titular King of Jerusalem, and Counts of Provence ....
1309–1343, third but eldest surviving son, who succeeded in Naples superseding the rights of his eldest brother's heirs
Joan I of Naples
Joan I of Naples

Joan I , born Joanna of Anjou, was Kingdom of Naples from 1343 until her death. She was also Countess of Provence and Forcalquier, Kingdom of Majorca and titular Kings of Jerusalem and Sicily 1343?82, and Principality of Achaea 1373/5?81....
1343–1382. Joan left her kingdom by testament to Louis I of Anjou, whom she had previously adopted as heir, but she was ousted and soon murdered by Charles of Durazzo, the heir male of her house.

House of Anjou

Senior Angevin claimants :

Charles III of Naples
Charles III of Naples

Charles the Short was Monarchs of Naples and Sicily and titular King of Jerusalem from 1382 to 1386 as Charles III, and List of Hungarian rulers from 1385 to 1386 as Charles II....
(the Durazzo prince) 1382–1386
Ladislas of Naples
Ladislas of Naples

Ladislas the Magnanimous was King of Naples and Titular King of Jerusalem and Kingdom of Sicily, Titular Count of Provence and Forcalquier , and Titular List of Hungarian rulers and List of Dalmatian rulers ....
1386–1414
Joan II of Naples
Joan II of Naples

Joan II or Jeanne II was Kingdom of Naples from 1414 to her death. As a mere formality, she used the title of King of Jerusalem, King of Sicily, and King of Hungary....
1414–1435 Joan left her kingdom by testament to René of Anjou, of the junior line. She had previously adopted (and subsequently repudiated the adoption) her kinsman Alfonso V of Aragon
Alfonso V of Aragon

Alfonso the Magnanimous was the King of Aragon , King of Valencia , Kingdom of Majorca, Kingdom of Sardinia , and Kingdom of Sicily and Count of Barcelona from 1416 and King of Naples from 1442 until his death....
and Sicily, who launched a conquest to have Naples. However, her heir general in Jerusalem, Sicily, Hungary etc was her distant cousin Charles VII of France
Charles VII of France

File:Charles VII Franc a cheval 1422 1423.jpgCharles VII , called the Victorious or the Well-Served , was List of French monarchs from 1422 to his death, though he was initially opposed by Henry VI of England, whose Regent ruled much of France from Paris....
, see above.

House of Anjou

Junior Angevin claimants :

Louis I 1382–1384
Louis II 1384–1417
Louis III 1417–1434

House of Anjou

René I 1434–1480

Rene I united the claims of junior and senior lines. However, in 1441, control of the Kingdom of Naples was lost to Alfonso V of Aragon
Alfonso V of Aragon

Alfonso the Magnanimous was the King of Aragon , King of Valencia , Kingdom of Majorca, Kingdom of Sardinia , and Kingdom of Sicily and Count of Barcelona from 1416 and King of Naples from 1442 until his death....
, who also claimed the kingdom of Jerusalem thereby.

In addition, while René was succeeded in Bar by his grandson René of Vaudemont
René II, Duke of Lorraine

Ren? II was Count of Vaud?mont from 1470, Duke of Lorraine from 1473, and Counts and dukes of Bar from 1483 to 1508. He claimed the crown of the Kingdom of Naples and the County of Provence as the Duke of Calabria 1480–1493 and as Monarchs of Naples and Sicily and Kings of Jerusalem 1493–1508....
, René's nephew and heir male Charles IV of Anjou claimed the kingdoms of Sicily and Jerusalem, and he then testamented them to his cousin Louis XI of France
Louis XI of France

Louis XI , called the Prudent and the Universal Spider or the Spider King, was the List of French monarchs from 1461 to 1483....
.

In 1494 Charles VIII of France
Charles VIII of France

Charles VIII, called the Affable, , was List of French monarchs from 1483 to his death. Charles was a member of the House of Valois. His invasion of Italy initiated the long series of Italian Wars which characterized the first half of the 16th century....
also claimed the Kingdom of Naples and Jerusalem as the great-grandson of Louis II of Anjou and launched his conquest.

Angevin-Lorraine claimants :

House of Anjou

Yolande 1480–1483, Titular Queen of Jerusalem, Sicily, Aragon etc

House of Lorraine

René II
René II, Duke of Lorraine

Ren? II was Count of Vaud?mont from 1470, Duke of Lorraine from 1473, and Counts and dukes of Bar from 1483 to 1508. He claimed the crown of the Kingdom of Naples and the County of Provence as the Duke of Calabria 1480–1493 and as Monarchs of Naples and Sicily and Kings of Jerusalem 1493–1508....
1480–1508, Titular King of Jerusalem, Sicily and Aragon etc. (did not adopt the title until 1493)
Anthony
Antoine, Duke of Lorraine

Antoine , known as the Good, was Duke of Lorraine from 1508 until his death in 1544. He was the son of Ren? II, Duke of Lorraine and Philippa of Guelders....
1508–1544
Francis I
Francis I, Duke of Lorraine

Francis I was briefly Duke of Lorraine from 1544 until the following year. He was son of Antoine, Duke of Lorraine and Ren?e of Bourbon-Montpensier, daughter of Gilbert, Count of Montpensier....
1544–1545
Charles III
Charles III, Duke of Lorraine

Charles III , known as the Great, was Duke of Lorraine from 1545 until his death....
1545–1608
Henry 1608–1624
Nicoletta 1624–1657, and her husband Charles
Charles III, Duke of Lorraine

Charles III , known as the Great, was Duke of Lorraine from 1545 until his death....
Ferdinand I Philip 1657–1659
Charles Leopold
Charles V, Duke of Lorraine

Charles L?opold Nicolas Sixte , son of Nicholas II, Duke of Lorraine and Claude of Lorraine . He was the titular Duke of Lorraine from 1675 to 1690, a time when Lorraine was occupied by France....
1659–1690
Leopold I Joseph
Leopold, Duke of Lorraine

'Leopold Joseph' called le bon , , was Duke of Lorraine from 1690 to his death.Before 1697 and from 1702 to 1714, his duchy was occupied by France....
1679–1729, resumed the title in 1700
Francis II Stephen
Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor

Francis I was Holy Roman Emperor and Grand Duke of Tuscany, though his wife effectively executed the real power of those positions. With his wife, Maria Theresa of Austria, he was the founder of the Habsburg-Lorraine dynasty....
1729–1765

House of Habsburg-Lorraine

Joseph
Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor

Joseph II was Holy Roman Emperor from 1765 to 1790 and ruler of the Habsburg Monarchy from 1780 to 1790. He was the eldest son of Empress Maria Theresa of Austria and her husband, Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor....
1765–1790
Leopold II
Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor

Leopold II , born Peter Leopold Joseph Anton Joachim Pius Gotthard, was Holy Roman Emperor from 1790 to 1792, King of Hungary, archduke of Austria, and Grand Duke of Tuscany from 1765 to 1790....
1790–1792
Francis III
Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor

Francis II was the last Holy Roman Emperor, ruling from 1792 until 6 August 1806, when he dissolved the Holy Roman Empire after the disastrous defeat of the Third Coalition by Napoleon I of France at the Battle of Austerlitz....
1792–1835
Ferdinand
Ferdinand I of Austria

Ferdinand I was Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary, King of Kingdom of Lombardy-Venetia, King of Bohemia. He chose to abdicate, after a series of revolts in 1848....
1835–1875
Francis Joseph 1875–1916
Charles
Karl I of Austria

Charles I was the last ruler of the Austria-Hungary. He was the last Emperor of Austria, the last Kingdom of Hungary, the last Croatia-Slavonia, and the last Kingdom of Bohemia , and the last monarch of the Habsburg dynasty....
1916–1922
Otto
Otto von Habsburg

Otto von Habsburg has been the head of the House of Habsburg since 1922. He is the eldest son of Charles I of Austria, the last Emperor of Austria and King of Hungary,Croatia and Bohemia, and his wife, Zita of Bourbon-Parma....
1922–present

House of Anjou

French claimants

Charles IV 1480–1481, heir male of René, Titular King of Jerusalem and Sicily
Louis
Louis XI of France

Louis XI , called the Prudent and the Universal Spider or the Spider King, was the List of French monarchs from 1461 to 1483....
1481–1483, first cousin, by testament
Charles V
Charles VIII of France

Charles VIII, called the Affable, , was List of French monarchs from 1483 to his death. Charles was a member of the House of Valois. His invasion of Italy initiated the long series of Italian Wars which characterized the first half of the 16th century....
1483–1498 — In 1495, Charles VIII of France
Charles VIII of France

Charles VIII, called the Affable, , was List of French monarchs from 1483 to his death. Charles was a member of the House of Valois. His invasion of Italy initiated the long series of Italian Wars which characterized the first half of the 16th century....
had conquered Naples and was crowned as king. He died 1498, leaving his sister Anne of Beaujeu as his heir-general, and his second cousin Louis XII of France
Louis XII of France

Louis XII , called "the Father of the People" was the thirty-fifth List of French monarchs of France and the sole monarch from the House of Valois Cadet branch of the House of Valois....
as his heir male. After Anne of France
Anne of France

Anne of France , was the eldest daughter of Louis XI of France and his second wife, Charlotte of Savoy. Her paternal grandparents were King Charles VII of France and Marie of Anjou....
, the heir-general was Anne of Laval, great-granddaughter of Louis XI's eldest surviving sister. See above (Cyprus claim)
Louis V
Louis XII of France

Louis XII , called "the Father of the People" was the thirty-fifth List of French monarchs of France and the sole monarch from the House of Valois Cadet branch of the House of Valois....
1498–1515 took up the claim, although he was heir-male of Charles and lacked close descent from the main Neapolitan lines (he was a descendant of the eldest daughter of Charles II of Naples). He succeeded in conquering part of Naples 1500–1504. No other French king has adopted the title. .

Aragonese claimants :
Alfonso I
Alfonso V of Aragon

Alfonso the Magnanimous was the King of Aragon , King of Valencia , Kingdom of Majorca, Kingdom of Sardinia , and Kingdom of Sicily and Count of Barcelona from 1416 and King of Naples from 1442 until his death....
1442–1458 by conquest of Naples
Ferdinand I
Ferdinand I of Naples

Ferdinand I , also called Don Ferrante, was the Monarchs of Naples and Sicily from 1458 to 1494. He was the natural son of Alfonso V of Aragon by Giraldona Carlino....
1458–1494, natural son, by testament
Alfonso II
Alfonso II of Naples

Alfonso II of Naples , also called Alfonso II d'Aragon, though he was King of Naples only from January 25, 1494 to 1495—with the title King of Naples and King of Jerusalem—was a patron of Renaissance poets and builders during his long tenure as the heir to the throne of Naples, with the title duca di Calabria....
1494–1495
Ferdinand II
Ferdinand II of Naples

Ferdinand II or Ferrante II of Naples , sometimes known as Ferrandino, was List of monarchs of Naples and Sicily from 1495 to 1496....
1495–1496, who lost briefly to Charles VIII of France
Charles VIII of France

Charles VIII, called the Affable, , was List of French monarchs from 1483 to his death. Charles was a member of the House of Valois. His invasion of Italy initiated the long series of Italian Wars which characterized the first half of the 16th century....
. His heiress general was his sister Isabella of Naples
Isabella of Naples

Isabella di Aragona was born a princess of Kingdom of Naples, granddaughter of Ferdinand I of Naples and daughter of Alfonso II of Naples by his wife, Ippolita Maria Sforza....
Frederick
Frederick IV of Naples

Frederick IV , sometimes known as Frederick I or Federico d'Aragona, was the last List of monarchs of Naples and Sicily of the House of Trast?mara, ruling from 1496 to 1501....
1496–1501, uncle, during whose reign the Neapolitan lands were invaded by the alliance of Louis XII of France
Louis XII of France

Louis XII , called "the Father of the People" was the thirty-fifth List of French monarchs of France and the sole monarch from the House of Valois Cadet branch of the House of Valois....
, who claimed the succession, and Ferdinand II of Aragon
Ferdinand II of Aragon

Ferdinand the Catholic was king of Aragon , Sicily , Naples , Valencia , Sardinia and Navarre, Count of Barcelona, de jure uxoris King of Crown of Castile and then Regent of that country also from 1508 to his death, in the name of his mentally unstable daughter Joanna the Mad....
, who succeeded in driving out both Frederick and Louis by 1504. Frederick's heirs exercised the claim afterwards as puppets of France for several decades, when it was convenient for the French policies; his current heir is the Prince de Ligne de la Trémoïlle aforementioned.
Ferdinand
Ferdinand II of Aragon

Ferdinand the Catholic was king of Aragon , Sicily , Naples , Valencia , Sardinia and Navarre, Count of Barcelona, de jure uxoris King of Crown of Castile and then Regent of that country also from 1508 to his death, in the name of his mentally unstable daughter Joanna the Mad....
1504–1516 (by conquest, and Papal enfeoffment) - the heir of original Aragonese claims of Constance Manfredi of Sicily and Peter III of Aragon
Peter III of Aragon

Peter the Great was the King of Aragon of Kingdom of Valencia and of Majorca , and Sovereign Count of Barcelona from 1276 to his death. He conquered Kingdom of Sicily and became King of Sicily in 1282....
Charles
Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor

Charles V was ruler of the Holy Roman Empire from 1519 and, as Charles I of Spain, of the Spanish realms from 1516 until his abdication in 1556....
1516–1554
Philip I
Philip II of Spain

Philip II was King of Spain from 1556 until 1598, List of monarchs of Naples from 1554 until 1598, king consort of England, as husband of Mary I of England, from 1554 to 1558, lord of the Seventeen Provinces from 1556 until 1581, holding various titles for the individual territories, such as Duke or Count; and King of Portugal as Philip I...
1554–1598
Philip II
Philip III of Spain

Philip III was the monarch of Spain and King of Portugal, where he ruled as Philip II , from 1598 until his death. His Political minister was the Francisco Gom?z de Sandoval y Rojas, Duke of Lerma....
1598–1621
Philip III
Philip IV of Spain

Philip IV , was List of Spanish monarchs between 1621 and 1665, Sovereignty of the Spanish Netherlands, and List of Portuguese monarchs until 1640....
1621–1665
Charles
Charles II of Spain

Charles II , was the last Habsburg Spain of Spain and the ruler of nearly all of Italy , the Spanish territories in the Southern Low Countries, and Spanish empire, stretching from Mexico to the Philippines....
1665–1700
Philip IV
Philip V of Spain

Philip V of Spain , born Philippe de France, fils de France and Counts and Dukes of Anjou, was king of Spain from 1700 to 1724 and 1724 to 1746, the first of the House of Bourbon dynasty in Spain....
1700–1734 (by testament), during whose reign the Kingdom of Naples was lost in 1707 to Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor
Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor

Joseph I , Holy Roman Emperor, King of Bohemia, King of Hungary, King of the Romans was the elder son of Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor and his third wife, Eleonore-Magdalena of Pfalz-Neuburg, who was the daughter of Philipp Wilhelm, Elector Palatine....
and 1713 the island of Sicily
Sicily

Sicily is an Autonomous regions with special statute of Italy. Of all the regions of Italy, Sicily covers the largest land area at 25,708 km? and currently has just over five million inhabitants....
(later that of Sardinia) to Victor Amadeus II of Savoy who also was given the title King of Jerusalem (see above the Savoyard succession).

Habsburg claimants :
Joseph
Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor

Joseph I , Holy Roman Emperor, King of Bohemia, King of Hungary, King of the Romans was the elder son of Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor and his third wife, Eleonore-Magdalena of Pfalz-Neuburg, who was the daughter of Philipp Wilhelm, Elector Palatine....
1707–1711
Charles VI
Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor

Charles VI was Holy Roman Emperor, King of Hungary from 1711 to 1740, Archduke of Austria. From 1703 to 1711 he was an active claimant to the List of Spanish monarchs as Charles III....
1711–1740, who lost the Kingdom of Naples in 1734 to a Bourbon prince, the future Charles III of Spain
Charles III of Spain

Charles III was list of Spanish monarchs 1759?88 , King of Kingdom of Naples and Kingdom of Sicily 1735?59 , and Duchy of Parma 1732?35 . He was a proponent of enlightened absolutism....
, and renounced his claims, retaining his titles to Naples and Jerusalem during his lifetime.
Charles of Bourbon
Charles III of Spain

Charles III was list of Spanish monarchs 1759?88 , King of Kingdom of Naples and Kingdom of Sicily 1735?59 , and Duchy of Parma 1732?35 . He was a proponent of enlightened absolutism....
1734–1788 Charles was obliged by treaty to prevent the union of the crowns of Spain and the Two Sicilies, and so resigned the Two Sicilies to his son Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies
Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies

Ferdinand I was King variously of Kingdom of Naples, Kingdom of Sicily, and the Two Sicilies from 1759 until his death. He was the third son of King Charles III of Spain, later Charles III of Spain, King of Sicily by his wife Maria Amalia of Saxony....
. However, the Kings of Spain continued to use the titles of the Two Sicilies and Jerusalem.

Two Sicilies claimants : (Ferdinand's father and older brother took the Jerusalem title, but it was nominally attached to the crown of Naples since Charles I
Charles I of Sicily

Charles I , commonly called Charles of Anjou, was the List of monarchs of Naples and Sicily by conquest from 1266, though he had received it as a Pope grant in 1262 and was expelled from the island in the aftermath of the Sicilian Vespers of 1282....
)
Ferdinand
Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies

Ferdinand I was King variously of Kingdom of Naples, Kingdom of Sicily, and the Two Sicilies from 1759 until his death. He was the third son of King Charles III of Spain, later Charles III of Spain, King of Sicily by his wife Maria Amalia of Saxony....
1759–1825
Francis I
Francis I of the Two Sicilies

Francis I was King of the Two Sicilies from 1825 to 1830....
1825–1830
Ferdinand
Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies

Ferdinand II was the Two Sicilies from 1830 until his death....
1830–1859
Francis II
Francis II of the Two Sicilies

Francis II , was King of the Two Sicilies from 1859 to 1861....
1859–1894
Prince Alfonso, Count of Caserta
Prince Alfonso, Count of Caserta

Prince Alfonso Maria Giuseppe Alberto of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Count of Caserta was the third son of Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies and Maria Theresa of Austria ....
1894–1934
Prince Ferdinando Pius, Duke of Calabria 1934–1960
Prince Ranieri, Duke of Castro
Prince Ranieri, Duke of Castro

Prince Ranieri Maria Gaetano, Duke of Castro was a claimant to the headship of the House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies....
1960–1966
Prince Ferdinand, Duke of Castro
Prince Ferdinand, Duke of Castro

Prince Ferdinando Maria Andrea Alfonso Marcus of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Duke of Castro was a claimant to the headship of the House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies....
1966–2008
Prince Carlo, Duke of Castro
Prince Carlo, Duke of Castro

Prince Carlo of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Duke of Castro is one of two claimants to the headship of the the House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies....
2008–present

Spanish claimants :
Charles
Charles IV of Spain

Charles IV was list of Spanish monarchs from December 14, 1788 until his abdication on March 19, 1808....
1788–1819
Ferdinand
Ferdinand VII of Spain

Ferdinand VII was list of Spanish monarchs twice, in 1808, and from 1813 to 1833 . He was also known as 'Ferdinand, the desired'.The eldest surviving son of Charles IV of Spain, king of Spain, and of his wife Maria Louisa of Parma, he was born in the vast palace of El Escorial near Madrid....
1819–1833
Isabella
Isabella II of Spain

Isabella II was List of Spanish monarchs She was Spain's first and so far only queen regnant, although she is sometimes considered the third Queen Regnant of Spain, as previous monarchs of Leon and Castile were counted as kings and queens of Spain....
1833–1904
Alfonso
Alfonso XIII of Spain

Alfonso XIII , List of Spanish monarchs, posthumous son of Alfonso XII of Spain, was proclaimed King at his birth. He reigned from 1886-1931. His mother, Maria Christina of Austria, was appointed regent during his minority....
1904–1941
Juan
Juan de Borbón, Count of Barcelona

The Infante Juan of Spain, Count of Barcelona English language: , was the fourth son and designated heir of Heads of State of Spain Alfonso XIII of Spain and Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg, the monarch replaced by the Second Spanish Republic, and father of King Juan Carlos I of Spain, under whom a constitutional monarchy was restored....
1941–1977
Juan Carlos
Juan Carlos I of Spain

Juan Carlos I is the reigning List of Spanish monarchs of Spain. His name, while rarely Anglicisation, is rendered as John Charles Alphonse Victor Mary of Bourbon and Bourbon-Two Sicilies....
1977–present

Brienne claims

Hugh of Brienne
Hugh of Brienne

Hugh de Candie, Count of Brienne and Lecce was the second surviving son of Count Walter IV of Brienne and Mary de Lusignan of Cyprus.His father, Count of Jaffa and Ascalon in Palestine, was murdered in 1246 in Cairo, and was succeeded by his elder son, John, Count of Brienne....
and his heirs represent the senior heirs-general to the Kingdom
Kingdom of Jerusalem

The Kingdom of Jerusalem was a Christianity kingdom established in the Levant in 1099 after the First Crusade. It lasted nearly two hundred years, from 1099 until 1291 when the last remaining possession, Acre, Israel, was destroyed by the Mamluks....
, although they never pressed the claim after Hugh's rejection by the Haute Cour. His current heir-general is Charles-Antoine Lamoral, aforementioned, who calls himself the Prince de Ligne de la Trémoïlle.

Other historic claims

Frederick of Meissen, Landgrave of Thuringia
Thuringia

The Free State of Thuringia is located in central Germany. It has an area of and 2.29 million inhabitants, making it the sixth smallest by area and the fifth smallest by population of Germany's sixteen States of Germany ....
, briefly used the title after the death of Conradin
Conradin

Conrad , called the Younger or the Boy, but usually known by the diminutive Conradin , was the Duke of Swabia , Kingdom of Jerusalem , and Kingdom of Sicily ....
in 1268, as grandson of Frederick II
Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor

Frederick II , of the House of Hohenstaufen dynasty, was an Kingdom of Italy pretender to the title of King of the Romans from 1212 and unopposed holder of that monarchy from 1215....
, who had crowned himself King of Jerusalem in his own right. This claim was never recognized in Outremer
Outremer

Outremer, French language for "overseas", was the general name given to the Crusader states established after the First Crusade: the County of Edessa, the Principality of Antioch, the County of Tripoli and especially the Kingdom of Jerusalem....
or elsewhere.
According to E.P. Karnovich (1886), there was a colonel named Prince de Lusignan in the Russian service, allowed to be called the titular King of Cyprus and Jerusalem by Tsar Nicholas I. He claimed to be descended from Christobul de Lusignan, who had served in the Greek army under the Byzantine empire and was allegedly descended from a member of the Cypriot House of Lusignan who'd moved to Egypt and on to St Petersburg in Russia. Tsar Nicholas I allowed Colonel Lusignan to be matriculated as a Russian noble, that is a person holding an office which ennobled him. The colonel was probably known as Louis Christian de Lusignan.

Kings of Jerusalem

Kings of Jerusalem (1099–1291)

Claimant Kings of Jerusalem (1291 until today)

Origins of the claims

Potential claimants today

Lines of succession in several claims

Cypriot claimants

Neapolitan claimants

Brienne claims

Other historic claims

See also