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Yolanda of Flanders (1175-1219) ruled the Latin Empire
Latin Empire

The Latin Empire or Latin Empire of Constantinople is the name given by historians to the Crusader state founded by the leaders of the Fourth Crusade on lands captured from the Byzantine Empire after their sack of Constantinople in 1204 and ended in 1261....
 in Constantinople
Constantinople

Constantinople was the empire capital of the Roman Empire , the Byzantine Empire , the Latin Empire , and the Ottoman Empire . Strategically located between the Golden Horn and the Sea of Marmara at the point where Europe meets Asia, Byzantine Constantinople had been the capital of a Christendom empire, successor to ancient ancient Greece...
 for her husband Peter II of Courtenay from 1217 to 1219.

She was the daughter of Baldwin V, Count of Hainault, and Countess Margaret I of Flanders. Two of her brothers, Baldwin I
Baldwin I of Constantinople

Baldwin I , the first emperor of the Latin Empire of Constantinople, as Baldwin IX Count of Flanders and as Baldwin VI County of Hainaut, was one of the most prominent leaders of the Fourth Crusade, which resulted in the capture of Constantinople, the conquest of the greater part of the Byzantine Empire, and the foundation of the...
 and then Henry
Henry of Flanders

Henry , was the second emperor of the Latin Empire of Constantinople.He was a younger son of Baldwin V, Count of Hainaut , and Margaret I, Countess of Flanders, sister of Philip, Count of Flanders, count of Flanders....
, were emperors in Constantinople. After the death of the latter in 1216 there was a brief period without an emperor, before Peter was elected. Peter sent Yolanda to Constantinople while he fought the Despotate of Epirus
Despotate of Epirus

The Despotate or Principality of Epirus was one of the Byzantine Greeks successor states of the Byzantine Empire that emerged in the aftermath of the Fourth Crusade in 1204....
, during which he was captured.






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Yolanda of Flanders (1175-1219) ruled the Latin Empire
Latin Empire

The Latin Empire or Latin Empire of Constantinople is the name given by historians to the Crusader state founded by the leaders of the Fourth Crusade on lands captured from the Byzantine Empire after their sack of Constantinople in 1204 and ended in 1261....
 in Constantinople
Constantinople

Constantinople was the empire capital of the Roman Empire , the Byzantine Empire , the Latin Empire , and the Ottoman Empire . Strategically located between the Golden Horn and the Sea of Marmara at the point where Europe meets Asia, Byzantine Constantinople had been the capital of a Christendom empire, successor to ancient ancient Greece...
 for her husband Peter II of Courtenay from 1217 to 1219.

She was the daughter of Baldwin V, Count of Hainault, and Countess Margaret I of Flanders. Two of her brothers, Baldwin I
Baldwin I of Constantinople

Baldwin I , the first emperor of the Latin Empire of Constantinople, as Baldwin IX Count of Flanders and as Baldwin VI County of Hainaut, was one of the most prominent leaders of the Fourth Crusade, which resulted in the capture of Constantinople, the conquest of the greater part of the Byzantine Empire, and the foundation of the...
 and then Henry
Henry of Flanders

Henry , was the second emperor of the Latin Empire of Constantinople.He was a younger son of Baldwin V, Count of Hainaut , and Margaret I, Countess of Flanders, sister of Philip, Count of Flanders, count of Flanders....
, were emperors in Constantinople. After the death of the latter in 1216 there was a brief period without an emperor, before Peter was elected. Peter sent Yolanda to Constantinople while he fought the Despotate of Epirus
Despotate of Epirus

The Despotate or Principality of Epirus was one of the Byzantine Greeks successor states of the Byzantine Empire that emerged in the aftermath of the Fourth Crusade in 1204....
, during which he was captured. Because his fate was unknown (although he was probably killed), Yolanda ruled as regent. She allied with the Bulgaria
Bulgaria

The state of Bulgaria , Scientific transliteration Balgarija, officially the Republic of Bulgaria has played a significant role in the Balkans in south-eastern Europe for over fourteen centuries....
ns against the various Byzantine successor states, and was able to make peace with Theodore I Lascaris of the Empire of Nicaea
Empire of Nicaea

The Empire of Nicaea was the largest of the three Byzantine Greeks states founded by the aristocracy of the Byzantine Empire that fled after Constantinople was conquered during the Fourth Crusade....
, who married her daughter. However, she soon died, in 1219.

She was succeeded by her second son Robert of Courtenay
Robert of Courtenay

Robert of Courtenay , emperor of the Latin Empire, or of Constantinople, was a younger son of the emperor Peter II of Courtenay, and a descendant of the French king, Louis VI of France, while his mother Yolanda of Flanders was a sister of Baldwin I of Constantinople and Henry of Flanders, the first and second emperors of the Latin Empire....
 because her first son did not want the throne. As Robert was still in France
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....
 at the time, there was technically no emperor until he arrived in 1221.

Yolanda also held Namur
Namur (province)

Namur is a Provinces of regions in Belgium of Wallonia, one of the three regions of Belgium. It borders on the Wallonia provinces of Hainaut , Walloon Brabant, Li?ge and Luxembourg in Belgium, and on France....
, which she inherited from her uncle Philip of Namur in 1212 and left to her eldest son Philip when she went to Constantinople in 1216.

By Peter of Courtenay she had 10 children:
  • Philip (d. 1226), Marquis of Namur, who declined the offer of the crown of the Latin Empire
  • Robert of Courtenay
    Robert of Courtenay

    Robert of Courtenay , emperor of the Latin Empire, or of Constantinople, was a younger son of the emperor Peter II of Courtenay, and a descendant of the French king, Louis VI of France, while his mother Yolanda of Flanders was a sister of Baldwin I of Constantinople and Henry of Flanders, the first and second emperors of the Latin Empire....
     (d. 1228), Latin Emperor
  • Henry (d. 1229), Marquis of Namur
  • Baldwin II of Constantinople
    Baldwin II of Constantinople

    Baldwin II of Courtenay was the last emperor of the Latin Empire of Constantinople.He was a younger son of Yolanda of Flanders, sister of the first two emperors, Baldwin I of Constantinople and Henry of Flanders....
     (d. 1273)
  • Margaret, Marchioness of Namur, who married first Raoul d'Issoudun and then Henry count of Vianden
  • Elizabeth, who married Walter count of Bar and then Eudes sire of Montagu
  • Yolanda de Courtenay
    Yolanda de Courtenay

    Yolanda de Courtenay , Queen Consort of Hungary and Queen Consort of Croatia was the second wife of King Andrew II of Hungary.Yolanda was the daughter of Count Peter II of Courtenay and his second wife, Yolanda of Flanders, the sister of Baldwin I of Constantinople and Henry of Flanders, the Emperors of Latin Empire of Constantinople....
    , who married Andrew II of Hungary
    Andrew II of Hungary

    Andrew II the Jerosolimitan , King of Hungary . He was the younger son of King B?la III of Hungary, who invested him with the government of the Principality of Halych....
  • Eleanor, who married Philip of Montfort, Lord of Tyre
    Philip of Montfort, Lord of Tyre

    Philip of Montfort, was Lord of La Fert?-Alais and Castres 1228–1270, Vassals of the Kingdom of Jerusalem#Lordship of Tyre 1246–1270, and Lord of Toron aft....
  • Marie de Courtenay
    Marie de Courtenay

    Marie de Courtenay was a daughter of Peter II of Courtenay and Yolanda of Flanders.Her parents were successive rulers of the Latin Empire of Constantinople....
    , who married Theodore I Lascaris of the Empire of Nicaea
    Empire of Nicaea

    The Empire of Nicaea was the largest of the three Byzantine Greeks states founded by the aristocracy of the Byzantine Empire that fled after Constantinople was conquered during the Fourth Crusade....
  • Agnes, who married Geoffrey II Villehardouin, Prince of Achaea
    Principality of Achaea

    The Principality of Achaea or of the Morea was one of the three vassal states of the Latin Empire which replaced the Byzantine Empire after the capture of Constantinople during the Fourth Crusade....