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From: William Addams Reitwiesner <>
Subject: Re: JOHN de BRIENNE, TITULAR KING OF JERUSALEM
Date: Sun, 4 May 1997 00:31:46 GMT


"Dick Bishop" <> wrote:

>Page 43 of "The Emperor Frederick II of Hohenstaufen" by
>Thomas Curtis van Cleve, 1972, contains a genealogical chart
>that shows the parents of John de Brienne (Titular King of
>Jerusalem) were ERARD OF BRIENNE and AGNES OF
>MONTBELIARD (accent over the E). I don't know where the
>chart originated, however, does anyone know if these were
>really King John's parents?

Yes. See *Europaeische Stammtafeln*, ed. Schwennicke, Band III,
Tafeln 681 and 683. He was the actual King of Jerusalem (by
election), not a titular King.

William Addams Reitwiesner


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