Sibylla of Anjou

Sibylle of Anjou (* 1112, † 1165 in Bethany ) was a daughter of Fulk of Jerusalem and Ermengard of Maine and wife of William Clito and Dietrich of Flanders.

In 1123 she married William Clito, son of Norman Robert shorts. Sibylle brought the county of Maine in the marriage, which was annulled in 1124 on grounds of consanguinity. The cancellation was by Pope Honorius II at the behest of King Henry I, William's uncle, performed. Fulk opposed it and agreed not to put up Honorius excommunicated him and an interdict on Anjou. Sibylle then accompanied her widowed father to the Holy Land, where he married Melisende, the heiress of the kingdom and even in 1131 there was king. 1139 she married Dietrich of Alsace, the new Count of Flanders, who was on his first pilgrimage to the Holy Land.

She returned with her husband to Flanders back, and while Dietrich was on the Second Crusade, the pregnant Sibylle ruled the country. Baldwin IV, Count of Hainaut took the opportunity and attacked Flanders, but Sibylle hit back and grabbed at Hainaut. In return, destroyed Baldwin Artois. 1149 finally concluded peace with Baldwin Dietrich, when he was returned.

1157 Sibylle traveled with Dietrich on his third pilgrimage, but separated after arrival in Jerusalem from her husband and did not want to go back with him. She became a nun in the convent of St. Lazarus in Bethany, where her step- aunt, Ioveta of Bethany, was abbess. Ioveta and Sibylle supported Queen Melisende and influenced the church. Sibylle died 1165 in Bethany.

With Dietrich they had six children:

  • Philip of Flanders
  • Matthew of Alsace, Count of Boulogne
  • Margaret, Countess of Flanders and Hainaut, married to Baldwin V of Hainaut
  • Gertrude
  • Matilda
  • Peter
  • Noble
  • Frenchman
  • Born in the 12th century
  • Died in 1165
  • Woman
Fulk, King of Jerusalem Henry I of England Melisende, Queen of Jerusalem Philip I, Count of Flanders Margaret I, Countess of Flanders Baldwin V, Count of Hainaut Name Authority File
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