Sibylla inherited a kingdom already cracking. The Kingdom of Jerusalem in the 1180s was riddled with factional hatred, exhausted resources, and leaders who mistrusted one another more than the enemy. Yet Sibylla chose defiance where compromise might have delayed collapse. When her brother, the leper king Baldwin IV, and then the child-king Baldwin V died, power became a knife fight. The nobility sought a controlled succession that would limit damage. Sibylla rejected it. She crowned herself—and

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Once crowned, she defied everyone and chose love over politics. Sibylla, Queen of Jerusalem, agreed to annul her marriage to Guy de Lusignan to appease the High Court. But she added one clever condition: once crowned, she could choose her next husband freely. When the crown was placed upon her head, she stunned the court by choosing Guy again. | The War Room