Isabella II of Jerusalem...a sad story??

Doing some research on the middle ages, I came across Isabella II Jerusalem (also known as Yolande of Brienne) who was the wife of Fredrick II, King of Germany and Sicily. Born in c.1212 she was the daughter Maria of Montferrat, the heiress to the kingdom of Jerusalem. Isabella's mother died merely days after her birth, which meant the infant Isabella was pronounced Queen. Her father, John, did not have a direct claim to the throne, therefore he ruled as regent.

Fredrick II had sent troops to the Fifth crusade that started in 1213, however did not accompany them himself because he had to consolidate his position in Italy and Germany before going away on a Crusade. Following his coronation as Holy Roman Emperor in 1220 by Pope Honorius II, he was urged to go once more and in 1223, during a meeting with John and Pope Honorius Fredrick finally decided to go and join his troops on the crusade...but only as the legitimate King of Jerusalem. Isabella's fate was sealed and the young Queen was betrothed. 2 years later, in August 1225 the two were married by proxy and several days later the 13 year old girl was crowned Queen. Towards the end of the same year, Isabella was sent to Italy. She would not see Jerusalem again.

The ceremony took place in the Cathedral of Brindisi, on 9th of November 1225. With the advantageous union complete, Fredrick declared himself King of Jerusalem, which allowed him to dispossess Isabella's father and have his rights carried over to himself. Despite this, he continued to putting the crusade off , for which he was later excommunicated by Pope Gregory IX.

As for the teenage Isabella -having no say as to what became of her- was kept in seclusion by her husband.She spent her time in her husband's harem at Palermo and in 1226 gave birth to her first child, a girl who died the following year. Isabella, like her mother before her, succumbed to the perils that many women faced during childbirth and died shortly after the birth of her son, Conrad in 1227.

I do not know, but to me stories like these have always seemed rather tragic. Isabella, despite probably being one of the most well-born girls of the time, got the usual Medieval women's lot in life. She was manipulated by power-hungry men, married off for political advantage and was seen as little more than chattel in the end. Today, the young Queen is largely forgotten, a meager Wikipedia article is almost all I have managed to find on her. While voices silenced by time, especially those of women, are pretty common I cannot help but wish there was the young woman's own side of the story to be told...