House of Lusignan

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 37. Chapters: Kings of Cyprus, Amalric II of Jerusalem, Cinyras, Guy of Lusignan, List of Cypriot consorts, Lusignan dynasty, Peter I of Cyprus, Leo V, King of Armenia, Marie de Bourbon, Princess of Achaea, Kingdom of Cyprus, James I of Cyprus, Janus of Cyprus, Hugh X of Lusignan, Hugh IV of Cyprus, Peter II of Cyprus, Isabella of Lusignan, Alice de Lusignan, Countess of Surrey, William de Valence, 1st Earl of Pembroke, Alice de Lusignan of Angoulême, Yolanda of Lusignan, Hugh III of Cyprus, Henry II of Jerusalem, Jeanne of Lusignan, Anne of Cyprus, Hugh VIII of Lusignan, Mary of Lusignan, Countess of Brienne, Henry I of Cyprus, Hugh XI of Lusignan, Hugh II of Cyprus, James II of Cyprus, Aymer de Valence, Marie of Lusignan, Queen of Aragon, Hugh IV of Lusignan, John II of Cyprus, Hugh XII of Lusignan, Hugh I of Cyprus, Constantine II, King of Armenia, Margaret of Soissons, Queen of Armenia, Hugh IX of Lusignan, Hugh VI of Lusignan, Hugh VII of Lusignan, Marie, Countess of Eu, Constantine III, King of Armenia, Margaret of Lusignan, Raoul I of Lusignan, Hugh V of Lusignan, Constantine IV, King of Armenia, John II of Jerusalem, Ptolemy of Cyprus, Hugh III of Lusignan, James III of Cyprus, Hugh II of Lusignan, Raoul II of Lusignan, Hugh I of Lusignan, Hugh XIII of Lusignan, Guy of Lusignan, Count of Angoulême, Helvis of Lusignan. Excerpt: List of Cypriot consorts - a.new,#quickbar a.new/* cache key: enwiki:resourceloader:filter:minify-css:5:f2a9127573a22335c2a9102b208c73e7 */ List of Cypriot consorts Byzantine titles did not have any territorial qualification, so there were no Emperors or Despots of Cyprus This line of succession followed the Salic succession of the House of Savoy. This line of succession followed the primogeniture law of that existed in the Kingdoms of Cyrpus, Armenia, and Jerusalem. This line of succession followed the primogeniture law of that existed in the Kingdoms of Cyrpus and Jerusalem, which was overruled by the Haute Cour. Guy of Lusignan (c. 1150 - 18 July 1194) was a Poitevin knight, son of Hugh VIII of the prominent Lusignan dynasty. He was king of the crusader state of Jerusalem from 1186 to 1192 by right of marriage to Sibylla of Jerusalem, and of Cyprus from 1192 to 1194. Having arrived in the Holy Land in the 1170s, Guy rose to prominence within the royal courts of Baldwin IV before marrying Sybilla in 1180 to prevent a political incident within the kingdom. As Baldwin's health deteriorated, Guy was appointed regent of Jerusalem; upon Sybilla's succession to the throne, Guy was crowned king-consort in 1186. Guy's reign was marked by increased hostilities with the Ayyubids ruled by Saladin, culminating in the disastrous Battle of Hattin in July 1187-during which Guy was captured-and the fall of Jerusalem itself three months later. Following a year of imprisonment in Damascus, Guy was released by Saladin. After being denied entry to Tyre, one of the last crusader strongholds, by Conrad of Montferrat, Guy besieged Acre in 1189. The siege would develop into a rally point for the Third Crusade, led by Philip Augustus of France and Sibylla's cousin Richard the Lionheart. Guy entered a bitter row with Conrad over the kingship of Jerusalem; despite Richard's support for Guy,