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  Amalric II of Jerusalem - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Amalric II (1145 April 1, 1205), King of Jerusalem 1197–1205, was an older brother of Guy of Lusignan.
Amalric took service with Agnes of Courtenay, Countess of Sidon and former wife of Amalric I of Jerusalem, and as rumour would have it, became her lover.
He had been constable of Jerusalem, but in 1194, on the death of his brother, he became King of Cyprus as Amalric I. By his first wife, Eschiva, daughter of Baldwin of Ibelin, he was the father of Hugh I of Cyprus.
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Amalric was the son of Fulk of Jerusalem, and the brother of Baldwin III.
The reign of Amalric I was focused on Egypt.
Amalric believed his kingdom was on the verge of being destroyed, and envoys were sent to the West to appeal for help in 1169, 1171 and 1173.
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 Encyclopedia: Amalric II of Jerusalem
Amalric II (1145–April 1, 1205), King of Jerusalem 1197–1205, was the brother of Guy of Lusignan.
Sybilla of Lusignan was the daughter of Amalric II of Jerusalem and Isabella of Jerusalem.
Leo II of Armenia (died 1219) was king of the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia, ruling from 1187 to 1219.
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 Amalric I of Jerusalem - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Amalric was the second son of Melisende of Jerusalem and Fulk of Jerusalem.
Amalric, who had been given the County of Jaffa as an apanage when he reached the age of majority in 1151, remained loyal to Melisende in Jerusalem, and when Baldwin invaded the south, Amalric was besieged in the Tower of David with his mother.
Amalric could not follow up on his success in Egypt because Nur ad-Din was active in Syria, having taken Bohemund III of Antioch and Raymond III of Tripoli prisoner during Amalric's absence.
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 Amalric - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Amalric - King of the Visigoths from 526 to 531
Amalric I of Jerusalem - King of Jerusalem from 1162 to 1174
Amalric II of Jerusalem - King of Jerusalem from 1197 to 1205
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Amalric II, king of Jerusalem from 1197 to 1205, was the brother of Guy of Lusignan.
He had been constable of Jerusalem, but in 1194, on the death of his brother, he became king of Cyprus, as Amalric I. He married Isabella, the daughter of Amalric I of Jerusalem by his second marriage, and became king of Jerusalem in right of his wife in 1197.
The kingdom of Cyprus passed to Hugh, his son by an earlier marriage, while that of Jerusalem passed to Maria, the daughter of Isabella by her previous marriage with Conrad of Montferrat.
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 AMALRIC I. AND II. - LoveToKnow Article on AMALRIC I. AND II.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Amalric II., king from 1197 to 1205, was the brother of Guy of Lusignan.
He had been constable of Jerusalem, but in 1.194, on the death of his brother, he became king of Cyprus, as Amalric I. He married Isabella, the daughter of Amalric I. by his second marriage, and became king of Jerusalem in right of his wife in 1197.
Amalric appears to have derived his philosophical system from Erigena (q.v.), whose principles he developed in a one-sided and strongly pantheistic form.
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 Station Information - Isabella of Jerusalem   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Isabella of Jerusalem (1170-1205) was Queen of Jerusalem from 1192 to 1205.
She was the daughter of Amalric I of Jerusalem and Maria Comnena, daughter of Byzantine emperor Manuel I Comnenus.
Amalric II of Jerusalem (also Amalric I of Cyprus), brother of Guy of Lusignan.
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Amalric ascended the throne as the marriage was annulled.
Jerusalem lost influence to Byzantium in northern Syria with the loss of Antioch, and though both were allies Byzantium was increasingly beset by its own conflicts, particularily with the Normans in Sicily.
On his deathbed Amalric bequeathed Nablus to his second wife Queen Maria and his daughter Isabella, both of whom would retire there (according to some sources, Nablus was already promised or given to Maria in the beginning of the marriage, as her morning-gift (morganaticum), and Amalric's testament was only an affirmation of that ownership).
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 Encyclopedia: Kingdom of Cyprus
Frederick's Hohenstaufen descendants continued to rule as kings of Jerusalem until 1268 when Hugh III of Cyprus claimed the title and its territory of Acre for himself upon the death of Conrad III of Jerusalem, thus uniting the two kingdoms.
Hugh of Antioch of the family of Poitiers-Aquitaine, Hugh I of Jerusalem (Hugh III of Cyprus) (died 1284), was the son of Isabella of Cyprus (daughter of Hugh I of Cyprus) and Henry of Antioch.
Philip II of Savoy (1496-97), father of Philibert II, great-uncle of Charles II and of Yolande Louise, first cousin of Charlotte, grandson of Janus of Cyprus.
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Both Amalric and Nur ad-Din, ruler of Mosul, Aleppo, and Damascus, wanted control of Fatimid caliphs of Egypt; the crusaders hadwanted to conquer Egypt since the days of Baldwin I,and even Godfrey of Bouillon had promised to cede Jerusalem to the Patriarch Dagobert of Pisa if hecould capture Cairo.
Amalric I, the second king to be born in Jerusalem rather than in Europe, was, likehis brother Baldwin III, more of a scholar than a warrior.
Amalric commissioned William of Tyre to write his history of the kingdom, and he often studied the laws of the kingdom in hisleisure time.
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 Henry II of Jerusalem - Open Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Henry II of Jerusalem (died 1324) was the last king of Jerusalem and at the same time ruled as King of Cyprus.
He was a son of Hugh I and succeeded his brother John II in 1286; there was some suspicion that Henry had been involved in poisoning John.
His nobles were unsatisfied with him, and in 1306 he was overthrown by his brother Amalric of Tyre.
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 jerusalem
Jerusalem (Hebrew: Yerushalayim ירושלים; Arabic: al-Quds), the current capital of Israel and the ancient capital of the Kingdom of Israel and Kingdom of Judah, is one of the most disputed territories in the world.
Israel declared Jerusalem its capital in 1950, and it is the location of its presidential residence and parliament, but this status is not internationally recognized and most countries maintain their embassies in Tel Aviv.
Jerusalem became the capital of the Kingdom of Jerusalem, which lasted until 1291, although Jerusalem itself was recaptured by Saladin in 1187.
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 Amalric I of Jerusalem Conflicts with the Muslim states Edessa Countess of Jaffa and Ascalon Byzantine emperor ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
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Maria took no part in government, and bore Amalric two daughters: Isabella, who would also eventually marry Amalric of Lusignan (afterwards Amalric II) and would succeed as queen, was born in 1172; and a stillborn child some time later.
Amalric commissioned William of Tyre to write his history of the kingdom; William described Amalric as more of an academic than a warrior, like his brother Baldwin III, who studied law and languages in his leasure time.
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 Ancestors of Eugene Ashton ANDREW & Anna Louise HANISH King Amalric Lusignan JERUSALEM, II ANDREW ANGERMUELLER HANISH ...
"...Guy's brother Amalric II (Died 1 Apr 1205) succeeded to the crown of Cyprus and became king of Jerusalem in 1197 by marrying Sybil's sister Isabella after the death of her two previous husbands.
Amalric was the founder of a dynasty of sovereigns of Cyprus...His descendants after 1269 regularly enjoyed the title of King of Jerusalem..."
Amalric married Princess Isabella JERUSALEM, daughter of King Baldwin JERUSALEM, III and Theodora COMNENUS.
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King Amalric II Jaffa was still in peril, with a Muslim army at its gates.
Amalric engineered a campaign that recovered Beirut and Sidon, and turned out to be a wise and cautious ruler.
Amalric struggled to stay at peace with his Muslim neighbors, but it was not easy.
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 Assizes of Jerusalem - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
It was written for Amalric II of Jerusalem (the "Roi" of the title) and has a decidedly royalist slant.
It is the only text preserving the établissement of King Baldwin II, which allowed the king to disinherit his vassals, bypassing the normal judgement of the Haute Cour.
John, count of Jaffa and Ascalon and regent of the Kingdom of Jerusalem in Acre, was a participant in the struggle that Philip recorded elsewhere.
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 Leo II of Armenia - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
Leo II of Armenia, (Armenian: Levon II) known as "The Magnificent" (1150 – May 5, 1219) was king of the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia, ruling from 1187–1219.
Bohemund was subsequently released through the mediation of Henry II of Champagne, but was forced to abandon all claims to the suzerainity of Armenia.
In 1210, he married Sybilla of Lusignan, daughter of King Amalric II of Jerusalem, who bore him a daughter, Isabella or Zabel.
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In 1198 he was able to procure a five years' truce with the Muslims, owing to the struggle between Saladin 's brothers and his sons for the inheritance of his territories.
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 1197 article - 1197 1194 1195 1196 1198 1199 1200 Decades 1160s 1170s 1180s 1190s - What-Means.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Amalric II succeeds Henry II of Champagne as king of Jerusalem.
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Philip of Swabia marries Irene Angela, daughter of Byzantine emperor Isaac II.
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 Henry II of Champagne Info - Bored Net - Boredom   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
1166-1197), was count of Champagne from 1181 to 1197, and king of Jerusalem from 1192 to 1197.
In Palestine he married Isabella, the daughter of Amalric I of Jerusalem by his second marriage, becoming king of Jerusalem in right of his wife in 1192.
He had borrowed a great deal of money to finance his expedition to Jerusalem, and for his marriage; and the succession to the county would later be contested by his daughters.
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 Station Information - Leo II of Armenia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Leo II of Armenia (died 1219) was king of Armenia, ruling from 1187 to 1219.
Leo was married twice: first to Isabelle of Austria, and then to Sybilla of Lusignan, daughter of Amalric II of Jerusalem.
Leo named his daughter Isabella as his heir, despite the existence of his grandson (son of his eldest daughter Rita) and Raymond-Rupen (grandson of Rupen III of Armenia).
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 Amalric II of Jerusalem - Definition up Erdmond.Com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
, king of Jerusalem from 1197 to 1205, was the brother of Guy_of_Lusignan.
He had been constable of Jerusalem, but in 1194, on the death of his brother, he became king of Cyprus, as Amalric I. He married Isabella, the daughter of Amalric_I_of_Jerusalem by his second marriage, and became king of Jerusalem in right of his wife in 1197.
The kingdom of Cyprus passed to Hugh, his son by an earlier marriage, while that of Jerusalem passed to Maria, the daughter of Isabella by her previous marriage with Conrad_of_Montferrat.
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 Amalric II --  Encyclopædia Britannica
Amalric had been constable of Palestine before he was summoned by the Franks in Cyprus to become king there after the death of his brother Guy of Lusignan.
Bhaskara II was born in 1114 in Biddur, India.
Mohammad II (Mehmed the Conqueror) (1432–81), Ottoman sultan, born in Adrianople (now Edirne); during rule (1444–46 and 1451–81), captured Constantinople and thus completed the Ottoman destruction of the Byzantine Empire; fourth son of Murad II; restored and repopulated Constantinople after capture in 1453; reorganized Ottoman administration, codified laws, encouraged scholarship...
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 Melisende of Jerusalem
Melisende was the eldest daughter of King Baldwin II of Jerusalem and the Armenian-born Queen Morphia.
In 1132, however, Melisende was accused of having an ongoing affair with Fulk's biggest rival, the rebel Hugh II of Le Puiset.
She gave political support to her sister Alice in a regency question, and was present at her sister Hodierna's marriage to Count Raymond II of Tripoli in 1137.
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 Isabella of Jerusalem   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
She was the daughter of Amalric I of Jerusalem and Maria Comnena, a grandniece of Byzantine emperor Manuel I Comnenus.
Help arrived in the form of Count Henry II of Champagne, a French nobleman who was the nephew of both the King of England and the King of France.
While married to Henry it was retroactively decided that her marriage to Humphrey was not in fact invalid, but as Humphrey had died in the meantime, Isabella was married for a fourth time to Amalric II of Jerusalem (also Amalric I of Cyprus), brother of Guy of Lusignan.
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