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	Encyclopedia: Kingdom of Cyprus
		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.
		Hugh I of Cyprus (born 1194 or 1195, died 1218) succeeded to the throne of Cyprus in 1205 underage upon the death of his elderly father Amalric of Lusignan, King of Cyprus and King-Consort of Jerusalem.
		Hugh IV was King of Cyprus from 1324 to 1359 and, nominally, King of Jerusalem, as Hugh II.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Kingdom-of-Cyprus (3267 words)

	Cyprus History: Lusignan Period - The Rule of Hugues II
		Again the crown of Cyprus fell to a minor and the question of Hugues I of Cyprus and therefore first cousin of the young king Hugues II.
		During the minority of Hugues II the long struggle between the Orthodox and Latin churches in Cyprus came to a head.
		In 1267, the child king, Hugues II died, the last of the Lusignan in the male line, and the regent, who took the name of Lusignan from his mother, succeeded to the throne as Hugues III.
	www.cypnet.co.uk /ncyprus/history/lusignan/2hugues2.htm (1240 words)

	A History of Cyprus
		At the age of 13, Amarlic's son married Alice of Jerusalem and assumed the reins of government as Hugh I at the age of 15 and died at 23 at the wedding of a half - sister in Tripoli.
		With Henry II's return to the Cypriot throne, they were then also put on trial here ; their property fell to the Knights of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem who had their mother house in Limassol from 1291 to 1308, but then withdrew to Rhodes.
		Hugh IV, who was 24 years of age when he acceded to the throne, was an absolutely modern ruler, intent on efficiency.
	www.kypros.org /Sxetikos/Library/ByzantineChurches/AHistoryofCyprus-5.htm (1147 words)

	History, Flora and Fauna in North Cyprus
		Cyprus was repeatedly invaded over the centuries, each invasion leaving a legacy that survives to this day.
		Northern Cyprus hosts over 1600 plant specia of which 22 are endemic, 350 species of birds, of which 7 are endemic, and 26 different species of reptile and amphibia.
		The standing of Cyprus and its significance to Byzantium is indicated by the decision of Emperor Justinian (527-565) to classify the island as a seperate province.
	www.manolyahotel.com /about_cyprus.html (7443 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem
		Alix of Champagne, Queen of Cyprus and daughter of King Henry I, claimed the regency on the ground of being Isabella of Brienne's nearest relative; and it was conferred upon her and her second husband Ralph, Count of Soissons, the imperial garrison, besieged in Tyre, being forced to capitulate.
		King Hugh II of Lusignan had died in 1267, and his succession was disputed by his nephew, Hugh III, already King of Cyprus, and Mary of Antioch whose maternal grandfather was Amaury of Lusignan.
		In 1459 Charlotte, daughter of John III, King of Cyprus, married Louis of Savoy, Count of Geneva, and in 1485 ceded her rights to Jerusalem to her nephew Charles of Savoy; hence, from that time up to 1870, the title of King of Jerusalem was borne by the princes of the House of Savoy.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/08361a.htm (3021 words)

	Kingdoms of Greece - Cyprus
		The recorded history of Cyprus begins with the occupation of part of the island by Egypt.
		Beginning with the rise of Assyria during the 8th century BC, Cyprus was under the control of each of the empires that successively dominated the eastern Mediterranean.
		Alexander the Great took Cyprus from Persia in 333 BC, and after his death in 323 BC the island again became an Egyptian possession, under the Ptolemies.
	www.kessler-web.co.uk /History/KingListsEurope/GreeceCyprus.htm (373 words)

	BOHEMUND (PRINCES) - LoveToKnow Article on BOHEMUND (PRINCES) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		He first joined, and then deserted, the emperor Frederick II., during the crusade of 122829; and he was excluded from the operation of the treaty of 1229.
		By his first marriage in 1225 with Alice, the widow of Hugh I. of Cyprus, Bohemund V. connected the history of Antioch for a time with that of Cyprus.
		His sister Plaisance had married in 1250 Henry I. of Cyprus, the son of Hugh I.; and the Cypriot connection of Antioch, originally formed by the marriage of l3ohemund V. and Alice, the widow of Hugh I., was thus maintained.
	10.1911encyclopedia.org /B/BO/BOHEMUND_PRINCES_.htm (2553 words)

	Saint Patrick's Church: Saints of April 29
		Hugh attended the Council of Rheims and eloquently supported the reforms of Pope Saint Leo IX, denouncing simony and the relaxation of clerical discipline.
		Hugh assisted Pope Nicholas II in drawing up the decree on papal elections at a council in Rome in 1059 and continued in close relationship with the Holy See when Hildebrand, who had been a monk at Cluny, was elected pope as Gregory VII.
		Hugh's integrity and generosity were known to all; when Saint Anselm fell out with King William II of England, it was to Hugh at Cluny that he first went for counsel.
	www.saintpatrickdc.org /ss/0429.htm (4201 words)

	Cyprus History: Lusignan Period - The Reign of Hugues IV
		But, on the southern coast opposite Cyprus, separated from the Turks by the Taurus mountains, lay the little kingdom of Armenia, the ancient roman province of Cilicia, which had become an independent kingdom at the same time as the Lusignans came to Cyprus.
		This led to enmity between the maritime republics and the kingdom of Cyprus, and eventually to the fall of the Lusignan dynasty.
		The Ottomans threatened the remnants of the Byzantine empire, the Knights of Hospitallers of Rhodes and the Lusignan kingdom of Cyprus.
	www.cypnet.co.uk /ncyprus/history/lusignan/3hugues4.htm (1346 words)

	Lebanon Heads of State
		Following the death of her husband Hugh (Dec. 1267), Hugh III of Cyprus hoped to use her as an eligible heiress to attract some distinguished King to the East.
		Eschiva's son, Hugh IV de Lusignan, succeeded to the throne of Cyprus, eventhough his father, Guy was only the fourth son of Hugh III, but his elder uncles (John I and Henry II), were eighter childless or their heirs were disqualified to inherit the throne.
		Hodierna was married to Count Raymond II of Tripoli, the son and heir of Pons of Tripoli (c.1133), and became Countess of Tripoli (c.1143) following the death of her father-in-law.
	www.guide2womenleaders.com /Lebanon_Substates.htm (1080 words)

	Overview
		The range of signatories reflected the fact that the constitution of Cyprus did not emanate from the free will of its people, who were not consulted either directly or through their ad hoc elected representatives, but from the Zurich Agreement between Greece and Turkey.
		The Treaty of Alliance between the Republic of Cyprus the Kingdom of Greece and the Republic of Turkey was a military alliance agreed for defence purposes.
		It is worth noting in the context of Cyprus΄ later history that under Article 185 of the Constitution the territory of the Republic is one and indivisible and the complete or partial union of Cyprus with any other state is expressly excluded.
	www.kypros.org /Constitution/overview.htm (4160 words)

	The Titles of the European Rulers
		In 1489 Caterina Cornero ceded the island of Cyprus to the Republic of Venice.
		The union with the Kingdom of Jerusalem ended with the death of King Amalrich, who was succeeded in Cyprus by his son Hugh I, and the Crown of Jerusalem passed to Mary of Montferrat, Amalrich's step-daughter (1205).
		Hugh III, King of Cyprus, was recognized as King of Jerusalem after the execution of Conrad ("Conradin") of Hohenstaufen, King of Sicily and Jerusalem (1268)
	www.geocities.com /eurprin/cyprus.html (534 words)

	cyprus_txt_3a.html
		Cyprus was first confronted with medieval heraldry by Richard the Lionheart and saw a good deal more of it during the reign of the Templars (1191-1192), the Lusignans (as well as the Venetians (1489-1571)).
		The Lusignan lion was first found on the coins of Hugh II (1267- 84).
		The development of the coat of arms was terminated by James I., who acquired the likewise honorary title of a King of Armenia in 1393: he replaces the Lusignan lion in the third quarter by the lion of Armenia.
	www.allcrusades.com /BUTTONS/CYPRUS_LUSIGNAN_ARMS/cyprus_txt_3a.html (707 words)

	Women in power 1250-1300
		Queen Plaisance of Cypern died in 1261 her son Hugo II was eight years old, at first Isabella's son was appointed regent because the Supreme Court thought a man would be a better regent than a woman, but in 1263 Isabella and her husband, Henri de Poitou of Antiochiaia (d.
		Daughter of Eudes de Bourgogne and Mahaut II de Bourgogne of Auxerre, Nevers, Auxerre and Tonnerre, and reigned jointly with her first husband Jean Tristan de France, Count de Nevers and Valois (1250-70), the son of king Louis IX (1215-70) and Marguerite de Province.
		Maria II was the daughter-daughter of King Almaric I of Jerusalem and pretender to the throne against Hugh III de Lusignan, King of Cyprus and Jerusalem.
	www.guide2womenleaders.com /womeninpower/Womeninpower1250.htm (7418 words)

	Marcus Antonius to Maite - tobg98.htm - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
		Raymond married (4) Joanna, Queen of Sicily daughter of Henry II "Curtmantle", King of England and Eleanore, Duchess of Aquitaine in Oct 1196 in Rouen, Normandie, France.
		Robert married Lady Petronella de Grantmesnil daughter of Hugh II de Grantmesnil, Baron of Hinckley, Lord High Stewart of England in 1156.
		Gundred married Hugh Bigod, 1st Earl of Norfolk and Suffolk son of Roger Bigod and Adeliza de Grantmesnil.
	www.bradleyfoundation.org /Maite/marcus/tobg98.htm (1029 words)

	Cyprus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Inportant both as a major source of copper, and as a strategic jump-off point to the Near East, the place has seen virtually every conqueror, colonizer, and explorer to have been involved in the Middle East, and it continues to this day to be a source of drama and tension.
		It was a mercantile center specializing in the Cypriote copper trade, and was a focus of the cult of Cybele and Her consort Atys.
		General Cypriot sequence thereafter............295 BCE-365 CE The epicenter of a massive earthquake which caused widespread devastation throughout the eastern Mediterranean on 21 July 365, was located quite nearby Kourion, which was entirely leveled.
	www.hostkingdom.net /Cyprus.html (826 words)

	Index to royal Genealogical Data - ordered by forename - part 54 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Hugh II of Burgundy, Duke of Burgundy, b.
		Hugh III of Burgundy, Duke of Burgundy, b.
		Hugh V of Burgundy, Duke of Burgundy, b.
	www.dcs.hull.ac.uk /genealogy/royal/gedFx54.html (694 words)

	ipedia.com: Kingdom of Cyprus Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The island was conquered from Isaac Comnenus, a rival Byzantine emperor, in 1191 by King Richard I of England during the Third Crusade.
		A small minority Roman Catholic population of the island was mainly confined to the coastal cities, such as Nicosia and Famagusta but remained in control, while the Greek inhabitants lived in the countryside; this was much the same as the arrangement in the Kingdom of Jerusalem.
		The independent Eastern Orthodox Church of Cyprus, with its own archbishop and subject to no patriarch, was allowed to remain on the island, but the Latin Church largely displaced it in power.
	www.ipedia.com /kingdom_of_cyprus.html (518 words)

	James II of Aragon -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		He married Marie of Cyprus, daughter of (additional info and facts about Hugh III of Cyprus) Hugh III of Cyprus.
		He succeeded his father as King of Sicily in 1285, and was then known as "James I of Sicily." Upon his brother (additional info and facts about Alfonso III) Alfonso III's death in 1291, he succeeded also to the throne of Aragon.
		By a peace treaty with (additional info and facts about Charles II of Anjou) Charles II of Anjou in 1296, he agreed to give up Sicily, but the Sicilians instead installed on the throne his brother (A town in northern Maryland west of Baltimore) Frederick.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/j/ja/james_ii_of_aragon1.htm (234 words)

	Vlar's Timeline of the World (Page 6)
		Nicephorus II Phocas, Byzantine Emperor, defeats Arabs and Bulgarians.
		Robert II of France allies with Henry II against Baldwin of Flanders.
		1022 - Emperor Henry II defeats the Greeks in S.Italy.
	www.angelfire.com /vt/VlarDracul/timeline6.html (1710 words)

	Charles I of Sicily - Biocrawler definition:Charles I of Sicily - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		She was the daughter of Prince Bohemond IV of Antioch and Tripoli (d 1233) and his second wife Melisend of Cyprus (who died after 1249).
		Since Mary was, at the time of the death of Conradin, the only living grandchild of Queen Isabella, she claimed the throne on basis of proximity of blood to the Kings of Jerusalem.
		However, his troops were driven away 1285 by the new king Henry II of Cyprus: with a fleet Henry attacked Acre, defended by Charles' lieutenant Hugh Pelerin, and the city was captured on 29 July 1285.
	www.biocrawler.com /biowiki/Charles_I_of_Sicily (1041 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Richard I, King of England
		Philip Augustus and Henry II had subsequently followed his example, but the quarrels which had supervened had so far prevented the realization of this pious design.
		There miserable quarrels occurred with Philip, whose sister he now refused to marry, and this trouble was complicated by an interference in the affairs of Sicily, which the Emperor Henry VI watched with a jealous eye, and which later on was to cost Richard dear.
		He thoroughly respected a man of fearless integrity like St. Hugh of Lincoln, and Bishop Stubbs says of him with justice that he was perhaps the most sincerely religious prince of his family.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/13041b.htm (1540 words)

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		• King Hugh II of Lusignan had died in 1267, and his succession was disputed by his nephew, Hugh III, already King of Cyprus, and Mary of Antioch whose maternal grandfather was Amaury of Lusignan.
		On 5 April, 1291, the Sultan Malek- Aschraf appeared before Saint-Jean d'Acre and, despite the courage of its defenders, the city was taken by storm on 28 May. The Kingdom of Jerusalem no longer existed, and none of the expeditions of the fourteenth century succeeded in re-establishing it.
		The specimen of ivory used as a binding for the Psalter of Melisende, daughter of Baldwin II, and preserved in the British Museum, displays a curious decoration in which are combined designs of Byzantine and Arabian art.
	www.ewtn.com /library/HOMELIBR/08361A.TXT (3079 words)

	Ancestors of Eugene Ashton ANDREW & Anna Louise HANISH Hugh De LUSIGNAN, VIII ANDREW ANGERMUELLER HANISH STRUDELL ...
		"Hugh (Hugues) I, Lord of Lusignan, was a vassal of the counts of Poitiers in the 10th century.
		This outrage caused Hugh to turn to the King of France, Philip II Augustus, forming an alliance that culminated in John's loss of his continental possessions.
		"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.
	www.geneal.net /2735.htm (536 words)

	CYPRUSIVE - North Cyprus Web Guide - The Lusignan Dynasty (1192 - 1489)
		Emperor Frederick II was by now back in after achieving notable success on his crusade by skilful negotiations with the Arabs.
		The illegitimate usurper James II 1473) managed to wrest Famagusta trom the declining Genoese, marriage to Caterina Cornaro of Venice was a fatal error.
		The who had long coveted the island, soon engineered the king`s death and effectively ruled Cyprus until they officially took over in 1489, n Caterina was persuaded to relinquish her position in their favour.
	www.cyprusive.com /?CID=226 (1945 words)

	Cyprus Rulers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Isaac Comnenus was a great-nephew of Manuel I and rebelled against the harsh rule of Andronicus, establishing himself as an independent ruler in Cyprus.
		Regent of the Kingdom of Cyprus and Jerusalem - Prince of Tyre
		This coin is doubly interesting as it appears that it was originally counterstamped to be a 9 soldi and 1 denari coin, was pierced and later clipped down to the weight of a 6 soldi 1 denari coin, making this a coin that has been valued at least 3 times for use.
	users.stlcc.edu /mfuller/cyprus/Rulers.html (1010 words)

	cyprus_txt_2
		Rule by Richard the Lionheart, King of England (1191-1192): In 1191 Cyprus was conquered and definitely occupied by the Latin Crusaders accompanying Richard I, King of England, on the
		The occupation of Cyprus by King Richard seems not to have been recognized as the foundation of a kingdom; Richard was undoubtedly the first Latin lord of the island and disposed of it as such to the Order of the Temple.
		() 1306 - 1310: Amaury (Brother): Regent of the Kingdom of Cyprus* and Jerusalem - Prince of Tyre.
	www.allcrusades.com /CASTLES/CYPRUS/cyprus_txt_2.html (911 words)

	Crusader States, Kings of Jerusalem & Cyprus, Templars, Hospitallers, Israel, etc.
		While the Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa and King Philip II Augustus of France went on the Crusade, Frederick died on the way, Philip soon left, and operations were mainly conducted by a third monarch, the King of England, Richard I, the Lion-Heart.
		Before long, sons of King Frederick II of Sicily, brother of King James of Aragón, succeeded as Dukes, but then sovereignty began to be exercised by Kings of Sicily themselves, starting with Louis.
		At the death of Isabella, Philip II of Taranto, a son of Charles II was then able to set aside her second husband, Philip of Savoy, and her daughter, Matilda, and return Achaea to the Anjevians.
	www.friesian.com /outremer.htm (13900 words)

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