Late 12th and early 13th-century King of Jerusalem and King of Cyprus
"Amalric of Cyprus" redirects here. For the later regent of Cyprus, see Amalric, Lord of Tyre.
"Aimery of Jerusalem" redirects here. For the patriarch of Jerusalem, see Aymar the Monk.
Aimery
Aimery's seal as King of Cyprus and Jerusalem
Lord of Cyprus
Reign
1194–1196
Predecessor
Guy
King of Cyprus
Reign
1196–1205
Coronation
September 1197
Successor
Hugh I
King of Jerusalem together with Isabella I
Reign
1198–1205
Coronation
January 1198
Predecessor
Isabella I
Successor
Isabella I
Born
c. 1153
Died
1 April 1205 (aged 51–52)
Spouse
Eschiva of Ibelin Isabella I of Jerusalem
Issue more...
Bourgogne, Countess of Toulouse
Helvis, Princess of Antioch
Hugh I of Cyprus
Sibylla, Queen of Armenia
Melisende, Princess of Antioch
House
Lusignan
Father
Hugh VIII of Lusignan
Mother
Burgundia of Rancon
Aimery of Lusignan (Latin: Aimericus, Greek: Αμωρί, Amorí;[1] before 1155 – 1 April 1205), erroneously referred to as Amalric or Amaury in earlier scholarship, was the first King of Cyprus, reigning from 1196 to his death. He also reigned as the King of Jerusalem from his marriage to Isabella I in 1197 to his death. He was a younger son of Hugh VIII of Lusignan, a nobleman in Poitou. After participating in a rebellion against Henry II of England in 1168, he went to the Holy Land and settled in the Kingdom of Jerusalem.
His marriage to Eschiva of Ibelin (whose father was an influential nobleman) strengthened his position in the kingdom. His younger brother, Guy, married Sibylla, the sister of and heir presumptive to Baldwin IV of Jerusalem. Baldwin made Aimery the constable of Jerusalem at around 1180. He was one of the commanders of the Christian army in the Battle of Hattin, which ended with decisive defeat at the hands of the army of Saladin, the Ayyubid sultan of Egypt and Syria, on 4 July 1187.
Aimery supported Guy even after he lost his claim to the Kingdom of Jerusalem according to most barons of the realm, because of the death of Sibylla and their two daughters. The new King of Jerusalem, Henry II of Champagne, arrested Aimery for a short period. After his release, he retired to Jaffa which was the fief of his elder brother, Geoffrey of Lusignan, who had left the Holy Land.
After Guy died in May 1194, his vassals in Cyprus elected Aimery as their lord. He accepted the suzerainty of the Holy Roman emperor, Henry VI. With the emperor's authorization, Aimery was crowned King of Cyprus in September 1197. He soon married Henry of Champagne's widow, Isabella I of Jerusalem. He and his wife were crowned King and Queen of Jerusalem in January 1198. He signed a truce with Al-Adil I, the Ayyubid sultan of Egypt, which secured the Christian possession of the coastline from Acre to Antioch. His rule was a period of peace and stability in both of his realms.
^Σάββα, Παναγιώτης (1 March 2011). Η περίοδος της ακμής του βασιλείου των Λουζινιάν στην Κύπρο (1285-1369) [The heyday of the Lusignan kingdom in Cyprus (1285-1369)] (Thesis) (in Greek). doi:10.12681/eadd/30282. hdl:10442/hedi/30282.
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of Lusignan (or Sibylle de Lusignan) (October/November 1198 – c. 1230 or 1252) was a queen consort of Armenia. She was the daughter of King Aimeryof...
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ofCyprus (1200 Holy Land- after 1249), was the youngest daughter of Queen Isabella I of Jerusalem by her fourth and last marriage to King Aimeryof Cyprus...
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marriage to Sibylla, and King ofCyprus from 1192 to 1194. Having arrived in the Holy Land (where his brother Aimeryof Lusignan was already prominent)...
Aimery or Aymery of Limoges (died c. 1196), also Aimericus in Latin, Aimerikos in Greek and Hemri in Armenian, was a Roman Catholic ecclesiarch in Frankish...
ofCyprus, Aimeryof Lusignan, agreed that Aimery's eldest surviving son was to marry Henry's eldest surviving daughter would receive the County of Jaffa...
capturing Beirut in the north. Henry was succeeded by AimeryofCyprus, who signed a truce with al-Adil of five years and eight months on 1 July 1198. The truce...
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estates, using the Cypriots as serfs. Geoffrey of Lusignan passed up the position of ruler, so Guy was succeeded by his older brother Aimery (1194–1205). During...
youngest daughter of King AimeryofCyprus and Queen Isabella I of Jerusalem. Their daughter, Maria, laid claim to the Kingdom of Jerusalem against her...
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the elder brother of AimeryofCyprus and Guy of Lusignan. Like all members of his family, Geoffrey was an enemy of the House of Plantagenet. This enmity...
Amalric (Aimery) Barlais (died before June 1253) was a baron in the Kingdom ofCyprus, born in Jaffa. He was a son of Renaud Barlais, bailli of Jaffa in...
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