French knight and King of Jerusalem (r. 1186–1192)
For other kings named Guy, see King Guy (disambiguation).
Guy
Coin issued as ruler of Cyprus
King of Jerusalem
(jure uxoris)
Reign
1186–1192
Coronation
1186
Predecessor
Baldwin V
Successor
Isabella I and Conrad
Co-sovereign
Sibylla (1186–1190)
Contender
Conrad (1190–1192)
Lord of Cyprus
Reign
1192 – 18 July 1194
Successor
Aimery
Born
c. 1150 Lusignan, Poitou
Died
18 July 1194(1194-07-18) (aged 43–44) Nicosia, Cyprus
Spouse
Sibylla of Jerusalem
Issue
Maria Alix
House
House of Lusignan
Father
Hugh VIII of Lusignan
Mother
Bourgogne (or Burgondie) de Rancon, Dame de Fontenay
Religion
Roman Catholicism
Guy of Lusignan (c. 1150 – 18 July 1194) was a French Poitevin knight who reigned as the king of Jerusalem from 1186 to 1192 by right of marriage to Sibylla, and King of Cyprus from 1192 to 1194.
Having arrived in the Holy Land (where his brother Aimery of Lusignan was already prominent) at an unknown date, Guy was hastily married to Sibylla in 1180 to prevent a political incident within the kingdom. As the health of his brother-in-law, Baldwin IV of Jerusalem, deteriorated, Sibylla appointed Guy as regent for his stepson, Baldwin V of Jerusalem. Baldwin IV died in 1185, followed shortly by Baldwin V in 1186, leading to the succession of Sibylla and Guy to the throne. Guy's reign was marked by increased hostilities with the Ayyubids ruled by Saladin, culminating in the Battle of Hattin in July 1187—during which Guy was captured—and the fall of Jerusalem itself three months later.[1]
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, during which Guy's wife died, developed into a rallying point for the Third Crusade, led by Philip II of France and Richard I of England. Guy entered a bitter row with Conrad over the kingship of Jerusalem; despite Richard's support for the widower king, Conrad married Sibylla's half-sister Isabella and was elected king by the kingdom's nobility. Conrad was killed by Assassins days after the election; Richard's and Guy's involvement in the incident is suspected but unproven. Nevertheless, Guy was compensated for the dispossession of his crown by being given lordship of Cyprus in 1192, which Richard had taken from the Byzantine Empire en route to the Levant. Guy ruled the Kingdom of Cyprus until he died in 1194 when he was succeeded by his brother Aimery.
^Gerish, Deborah (2006). In The Crusades – An Encyclopedia. pp. 549–551.
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