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Guy was a member of the House of Lusignan. [2] The family's holdings were in Poitou, which was a part of King Henry II of England's territories within the Kingdom of France. [3] Guy was the youngest son of Hugh VIII of Lusignan and Bourgogne of Rancon. [4]
Guy was the eldest son of King Hugh IV of Cyprus and his first wife Maria of Ibelin, who was the daughter of Guy, count of Jaffa. Guy lost his mother when he was a child in 1318, and his father, then constable of Cyprus, married his second wife Alice of Ibelin, a cousin of his first wife. [1]
Hugh XIII (died 1303) Guy (died 1308) Yolande (died 1314) Guy's sisters, Jeanne and Isabelle, sold Angoulême to Philip IV of France after Guy's death. [6] Yolande sold the fiefs of Lusignan, La Marche and Fougères to Philip IV of France in 1308. They became a part of the French royal demesne and a common appanage of the crown.
In 1194, Guy de Lusignan died without any heirs and so his older brother, Amalric, became King Amalric I of Cyprus, a crown and title which was approved by Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor. [4] After the death of Amalric of Lusignan, the Kingdom continually passed to a series of young boys who grew up as king.
Henry of Lusignan (d. 1323) Guy of Lusignan (d. 1344) m. 1. Kantakuzene, 2. Theodora Syrgiannaina Isabella of Lusignan (c. 1333–1382/1387) m. Manuel Kantakouzenos; John of Lusignan (d. 1343) m. Sultana of Georgia Bohemond of Lusignan (died 1364) Leon VI of Armenia (illegitimate) m. Margaret of Soissons Mary of Lusignan (c. 1370–1381)
Peter de Lusignan (bef. 1155 – aft. December, 1174), witnessed a charter in Antioch in 1174, but is otherwise not documented. He died probably as a priest. Guy of Lusignan, born about 1150, died 1194. He was regent and afterwards King of Jerusalem. After the loss of Jerusalem he became Lord of Cyprus. [2] Aimery of Lusignan, born about 1153 ...
Guy of Poitiers-Lusignan (1275/1280 – 1303) was constable of Cyprus from 1298. He was the youngest son of Hugh III of Cyprus (ruled in 1267–1284) and Isabella of Ibelin. [1] In 1303, Guy conspired against his brother Henry II of Cyprus (reigned 1285-1306) then (1310-1324); discovered, he was executed the same year.
Finally his nephew was chosen, and Baldwin IV had him crowned as co-king in order to sideline the child's unpopular stepfather, Guy of Lusignan. When Baldwin IV died, Count Raymond III of Tripoli assumed government on behalf of the child king. Baldwin V died of unknown causes and was succeeded by his mother, Sibylla, who then made Guy king.