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Guy of Lusignan (c. 1150 – 18 July 1194) was King of Jerusalem, first as husband and co-ruler of Queen Sibylla from 1186 to 1190 then as disputed ruler from 1190 to ...
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.
King Guy de Lusignan and King Saladin Common consensus is that Jan Lievens used the Two biblical Magi from Peter Paul Rubens as the basis for this artpiece. It remains unclear though whether Rubens used the depiction of King Saladin and King Guy de Lusignan as the basis for the Adoration of the Magi.
Personal arms of Guy de Lusignan, then used as the arms of the Lusignan Kings of Jerusalem after his death until 1268. [3] Quarterly, 1 and 4 in blue with the silver cross and 2 and 3 barry silver and azure eight rooms, a lion rampant, armed, langued and crowned with gold stitching on the whole. 1335–1385: Prince of Galilee
The sketch was titled The Captive King and it shows the French nobleman Guy de Lusignan held prisoner by Saladin. Lusignan had fought Saladin on 4 July 1187 and was taken prisoner following his army's defeat. It is said that the relics from the true cross were also lost during this battle. [1]
Since Guy was a long-time vassal of King Richard, the English king looked to strike two birds with one stone; by offering Guy de Lusignan the kingdom of Cyprus, he allowed his friend the opportunity to save face and keep some sort of power in the East whilst simultaneously ridding himself of a troublesome fief.
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He took the name Guy de Lusignan and title of Prince. He started offering self-styled chivalric orders. [14] After the death of Guy/Kalfa Narbei in 1905, his wife Marie's lover became the alleged Grand Master and called himself Comte d'Alby de Gratigny. He became involved in a fake art scandal in 1910. [15] [16] [17]