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Guy was the youngest son of Hugh VIII of Lusignan and Bourgogne of Rancon. [4] Both the Lusignans and the Rancons had a long history of involvement in the crusades, starting with the participation of Guy's great-grandfather Hugh VI of Lusignan at the 1102 Battle of Ramla.
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.
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.
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.
Constantine's arms, a combination of those of Lusignan, Jerusalem, and Cilicia. Constantine II (Armenian: Կոստանդին Բ), (also Constantine IV; Western Armenian transliteration: Gosdantin; died 17 April 1344), born Guy de Lusignan, [1] was elected the first Latin King of Armenian Cilicia of the Poitiers-Lusignan dynasty, ruling from 1342 until his death in 1344.
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
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 ...
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.