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Sibylla (Old French: Sibyl; c. 1159 – 25 July 1190) was the queen of Jerusalem from 1186 to 1190. She reigned alongside her husband Guy of Lusignan, to whom she was unwaveringly attached despite his unpopularity among the barons of the Kingdom of Jerusalem. Sibylla was the eldest daughter of King Amalric and the only daughter of Agnes of ...
They argued that Sibylla's legitimacy was dubious, because her parents' marriage had been annulled. [36] They also emphasized that Isabella was born after the coronation of her father. [36] They sent envoys to Jerusalem to protest against Sibylla's coronation, but Heraclius, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, crowned her in mid-September.
Sibylla of Anjou (c. 1112 –1165) was a countess consort of Flanders as the wife of Count Thierry. She ruled the County of Flanders as regent during the absence of her spouse from 1147 to 1149. First marriage
Guy and Sibylla outside Tyre The eastern Mediterranean in 1190. Conrad denied sanctuary to Sibylla and Guy, who camped outside the city walls for months. Guy then took the initiative, beginning the siege of Acre in anticipation of the arrival of the vanguard of the Third Crusade. The queen followed him but died during an epidemic in the summer ...
Sibylla's supporters ignored the barons' opposition, and Patriarch Heraclius crowned her before the end of September. [110] She then put the crown on Guy's head, and the patriarch anointed him. [122] According to the Estoire de Eracles, Ridefort proudly declared "this crown well worth the marriage of Botrun" in reference to Raymond's betrayal.
He was a sickly child and died in the summer of 1186. Raymond and his supporters went to Nablus, presumably in an attempt to prevent Sibylla from claiming the throne, but Sibylla and her supporters went to Jerusalem, where it was decided that the kingdom should pass to her, on the condition that her marriage to Guy be annulled.
Sibylla is a female given name. It may refer to: Sibylla of Jerusalem (c. 1160–1190), queen regnant of Jerusalem; Sybilla of Normandy (c. 1092–1122), queen ...
[note 9] [140] Tyre emerged as the center of Frankish resistance on the ruins of the Kingdom of Jeursalem under the command of the Italian crusader Conrad of Montferrat (d. 1192). When Saladin attacked Tyre in November 1187, the Tripolitans sent ships to help their fellow Christians but a storm destroyed the fleet. [142]