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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 ...
Sibylla's uncle Joscelin of Courtenay persuaded Raymond III of Tripoli and his allies to leave Jerusalem, and urged her supporters (including Raynald of Châtillon) to assemble in the town. [33] Ignoring the 1185 ruling of the High Court, the noblemen and prelates who came to Jerusalem concluded that Sibylla was the lawful heir to her son. [34]
Jerusalem daughter of King Baldwin II and Morphia of Melitene: Fulk V, Count of Anjou 2 June 1129 2 sons: 11 September 1161 Jerusalem aged 61 Sibylla 1186–1190: c. 1160 daughter of King Amalric and Agnes of Courtenay: William of Montferrat, Count of Jaffa and Ascalon 1176 one son Guy of Lusignan April 1180 2 daughters: 25 July (probable ...
Guy and Sibylla were hastily married at Eastertide in April 1180 to prevent this coup. By his marriage, Guy also became Count of Jaffa and Ascalon in April 1180, and bailiff of Jerusalem. He and Sibylla had two daughters, Alix and Maria. Sibylla already had one child, a son from her first marriage to William of Montferrat.
Baldwin was in Jerusalem at the time of Sibylla's wedding in 1180. Raymond of Tripoli seems to have been planning a coup to marry Sibylla to Baldwin, but the king needed to marry her to a non-native, in order gain support for another crusade from the west.
Carl's mother, Princess Sibylla, on the other hand, was descended from Queen Victoria's youngest son, Prince Leopold. Leopold passed away young, as the result of hemophilia, but not before having ...
Amalric of Jerusalem, 1153–1163; Amalric became king in 1163. The county was next granted to his daughter on her first marriage. Sibylla of Jerusalem, 1176–1186, with her husbands William of Montferrat (1176–1177) and Guy of Lusignan (1180–1186) Jaffa and Ascalon were occupied by the Ayyubids from 1187 to 1191.
Queen Sibylla may refer to: Sibylla of Jerusalem (c. 1160–1190), queen regnant of Jerusalem; Sibylla of Acerra (1153–1205), queen consort of Sicily; Sibylla of Normandy (1092–1122), queen consort of Scotland; Sibylla of Lusignan (1198 – c. 1230 or 1252), queen consort of Armenia