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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 ...
The Persian Sibyl – also known as the Babylonian, Chaldaean, Hebrew or Egyptian Sibyl – was the prophetic priestess presiding over the Apollonian oracle. The word "Sibyl" comes (via Latin ) from the ancient Greek word sibylla , meaning " prophetess ".
The English word sibyl (/ ˈ s ɪ b əl /) is from Middle English, via the Old French sibile and the Latin sibylla from the ancient Greek Σίβυλλα (Sibylla). [5] Varro derived the name from an Aeolic sioboulla, the equivalent of Attic theobule ("divine counsel"). [6] This etymology is not accepted in modern handbooks, which list the ...
Sibylla of Anjou (died 1165), countess of Flanders; Sibylla of Armenia (c. 1240–1290), princess of Antioch; Sibylla of Anhalt (1514–1614), duchess of Württemberg; Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1908–1972), mother of King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden; Sibilla Aleramo (1876 –1960), Italian poet; Sibylla Budd (born c. 1977 ...
Tyre juts out from the coast of the Mediterranean Sea, and is located about 80 km (50 mi) south of Beirut.It originally consisted of two distinct urban centres: Tyre itself, which was on an island just 500 to 700m offshore, and the associated settlement of Ushu on the adjacent mainland, later called Palaetyrus, meaning "Old Tyre" in Ancient Greek. [7]
Hebrew calendar: 4948–4949: ... Queen Sibylla of Jerusalem, seek refuge in Tyre, which is defended by Conrad of Montferrat. ... 135 languages ...
Isabella of Armenia or Sibylla of Armenia may also refer to: Sibylla of Armenia (1240–1290), daughter of Queen Isabella and King Hetoum I Isabella of Armenia, Princess of Tyre (died c. 1321), daughter of Leo III of Armenia, wife of Amalric of Jerusalem
Sebile, alternatively written as Sedile, Sebille, Sibilla, Sibyl, Sybilla, and other similar names, is a mythical medieval queen or princess who is frequently portrayed as a fairy or an enchantress in the Arthurian legend and Italian folklore.