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Sibylla's brother, Baldwin IV, died in 1185, having named Raymond to rule as regent for Baldwin V instead of Sibylla or Guy. The boy king died the next year, and Sibylla moved quickly to claim the throne against Raymond's ambitions. She agreed to her supporters' demand to set Guy aside on the condition that she could choose her next husband.
Sibylla wrote to Saladin and begged for her husband's release, and Guy was finally granted release in 1188 and allowed to rejoin his wife. Guy and Sibylla sought refuge in Tyre, the only city remaining in Christian hands, thanks to the defence of Conrad of Montferrat (younger brother of Sibylla's first husband).
The four witch queens show up again in King's later Le Morte D'Avalon, where it is revealed that they use their magic to rule their respective kingdoms through their king husbands as puppets. In the fourth season of the animated series Winx Club, produced by Rainbow S.p.A, Sebile, under the name Sibylla, appears as a secondary character ...
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 ...
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 Lusignan (or Sibylle de Lusignan) (October/November 1198 – c. 1230 or 1252) was a queen consort of Armenia. She was the daughter of King Aimery of Cyprus and Queen Isabella I of Jerusalem . [ 1 ]
Sibylla was the daughter of Queen Isabella and King Hethoum I of Armenia. [1] In 1254, at the suggestion of the crusader King Louis IX of France, Sibylla was married to Bohemond VI, the prince of Antioch and count of Tripoli. [2] Their children were Bohemond VII, Lucia, and Maria. [1] The Principality of Antioch fell to the Egyptian Mamluks in ...
Sibylla of Acerra (1153–1205) was Queen of Sicily as the wife of King Tancred. [1] After Tancred's death, she was regent in 1194 for their son, King William III . She was the sister of Count Richard of Acerra .