(King of Cyprus) Hugh I LUSIGNAN #68184

BET 1194 AND 1195 - 10 JAN 1217/18
AKA: Hugh I of Cyprus
TITLE King of Cyprus-
BIRTH BET 1194 AND 1195
DEATH 10 JAN 1217/18, Tripoli, Lebanon

Historical Notes

Hugh I succeeded to the throne of Cyprus on 1 April 1205, underage upon the death of his elderly father Aimery, King of Cyprus and Jerusalem. His mother was Eschiva of Ibelin, heiress of that branch of Ibelins who had held Bethsan and Ramleh.
Early life
Hugh was the youngest of the three sons of Aimery of Lusignan, Lord of Cyprus, and his first wife, Eschiva of Ibelin. He was born between around 1194/1195 and 1199. Shortly after his birth, he lost his mother. Hugh and his two brothers, Guy and John, were engaged to the three daughters of Isabella I of Jerusalem (Maria of Montferrat, Alice of Champagne and Philippa of Champagne), as a sign of reconciliation between Cyprus and Jerusalem. Hugh was his father's only son to survive childhood.

Parents

Father : Aimery LUSIGNAN #68173

Mother : Eschiva of IBELIN #70265

Family 1

Alice of BLOIS-CHAMPAGNE

Children

  1. +Mary of LUSIGNAN
  2. +Henry I LUSIGNAN
  3. +Isabella of LUSIGNAN

Lineage 

                                              _Hugh VII LUSIGNAN __+
                                             | (1075 - 1151) m 1090
                       _Hugh VIII LUSIGNAN __|
                      | (1106 - 1165) m 1140 |
                      |                      |_Saracena of LEZAY __
                      |                        (1075 - 1144) m 1090
 _Aimery LUSIGNAN ____|
| (1145 - 1205)       |
|                     |                       _____________________
|                     |                      |                     
|                     |_Bourgogne of RANCON _|
|                        m 1140              |
|                                            |_____________________
|                                                                  
|
|--Hugh I LUSIGNAN 
|  (1194 - 1217)
|                                             _Barisan of IBELIN __
|                                            | (.... - 1150)       
|                      _Baldwin of IBELIN ___|
|                     | (.... - 1187) m 1157 |
|                     |                      |_Helvis of RAMLA ____
|                     |                        (1122 - 1158)       
|_Eschiva of IBELIN __|
  (1160 - 1196)       |
                      |                       _____________________
                      |                      |                     
                      |_Richilda of BETHSAN _|
                         m 1157              |
                                             |_____________________

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