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(King of Cyprus) Henry I LUSIGNAN #77948

3 MAY 1217 - 18 JAN 1252/53

Personal Information

  • TITLE: King of Cyprus
  • BIRTH: 3 MAY 1217, Nicosia, Cyprus
  • DEATH: 18 JAN 1252/53, Nicosia, Cyprus

Notes

Henry I of Cyprus, nicknamed the Fat was King of Cyprus from 1218 to 1253. He was the son of Hugh I of Cyprus and Alice of Champagne. When his father Hugh I died on January 10, 1218, the 8-month-old Henry became king. His mother was the official regent, but delegated governing to her uncle, Philip of Ibelin. When Philip died, the effective regency passed to his brother John, Old Lord of Beirut.

Parents

Father: Hugh I LUSIGNAN #68184

Mother: Alice of BLOIS-CHAMPAGNE #69240

Family 1 :

Wife: Plaisance of POITIERS

Children:

  1.   Hugh II LUSIGNAN #77953
 
 
                                                          _Hugh VIII LUSIGNAN ______+
                                                         | (1106 - 1165) m 1140     
                             _Aimery LUSIGNAN ___________|
                            | (1145 - 1205)              |
                            |                            |_Bourgogne of RANCON _____
                            |                               m 1140                  
 _Hugh I LUSIGNAN __________|
| (1194 - 1217)             |
|                           |                             _Baldwin of IBELIN _______+
|                           |                            | (.... - 1187) m 1157     
|                           |_Eschiva of IBELIN _________|
|                             (1160 - 1196)              |
|                                                        |_Richilda of BETHSAN _____
|                                                           m 1157                  
|
|--Henry I LUSIGNAN 
|  (1217 - 1252)
|                                                         _Henry I BLOIS-CHAMPAGNE _+
|                                                        | (1127 - 1180)            
|                            _Henry II BLOIS-CHAMPAGNE __|
|                           | (1166 - 1197)              |
|                           |                            |_Marie of CAPET __________+
|                           |                              (1145 - 1197)            
|_Alice of BLOIS-CHAMPAGNE _|
  (1193 - 1246)             |
                            |                             _Amalric CHÂTEAUDUN _____+
                            |                            | (1136 - 1174)            
                            |_Isabella I of CHÂTEAUDUN _|
                              (1172 - 1205)              |
                                                         |_Maria of KOMNENOS _______+
                                                           (1154 - 1217)

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