Kings of Cyprus

Cyprus was after 58 BC a part of the Roman Empire and thereafter the Byzantine Empire. It became de facto an independent state when the self-proclaimed Byzantine emperor Isaakios Komnēnos conquered the island 1185. He was then expelled 1191 by Richard the Lionheart during the Third Crusade. The English king sold the island shortly afterwards to the Knights Templars who in their turn sold it to the former king of Jerusalem, Guy de Lusignan. Formally Cyprus did not become a kingdom until 1197 when Guy's brother and successor Amaury I was elevated to king by the Holy Roman Emperor Heinrich IV. The kingdom existed for 300 years until its queen Catherine Cornaro was forced to sell the island to Venice in 1489.

House of Komnēnos

1185-1191 1191 1191-1192	Isaakios Conquered by England Ruled by the Knights Templars
House of Lusignan
1192-1194 1194-1205 1205-1218 1218-1253 1253-1267	Guy Amaury I Hugues I Henri I Hugues II	*   **
House of Poitiers-Lusignan
1267-1284 1284-1285 1285-1306 1306-1310 1310-1324 1324-1359 1359-1369 1369-1382 1382-1398 1398-1432 1432-1458 1458-1460 1460-1473 1473-1474 1474-1489 1489-1571 1571-1878 1878-1960 1960-	Hugues III Jean I Henri II
	Amaury II de Tyr Henri II (restored) Hugues IV Pierre I Pierre II Jacques I Janus Jean II Charlotte Jacques II le bâtard Jacques III le posthume Catherine Cornaro Ruled by Venice Part of the Ottoman Empire British rule Republic of Cyprus

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