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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
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| 1192-1194 |
Guy |
* |
| 1194-1205 |
Amaury I |
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| 1205-1218 |
Hugues I |
| 1218-1253 |
Henri I |
** |
| 1253-1267 |
Hugues II |
House of Poitiers-Lusignan
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1267-1284
|
Hugues III |
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| 1284-1285 |
Jean I |
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| 1285-1306 |
Henri II |
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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- |
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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