Hugo III (Cyprus)

Hugo von Antiochia-Lusignan (* around 1235, † March 1284 in Tire ) was called Hugo III. King of Cyprus and as Hugo I King of Jerusalem .

He was the son of Heinrich of Antioch and thus the grandson of Prince Bohemond IV of Antioch from the Ramnulfiden family . His mother was Isabella of Cyprus , the daughter of King Hugo I of Cyprus .

After his aunt Queen Plaisance of Cyprus died in 1261, Hugo was installed in her place as regent for his underage cousin Hugo II of Cyprus . Hugo II was proclaimed "Lord of Jerusalem" in 1258 by a majority of the barons of the Kingdom of Jerusalem in place of the nominal (also underage) King Konradin , and his rulers had taken over the government in the kingdom. In 1264 Hugo took over the reign there for his cousin.

When Hugo II died in 1267 as a minor and childless, Hugo followed him as Hugo III. of Cyprus. After the execution of Conradin by Charles of Anjou in Naples in 1268 , he was recognized as the new king by the Haute Cour of Jerusalem and was then crowned King of Jerusalem as Hugo I on September 24, 1269 in Tire. He then took part in the crusade of the English Prince Eduard Plantagenet ( see Prince Eduard's Crusade ), with which he landed on May 9, 1271 in Acre . An attempted invasion of Cyprus by Sultan Baibars I could be repulsed. However, in return, the Mamluks succeeded in repelling the Mongols allied with the "Franks" from Syria, which is why the crusade ended in a stalemate. On May 22, 1272 Hugo signed a truce with the Mamluks in Caesarea, limited to ten years and ten months, which confirmed the Christians their territories.

Hugo then resided for several years in Acre, the capital of the remaining Kingdom of Jerusalem. His government there was particularly hindered by the Knights Templar , which is why in October 1276 he entrusted the reign of Balian von Ibelin as his Bailli and left the mainland for Cyprus. His position as King of Jerusalem was then contested by Charles of Anjou , who in 1277 had bought Hugo's aunt Maria of Antioch's dubious claims to the throne and, with the support of the Templar Accons, brought this under his control in September of that year, where he was effectively the counter-king Hugo appeared. Hugo continued to be recognized as their king by the lords of Tire and Beirut. In 1283 Hugo III landed. in Tire, in order to try to retake Accon from there. His Cypriot vassals, however, were not prepared to do military service outside of Cyprus for long periods of time, so that the company failed. Hugo finally fell ill in Tire and died there in March 1284. His body was transferred to the Cathedral of St. Sophia (today's Selimiye Mosque ) in Nicosia .

progeny

He married Isabella von Ibelin , daughter of the Constable of Cyprus, Guido von Ibelin , with whom he had five sons and three daughters:

• Johann I./II. († May 20, 1285), 1284 King of Cyprus and Jerusalem;
• Bohemond († November 3, 1283);
• Heinrich II. († 1324) 1285 King of Cyprus and Jerusalem ⚭ 1319 Konstanze, daughter of King Friedrich II. Of Sicily ;
• Amalrich , constable of Jerusalem, regent of Cyprus 1306–1310, titular prince of Tire ⚭ Isabella of Armenia, daughter of King Leo III. ;
• Guido († 1303), constable of Cyprus ⚭ after 1284 Eschiva von Ibelin , mistress of Beirut , widow of Humfried von Montfort ;
• Margarete, ⚭ Thoros III. of Armenia ;
• Alice, ⚭ Balian of Ibelin († 1315/16), titular prince of Galilee
• Maria ⚭ Jacob , King of Aragon-Sicily;

Web links

• Hugo III von Lusignan at genealogie-mittelalter.de
• Hugues of Antioch at fmg.ac (English)

predecessor	Office	successor
Konradin	King of Jerusalem 1268–1284	Johann II./I.
Hugo II	King of Cyprus 1267–1284	Johann II./I.