
Gold bezant of Hugh I of Cyprus, 1205-1218.
Hugh I of Cyprus or
Hugues I de Lusignan (1194/1195 –
January 10,
1218) succeeded to the throne of Cyprus on
April 1,
1205 underage upon the death of his elderly father
Amalric of Lusignan, King of Cyprus and King-Consort of Jerusalem. His mother was Eschiva of Ibelin, heiress of that branch of
Ibelins who had held Bethsan and
Ramleh.
Hugh was married September, 1210 at
Nicosia to his stepsister
Alice of Champagne of Jerusalem (1193/1198 – 1246), daughter of his father's last wife
Isabella, Queen of Jerusalem and her previous husband
Henry de Champagne, king-consort of Jerusalem. The couple had three children:
- Marie de Lusignan (before March, 1215 – ca 1252 or 1254), who married Count Walter IV of Brienne in 1233 (ca 1200 – murdered at Cairo, 1244). She became mother of Hugh of Brienne (c 1240-1296), who was Count of Lecce and Brienne and pursued the kingdoms in Levant for himself when his uncle Henry's line began to go extinct. This claim fell to her grandson Walter V of Brienne and his descendants. They are the heirs-general of King Amalric I of Cyprus and Hugh I himself.
He died at
Tripoli and was buried at the Church of the
Hospitallers at
Tripoli, then at the Church of the
Hospitallers at
Nicosia.
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