Isabella of Ibelin, Queen of Cyprus and Jerusalem

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Noble family House of Ibelin Mother Philippa Berlais Died 1324 Grandparents Melisende of Arsuf		Father Guy d'Ibelin Name Isabella Ibelin, Spouse Hugh III of Cyprus
Parents Guy of Ibelin, constable of Cyprus Children Hugh IV of Cyprus, John II of Jerusalem, Marie of Lusignan, Queen of Aragon Grandchildren Peter I of Cyprus, John of Lusignan, James I of Cyprus

Isabella of Ibelin (1241–1324), Queen of Cyprus, was the daughter of Guy d'Ibelin, marshal and constable of the Kingdom of Cyprus, and of Philippa Berlais.

She married Hugh III of Cyprus (1235–1284), the King of Cyprus (reign 1267–1284).

Issue

Isabella and Hugh III had the following children:

John II & I of Lusignan (died 1285) who succeeded him as King of Jerusalem and Cyprus

Bohemond of Lusignan (ca. 1268 – Tyre, 3 November 1281, buried at the Franciscan Church of Nicosia)

Henry II of Lusignan (1271 – 31 August 1324) who succeeded John as King of Jerusalem

Amaury II of Lusignan, Prince of Tyre (died 5 June 1310), Constable of Jerusalem, who displaced Henry and became Regent of Cyprus

Mary of Lusignan (1273 – September 1322 at Tortosa and buried at Barcelona) who married by proxy at Santa Sophia, Nicosia on 15 June 1315 and in person at Girona on 27 November 1315 James II of Aragon (10 August 1267 – 2 November 1327). She died childless.

Aimery of Lusignan (1274–1280 — soon before 9 April 1316), succeeded Guy as Constable of Cyprus in 1303, briefly succeeded Amalric as Regent of Cyprus and Governor of Cyprus on 6 June 1310

Guy of Lusignan (1275–1280 – 1303, probably buried at Nicosia), Constable of Cyprus ca. 1291, married on 7 December 1291 Eschive d'Ibelin, Lady of Beirut (1253–1312), parents of:

Hugh IV of Lusignan, King of Cyprus

Isabella of Lusignan (1296–1300 – after 1340), married on 21 July 1322 Eudes de Dampierre, Titular Constable of Jerusalem (died 1330)

Margaret of Lusignan (ca. 1276 – in Armenia, 1296), who married 9 January 1288 Thoros III of Armenia

Alice of Lusignan (1277–1280 – after March 1324), married 1292–1295 or ca. 1292/1294 Balian of Ibelin (died 1315/1316 in Kerynia, soon before 19 April 1316), Titular Prince of Galilee and Bethlehem

Helvis de Lusignan (died after March 1324)

Isabella of Lusignan (ca. 1280 – 1319), married firstly in 1285/1290 Constantine of Neghir, Lord of Partzerpert (died 1308), and secondly ca. 1310 King Oshin of Armenia, who divorced her before or in 1316. Through her first marriage she was grandmother of Constantine III, King of Armenia

References

Isabella of Ibelin, Queen of Cyprus and Jerusalem Wikipedia

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