Evidence Reference
Peter W. Edbury, The Kingdom of Cyprus and the Crusades, 1191–1374 (Cambridge, 1991)
Associated with Henry I of Cyprus
Citation
Peter W. Edbury, The Kingdom of Cyprus and the Crusades, 1191–1374 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1991). The standard scholarly reference for the political and dynastic history of Lusignan Cyprus.
Supporting claim
supported
Henry I of Cyprus (c. 1217–1253), known as "the Fat," King of Cyprus 1218–1253, was the son of Hugh I and Alix of Champagne. His long reign spanned the Sixth and Seventh Crusades, including hosting Louis IX of France in Cyprus in 1248–1249 before the Egyptian campaign.