Evidence Reference

Steven Runciman, A History of the Crusades, vols. II–III (Cambridge, 1952–1954)

Associated with Henry I of Cyprus

Citation

Steven Runciman, A History of the Crusades, vol. III: The Kingdom of Acre and the Later Crusades (Cambridge, 1954). Covers Cyprus's role in the later Crusader movement, including Hugh III's dual crowns, Henry II's reign and the 1291 fall of Acre, and Peter I's Alexandrian crusade of 1365.

Supporting claim

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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.

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