Evidence Reference

Sir George Hill, A History of Cyprus, vol. II (Cambridge, 1948)

Associated with John I of Cyprus

Citation

Sir George Hill, A History of Cyprus, vol. II: The Frankish Period, 1192–1432 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1948). Foundational institutional history of Cyprus; volume II covers the full Lusignan dynasty from Guy through Janus.

Supporting claim

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John I of Cyprus (c. 1268–1285), King of Cyprus and Jerusalem 1284–1285, was the eldest son of Hugh III and Isabella of Ibelin. His brief thirteen-month reign ended with his death in May 1285, aged about seventeen, with no heir. The crowns passed to his younger brother Henry II.

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