Polity · 1192 CE – 1491 CE
Kingdom of Cyprus
Royaume de Chypre · Կիպրոսի թագավորություն · Βασίλειο της Κύπρου
- Peak recorded area
- 12,505 km²
- 1363 CE
- Rulers on record
- 18
- from 1205 CE
Overview
The Kingdom of Cyprus was a medieval kingdom of the Crusader states that existed between 1192 and 1489. Initially ruled as an independent Christian kingdom, it was established by the French House of Lusignan after the Third Crusade. It comprised the island of Cyprus and on the Anatolian mainland; Antalya between 1361 and 1373, and Corycus between 1361 and 1448.
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Territory
4 dated territorial extents on record from Cliopatria. Areas are measured off the recorded polygons; the line steps because each extent holds until the next one is recorded — nothing is interpolated.
Rulers
18 on record with dated reigns. Reign years follow the house convention: BCE years are negative.
- Hugh I of Cyprusking of Cyprus1205 CE – 1218 CE
- Wouter I van Montfauconregent of Cyprus1205 CE – 1210 CE
- Henry I of Cyprusking of Cyprus1218 CE – 1253 CE
- Philip of Ibelinregent of Cyprus1218 CE – 1228 CE
- John of Ibelin, the Old Lord of Beirutregent of Cyprus1228 CE – 1232 CE
- Hugh II of Cyprusking of Cyprus1253 CE – 1267 CE
- Plaisance of Antiochregent of Cyprus1254 CE – 1261 CE
- Hugh III of Cyprusregent of Cyprus1261 CE – 1267 CE
- Henry II of Jerusalemking of Cyprus1285 CE – 1324 CE
- Amalric, Lord of Tyrerector, governor and administrator of Chyprus1306 CE – 1310 CE
- Hugh IV of Cyprusking of Cyprus1324 CE –
- Peter I of Cyprusking of Cyprus1358 CE – 1369 CE
- Peter II of Cyprusking of Cyprus1369 CE – 1382 CE
- Iakovos I of Cyprusking of Cyprus1382 CE – 1398 CE
- John II of Cyprusking of Cyprus1432 CE – 1458 CE
- James II of Cyprusking of Cyprus1460 CE – 1473 CE
- James III of Cyprusking of Cyprus1473 CE – 1474 CE
- Catherine Cornaroking of Cyprus1474 CE – 1489 CE
Language & currency
- Official & national languages
- Latin
Sources
Every figure above comes from one of these. Nothing on this page is estimated, interpolated or model-generated.
Seshat Global History Databank. Cliopatria: a historical basemap of polity borders (cliopatria.geojson).
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Kingdom of Cyprus is one of the polities with a sourced record deep enough to publish.