of Jerusalem, Amalric II

Birth Name of Jerusalem, Amalric II
Gender male
Age at Death unknown

Narrative

The Lusignan family was noted for its many Crusaders. Amalric and Guy were sons of Hugh VIII of Lusignan, who had himself campaigned in the Holy Land in the 1160s. After being expelled from Poitou by their overlord, Richard the Lion-hearted, Guy and Amalric arrived in Palestine in 1179. Amalric took service with Agnes of Courtenay, Countess of Sidon and former wife of Amalric I of Jerusalem, and as rumour would have it, became her lover. Guy married Agnes' daughter, Sibylla of Jerusalem, and so gained a claim to the kingdom of Jerusalem. Amalric was among those captured with his brother after the disastrous Battle of Hattin in 1187.
He had been constable of Jerusalem, but in 1194, on the death of his brother, he became King of Cyprus as Amalric I. By his first wife, Eschiva, daughter of Baldwin of Ibelin, he was the father of Hugh I of Cyprus. After Eschiva's death in 1197 he married Isabella, the daughter of Amalric I of Jerusalem by his second marriage, and became King of Jerusalem in right of his wife in January, 1198.

In 1198 he was able to procure a five years' truce with the Muslims, owing to the struggle between Saladin's brothers and his sons for the inheritance of his territories. The truce was disturbed by raids on both sides, but in 1204 it was renewed for six years.
Amalric died of dysentery (allegedly brought on by "a surfeit of white mullet") in 1205, just after his son Amalric and just before his wife. The kingdom of Cyprus passed to Hugh, his son by Eschiva, while the kingdom of Jerusalem passed to Maria, the daughter of Isabella by her previous marriage with Conrad of Montferrat.
(From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)

Events

Event Date Place Description Sources
Birth 1145 Lusignan, Vienne, France   1a
Death        

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father de Lusignan, Hugh VIII11061169-04-11
Mother de Rancon, Bourgogne1120
    Brother     de Lusignan, Geoffrey 1140
    Brother     de Lusignan, Hugh 1141 1169
    Brother     de Lusignan, Robert 1143
         of Jerusalem, Amalric II 1145
    Brother     de Lusignan, Guy 1150
    Brother     de Lusignan, Peter 1155
    Brother     de Valence, William 1163

Source References

  1. RCKarnes: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=arciek&id=I10043 Carrie's Family Tree
      • Source text:

        # ID: I10043
        # Name: *Bourgogne DE RANCON
        # Sex: F
        # Birth: 1120 in Fontenaylecomte, Vendee, France
        # Death: 11 APR 1169 1
        # Note:

        Bourgogne or Burgondie de Rancon, Dame de Fontenay, daughter of Geoffroi or Geoffroy de Rancon, Seigneur de Taillebourg and wife Fossefie=Falsifie, Dame de Moncontour, by whom he also became Seigneur de Fontenay: she died in April 11, 1169.
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        Father: Geoffrey III of RANCON
        Mother: Fossefie DE FONTENAY

        Marriage 1 *Hugh VIII "Le Brun" DE LUSIGNAN b: BET 1106 AND 1110 in Lusignan, Vienne, France

        * Married: BET 1140 AND 1141 in Fontenaylecomte, Vendee, France 1

        Children

        1. Has Children *Hugh DE LUSIGNAN b: ABT 1141 in Lusignan, Vienne, France
        2. Has No Children Robert DE LUSIGNAN b: ABT 1143 in Lusignan, Vienne, France
        3. Has Children Amalric II of JERUSALEM b: 1145 in Lusignan, Vienne, France
        4. Has No Children Geoffrey DE LUSIGNAN b: BEF 1150 in Lusignan, Vienne, France
        5. Has No Children Guy DE LUSIGNAN b: ABT 1150 in Lusignan, Vienne, France
        6. Has No Children Peter DE LUSIGNAN b: BEF 1155 in Lusignan, Vienne, France
        7. Has No Children William DE VALENCE b: AFT 1163 in Lusignan, Vienne, France

         

        Sources:

        1. Title: Wikipedia

         

         

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