Guy af Lusignan

Frankisk korsridder, konge af Jerusalem 1186-92. Blev taget til fange af Saladin men benådet. Købte Cypern af Richard Løvehjerte og blev konge der 1192-94. Broder til Amalric II.

• Tiberias, 1187
• Jerusalem VIII, 1187
• Acre I, 1189-1191
• Arsouf, 1191

Guido af Lusignan (død 1194), konge af Jerusalem 1186-92; ægtede 1180 kong Balduin af Jerusalems søster Sibylle og blev 1186 konge ved tempelherrernes hjælp, men lå i stadig strid med vasallerne. I krigen mod sultan Saladin af Ægypten blev Guido fuldstændig slået ved Hittin 1187 og taget til fange, men snart efter løsladt. Jerusalem blev erobret af Saladin samme år, og 1192 afsattes Guido som konge, men fik i stedet af Richard Løvehjerte Cypern, som slægten beholdt i ca. 300 år. (HK4/1922)

d. 1194, Latin king of Jerusalem (1186-92) and Cyprus (1192-94), second husband of Sibylla, sister of King Baldwin IV of Jerusalem. In 1183 he was briefly regent for his brother-in-law, who was incapacitated by leprosy, but Baldwin made Guy's stepson king as Baldwin V, and the Latin nobles forced Guy to yield command to Raymond of Tripoli. On Baldwin V's death (1186) Guy became king with the support of both his wife and Reginald of Châtillon. He was defeated and captured (1187) by Saladin at the decisive battle of Hattin, which led to the fall of Jerusalem. Released in 1188, he laid siege (1189) to Acre (see Akko ), which was captured (1191) in the Third Crusade with the help of Richard I of England and Philip II of France. After the death (1190) of Sibylla, Guy's right to the throne was contested by Conrad , marquis of Montferrat, who was supported by Philip II. In spite of Richard I's support, Guy was compelled (1192) to resign his title, but was given the island of Cyprus. His descendants (see Lusignan ) ruled Cyprus and Lesser Armenia. His brother, Amalric II, succeeded him in Cyprus.