Hugh I of Cyprus

Hugh I
Bezant of Hugh I
King of Cyprus
Reign1 April 1205 – 10 January 1218
PredecessorAimery
SuccessorHenry I
RegentWalter of Montbéliard
Born1194/1195
Died10 January 1218
Tripoli
Burial
Church of the Hospitallers, Nicosia
SpouseAlice of Champagne
Issue
HouseHouse of Lusignan
FatherAimery, King of Cyprus
MotherEschiva of Ibelin

Hugh I (French: Hugues; Greek: Ούγος (Oúgos); 1194/1195 – 10 January 1218) succeeded to the throne of Cyprus on 1 April 1205, underage upon the death of his elderly father Aimery, King of Cyprus and Jerusalem. His mother was Eschiva of Ibelin, heiress of that branch of Ibelins who had held Bethsan and Ramleh.[1]

  1. ^ Mayer 1988, p. 241.