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Kingdom of Cyprus | |||||||||||||
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| 1192–1489 | |||||||||||||
 _as_reported_by_the_Book_of_All_Kingdoms.svg) Top: Royal banner of
Janus of Cyprus (15th century) Bottom: Flag according to Book of All Kingdoms (1350) | |||||||||||||
 Cities of medieval Cyprus (1192–1489) | |||||||||||||
| Status | Independent Christian kingdom[2] (1192–1198/1268–1372) Tributary state of the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia (1198–1229) Tributary state of the Holy Roman Empire (1229–1268) Tributary state of the Republic of Genoa (1372–1426) Tributary state of the Mamluk Sultanate (1426–1489) | ||||||||||||
| Capital | Nicosia | ||||||||||||
| Common languages | Latin[2] (official/ceremonial) Greek (native language) Old French[2] (popular) Italian French Arabic Armenian | ||||||||||||
| Religion | Catholic Christianity (State religion)[3] Greek Orthodox Christianity (popular) | ||||||||||||
| Government | Feudal monarchy[2] | ||||||||||||
| King | |||||||||||||
• 1192–1194 | Guy of Lusignan (first)[2] | ||||||||||||
• 1474–1489 | Catherine Cornaro (last) | ||||||||||||
| Legislature | Haute Cour | ||||||||||||
| Historical era | Middle Ages[2] | ||||||||||||
• Established | 1192 | ||||||||||||
• Disestablished | 1489 | ||||||||||||
| Currency | French denier, gros | ||||||||||||
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| Today part of | Cyprus | ||||||||||||
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The Kingdom of Cyprus (French: Royaume de Chypre; Latin: Regnum Cypri) was a medieval kingdom of the Crusader states that existed between 1192 and 1489.[2] Initially ruled as an independent Christian kingdom, it was established by the French House of Lusignan after the Third Crusade.[2] It comprised not only the entire island of Cyprus, but it also had a foothold on the Anatolian mainland: Antalya between 1361 and 1373, and Corycus between 1361 and 1448.
- ^ quartered of Jerusalem, de Lusignan, Armenia and Cyprus, declaring a claim to reign over the former kingdoms of Cilician Armenia and Jerusalem
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During the period of Frankish rule, Catholicism became the official religion of the island