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Sibylla of Cyprus

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Sibylle de Lusignan
Queen consort of Armenia
Tenure1210–1219
BornOctober/November 1198
Diedc. 1230 or 1252
SpouseLeo I, King of Armenia
IssueIsabella, Queen of Armenia
HouseLusignan
FatherAimery of Cyprus
MotherIsabella I of Jerusalem

Sibylla of Lusignan (or Sibylle de Lusignan) (October/November 1198 – c. 1230 or 1252) was a queen consort of Armenia. She was the daughter of King Aimery of Cyprus and Queen Isabella I of Jerusalem.[1] She was a member of the House of Lusignan.

She was the second wife of King Leo I of Armenia,[1][2] married in 1210[3], by whom she had one daughter, Isabella.[1]

Notes

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  1. ^ a b c Runciman 1989, p. Appendix Table 1.
  2. ^ McDougall, Sara (2017). Royal Bastards: The Birth of Illegitimacy, 800-1230. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-878582-8.
  3. ^ Edbury, Peter; Gaggero, Massimiliano (2023-07-10). The Chronique d’Ernoul and the Colbert-Fontainebleau Continuation of William of Tyre (Volume 2) (in French). BRILL. ISBN 978-90-04-54759-9.

References

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  • Runciman, Steven (1989). A History of the Crusades, Volume III: The Kingdom of Acre and the Later Crusades. Cambridge University Press.