Lusignan dynasty

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medieval dynasty noble house royal dynasty

The Lusignan dynasty was a French-origin noble house that rose to prominence as the ruling family of the Crusader Kingdom of Cyprus and later the Kingdom of Jerusalem, playing a major role in the politics of the eastern Mediterranean during the Middle Ages.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
House of Lusignan	12
Lusignan dynasty canonical	5
Lusignan	3
Lusignan family	2
House of Lusignan as titular kings of Armenia	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	medieval dynasty ⓘ noble house ⓘ royal dynasty ⓘ
coatOfArms	Arms of Lusignan (barry of argent and azure, a lion gules crowned or overall) ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	France ⓘ
declineCause	Mamluk expansion ⓘ Ottoman conquest of Cyprus ⓘ
ethnicOrigin	French ⓘ
foundedBy	Hugh VIII of Lusignan ⓘ
hasTitle	Counts of Anjou ⓘ surface form: Counts of Angoulême Counts of La Marche ⓘ Kings of Armenia ⓘ King of Cyprus (titular) ⓘ surface form: Kings of Cyprus Kingdom of Jerusalem ⓘ surface form: Kings of Jerusalem Lords of Lusignan ⓘ
involvedIn	Third Crusade ⓘ politics of the Latin East ⓘ
language	Latin ⓘ Old French ⓘ
namedAfter	Lusignan dynasty self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Lusignan
notableMember	Amalric II of Jerusalem ⓘ Amalric, Prince of Tyre ⓘ Constantine II of Armenia ⓘ Guy of Lusignan ⓘ Henry I of Cyprus ⓘ Henry II of Jerusalem ⓘ Hugh I of Cyprus ⓘ Hugh II of Cyprus ⓘ Hugh III of Cyprus ⓘ Hugh IV of Cyprus ⓘ Isabella of Lusignan ⓘ James I of Cyprus ⓘ Janus of Cyprus ⓘ Leo II of Armenia ⓘ Peter I of Cyprus ⓘ Peter II of Cyprus ⓘ
originatedIn	Lusignan, Vienne ⓘ Poitou ⓘ
politicalRole	ruling family of the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia ⓘ ruling family of the Kingdom of Cyprus ⓘ ruling family of the Kingdom of Jerusalem ⓘ
region	Cilician Armenia ⓘ Eastern Mediterranean ⓘ Kingdom of Cyprus ⓘ Kingdom of Jerusalem ⓘ
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ
roseToProminenceDuring	Crusades ⓘ
ruledFrom	Famagusta ⓘ Nicosia ⓘ
timePeriod	Middle Ages ⓘ

Referenced by (23)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Principality of Antioch → rulingDynasty → Lusignan dynasty ⓘ

Limassol Castle → controlledBy → Lusignan dynasty ⓘ

Kingdom of Jerusalem → claimedBy → Lusignan dynasty ⓘ