Isabella is only known for being the wife of a King of Cyprus.

This person is my 18 x great-grandmother.

She was born in 1241 or 1242¹. She is the eldest daughter of Guy Ibelin and his wife Philippa Berlais².

Titles

By marriage to Hugh, she became Queen consort of Cyprus and Jerusalem.

Family

She married Hugh of Antioch in 1255³. The couple got papal dispensation for the marriage on 23 January 1255⁴.

Together they had 9, or possibly, 12 children⁵:

• John, or Jean, who succeeded him as King of Cyprus and Jerusalem.
• Bohemond, or Beymont.
• Henry, or Henri, II of Cyprus, who succeeded his brother John. Dante Alighieri refers to Cyprus in his Paradiso as suffering under “the Beast” as Henry II was known.
• Amaury
• Mary
• Guy, or Guido, of Cyprus.
• Aimary
• Margaret, or Marguerite
• Alix, Alice, or Aalis
• Helvis
• There is some suggestion there were 3 other daughters:
  • Isabelle
  • Lucie
  • A possible unnamed daughter.

Death

She died on 2 June 1324⁶ and they buried her at St Francis’ church in Nicosia^{7 8}.

It is not clear what she died of.

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This person is my 18 x great-grandmother.

References

1. Cyprus; Medieval Lands; Charles Crawley; (Retrieved 2023-12-28) [↩]
2. Cyprus; Medieval Lands; Charles Crawley; (Retrieved 2023-12-28) [↩]
3. Cyprus; Medieval Lands; Charles Crawley; (Retrieved 2023-12-28) [↩]
4. Cyprus; Medieval Lands; Charles Crawley; (Retrieved 2023-12-28) [↩]
5. Cyprus; Medieval Lands; Charles Crawley; (Retrieved 2023-12-28) [↩]
6. Cyprus; Medieval Lands; Charles Crawley; (Retrieved 2023-12-28) [↩]
7. Cyprus; Medieval Lands; Charles Crawley; (Retrieved 2023-12-28) [↩]
8. List of Cypriot sovereigns; Royal Tombs; (Retrieved 2024-05-21) [↩]