Eschiva of Ibelin (fl. late 1100s)

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Eschiva of Ibelin (fl. late 1100s)

Mother of the king of Cyprus. Flourished in the late 1100s; first wife of Aimery de Lusignan (brother of Guy de Lusignan [d. 1194]) also known as Amalric II, king of Jerusalem (r. 1197–1205), king of Cyprus; children: Hugh I, king of Cyprus (r. 1205–1218). Amalric's second wife was Isabella I of Jerusalem (d. 1205).

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