Timeline
1202 Crusaders gather in Venice.
1203 Crusaders reach Constantinople: emperor Alexios III replaced by Isaac Angelos.
1205 Amaury de Lusignan poisoned at St. Jean at Acre, buried in St. Sophia Nicosia. Hugues I, son of Amaury, made King of Cyprus under the regency of Gautier de Montbeliard, Amaury's brother-in-law. Amaury II's wife Isabella of Jerusalem dies.
1206 Gautier de Montbeliard fails to capture Adalia, breaking peace with Saladin. Premostratensian Abbaye de la Pais founded.
1208 Kyrenia castle built by Jean d'Ibelin. Hugues I marries Alix de Champagne.
1209 St. Sophia Nicosia founded.
1210 Montbeliard exiled.
1211 Hugues I comes of age, crowned in Nicosia.
1215 Fourth Lateran Council.
1217 Hugues I persuaded by Andrew of Hungary to make an attempt on fortress at Tabor. Hugues retires to Tripoli after defeat. Hughes's son Henri born. Archbishop of Nicosia Eustorge de Montaigu.
1218 Hugues I de Lusignan dies at Tripoli. Henri I, son of Hugues I, made King of Cyprus and Lord of The Kingdom of Jerusalem, with Queen Alix as regent assisted by Phillipe and Jean d'Ibelin.
1220 Latin clergy and nobility meet at Limassol: to prevent Cypriots joining minor orders in order to escape feudal duties. Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II crowned by pope.
1222 Limassol meeting rules confirmed in Famagusta under Papal legate cardinal Pelagius, bringing Orthodox church under further Latin influence.
1227 Phillipe d'Ibelin dies.
1228 Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II on Crusade: Amalric Barlais asked his aid on behalf of the queen against Jean d'Ibelin. Text: Philip de Novare: Les Gestes des Ciprois, The Crusade of Frederick II. Frederick deposes Governor d'Ibelin, imposes unpopular replacements. St. Sophia Nicosia completed. Queen Alix marries Bohemund V.
1229 John of Beirut invaded. Frederick II gains lands in Palestine, crowns himself king of Jerusalem. Supporters of d'Ibelin defeated at Nicosia.
1230 John of Beirut defeated Frederick II's "bailis" on Cyprus. Supporters of d'Ibelin finally routed.
1231 Frederick II besieges Beirut.
1232 John of Beirut leaves Cyprus, for Beirut. Bailis regain control of Cyprus. John defeated at Casal Imbert, returns to Cyprus.
1233 John of Beirut recaptures Cyprus. Isabelle de Lusignan marries Henri de Poitiers. Alice of Montferrat, wife of Henri I, dies.
1235 Hugues III born.
1236 Plaisance de Poitiers made Regent of Cyprus and Jerusalem.
1246 Hughes I's wife Alice, Queen of Jerusalem, dies. Pope Innocent IV released the Cypriot king from his feudal oath to the Holy Roman Emperors.
1248 Seventh Crusade under Louis IX assembles in Cyprus.
1249 Seventh Crusade leaves for Egypt: takes Damietta, defeated at El Mansura.
1250 Henri I de Lusignan marries Plaisance de Poitiers. Archbishop of Nicosia Eustorge de Montaigu dies at siege of Damietta.
1251-61 Archbishop of Nicosia Ugo di Fagiano.
1252 Hugues II, son of Henri I, born.
1253 Henri I de Lusignan dies. Hugues II, son of Henri I, made King of Cyprus and Lord of The Kingdom of Jerusalem.
1254 Balian d'Ibelin marries Plaisance de Poitiers.
1258 Balian d'Ibelin's marriage to Plaisance de Poitiers annulled.
1260 Mameluks in Egypt.
1261 Plaisance de Poitiers of Antioch, wife of Henri I, dies.
1267 Hugues II de Lusignan dies. Hugues III, cousin of Hugues II, made King of Cyprus and Jerusalem.
1276 Henri de Poitiers dies:drowned at sea.
1277 Balian d'Ibelin dies.
1282 Isabella of Ibelin, Lady of Beirut, wife of Hughes II, dies.
1284 Hugues III de Lusignan dies. Jean I, son of Hugues III, made King of Cyprus and Jerusalem.
1285 Jean I de Lusignan dies. Henri II, brother of Jean I, made King of Cyprus and Jerusalem.
1289 Tripoli falls.
1291 Acre falls: Hospitaller and Templar headquarters moved from Acre to Cyprus under Grand Master Jacques de Molay.
1296 Pope Boniface VIII issued a Papal Bull which gave the Templars a tax free status on exports and imports to and from Cyprus.