Queen consort of Cyprus in the late 12th-century
Eschiva of Ibelin (1160–1196) was a queen consort of Cyprus.[ 1] [ 2]
She was the daughter of Baldwin of Ibelin (died 1187), Lord of Ramla , and his wife Richilde de Bethsan, and thus was a member of the influential Ibelin family .[ 3] [ 4]
She married Aimery of Cyprus (1145–1205), constable of the kingdom of Jerusalem, later King of Cyprus (1194–1205) and of Jerusalem (1197–1205).[ 5] [ 6] This marriage occurred at sound point prior to 1176.[ 7] They had several children.
^ Edbury 1991: Edbury, Peter W: The Kingdom of Cyprus and the Crusades 1191–1374. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1991.
^ Fishhof, Gil; Bronstein, Judith; Shotten-Hallel, Vardit R. (2021-07-18). Settlement and Crusade in the Thirteenth Century: Multidisciplinary Studies of the Latin East . Routledge. ISBN 978-0-429-51571-2 .
^ Edbury, Peter W. (1991). The Kingdom of Cyprus and the Crusades, 1191-1374 . Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-45837-5 .
^ Fishhof, Gil; Bronstein, Judith; Shotten-Hallel, Vardit R. (2021-07-18). Settlement and Crusade in the Thirteenth Century: Multidisciplinary Studies of the Latin East . Routledge. ISBN 978-0-429-51571-2 .
^ Smith, J. Riley- (1973-01-01). Feudal Nobility and the Kingdom of Jerusalem, 1174-1277 . Springer. ISBN 978-1-349-15498-2 .
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^ a b Edbury, Peter W. (2017-03-02). The Conquest of Jerusalem and the Third Crusade: Sources in Translation . Routledge. ISBN 978-1-351-89242-1 .
^ Riley-Smith, Jonathan; Throop, Susanna A. (2022-12-15). The Crusades: A History . Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 978-1-350-02864-7 .