The

Kingdom of Cyprus The Kingdom of Cyprus (; ) was a medieval kingdom of the Crusader states that existed between 1192 and 1489. Initially ruled as an independent Christian kingdom, it was established by the French House of Lusignan after the Third Crusade. I ...

, as an offshoot of the

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, maintained many of the same offices, such as:

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, Chamberlain, and

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. The Officers of the Kingdom of Cyprus from its founding were:

Seneschal

* Guy de Lusignan (c. 1195), son of Amalric I of Cyprus * Aimery de Rivet (1197–1210) *

Baldwin of Ibelin Baldwin of Ibelin, also known as Baldwin II of Ramla ( French: ''Baudouin d'Ibelin'', early 1130s – c. 1187 or 1186/1188), was an important noble of the Kingdom of Jerusalem in the 12th century and was lord of Ramla from 1169–1186. He ...

(1246–1267) * Robert de Cresque (1269) *

Balian of Ibelin Balian of Ibelin (; ), also known as Barisan the Younger, was a Crusades, crusader noble of the Kingdom of Jerusalem in the 12th century. He was Vassals of the Kingdom of Jerusalem#Lordship of Ibelin, Lord of Ibelin from 1170 to 1193. As the ...

(1286–1302) * Philip of Ibelin (1302–1318), brother of prec. * Guy of Ibelin (1318–after 1334?), son of prec. * James of Lusignan (1369)

Constable

* Amalric of Lusignan (before 1194) *John of Lusignan *Baldwin of Bethsan (c. 1195) *Guy of Beirut * Walter of Beirut (c. 1206),

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* John of Ibelin (c. 1227–1229), called ''the Old Lord of Beirut'' * John of Ibelin (c. 1247), son of prec. * Guy of Ibelin (c. 1250), brother of prec. *

, son of prec. *

, (c. 1276), son of

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John of Lusignan John of Lusignan ( French: ''Jean de Lusignan''; 1329-1330, c. 1329 or 1329/1330 – 1375) was a Regent of the Kingdom of Cyprus and later Constable of Cyprus and titular Prince of Antioch in 1345. He was son of King Hugh IV of Cyprus and his sec ...

(before 1284) *

Guy of Lusignan Guy of Lusignan ( 1150 – 18 July 1194) was King of Jerusalem, first as husband and co-ruler of Queen Sibylla from 1186 to 1190 then as disputed ruler from 1190 to 1192. He was also Lord of Cyprus from 1192 to 1194. A French Poitevin kni ...

(c. 1291) son of Hugh III * Philip of Ibelin (c. 1302), son of Baldwin, seneschal of Cyprus * Aimery of Lusignan (c. 1303) brother of Guy. * Hugh of Lusignan (c. 1318), son of Guy *Honfroy of Montfort (c. before 1326) *

, (c. 1336–1338), son of Hugh IV * Peter of Lusignan (c. soon after 1343, assumed), son of Hugh IV * James of Lusignan (c. after 1369), son of Hugh IV *Philip of Lusignan, son of prec. *Guy of Lusignan, brother of prec.

Marshal

*Hugh Martin (1194–1196) *Renaud de Soissons (1210–1217) *Adam de Gaures of Antioch *John of Antioch (1247), son of prec. *Anceau *William de Canet (1269) *Simon de Montolif *Thomas de Montolif (1328) *Daniël van de Merwede (1361)

Admiral

*Johann of Brunswick-Grubenhagen (died 11 June 1414) *Garceran Suárez de los Cernadilla (1432–after 1458)

Chamberlain

*Amaury de Bethsan (1218–1220) *Geoffrey le Tor (1247) *Philip de Cassie (1269) *Walter of Antioch (1286)

Chancellor

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, under Guy de Lusignan *Alan (1195–1201),

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and

archbishop of Nicosia The Latin Catholic archdiocese of Nicosia was created during the Crusades (1095-1487) in Cyprus; later becoming titular. According to the ''Catholic Encyclopedia'' 31 Latin archbishops served beginning in 1196, shortly after the conquest of Cyprus ...

*Ralph (1217–1220), archdeacon of Nicosia *Bonvassal d'Aude (1231–1248),

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of Nicosia *Peter (1269–1288), bishop of

Paphos Paphos, also spelled as Pafos, is a coastal city in southwest Cyprus and the capital of Paphos District. In classical antiquity, two locations were called Paphos: #Old Paphos, Old Paphos, today known as Kouklia, and #New Paphos, New Paphos. It i ...

* Henry de Gibelet (1291–1330), archdeacon of Nicosia

Butler

The office of butler was created in 1328.

References

*Edbury, Peter W. ''The Kingdom of Cyprus and the Crusades, 1191–1374''.

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, 1993. *La Monte, John L
''Feudal Monarchy in the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem 1100 to 1291''

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, 1932. Cf. pp. 252–60. {{DEFAULTSORT:Officers Of The Kingdom Of Cyprus Kingdom of Cyprus Cyprus history-related lists Lists of office-holders in Cyprus