Officers of the Kingdom of Cyprus
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The Kingdom of Cyprus, as an offshoot of the Kingdom of Jerusalem, maintained many of the same offices, such as: seneschal, constable, marshal, admiral, Chamberlain, and chancellor.
Seneschal
Guy de Lusignan (c. 1195), son of King Aimery of Cyprus
Aimery de Rivet (1197–1210)
Baldwin of Ibelin (1246–1267)
Robert de Cresque (1269)
Balian of Ibelin (1286–1302)
Philip of Ibelin (1302–1318), brother of Balian of Ibelin
Guy of Ibelin (1318 – after 1334?), son of Philip of Ibelin
James of Lusignan (1369)
Constable
Aimery of Lusignan (before 1194)
John of Lusignan
Baldwin of Bethsan (c. 1195)
Guy of Ibelin
Walter III of Caesarea (c. 1206)
John, Old Lord of Beirut (c. 1227 – 1229)
John of Arsuf (c. 1247), son of John, Old Lord of Beirut
Guy of Ibelin (c. 1250), John of Arsuf
Baldwin of Ibelin, son of Guy of Ibelin
Balian of Arsuf, (c. 1276), son of John of Arsuf
John of Lusignan (before 1284), later John I
Guy (c. 1291), son of Hugh III
Philip of Ibelin (c. 1302), son of Baldwin of Ibelin, Seneschal of Cyprus
Amalric, Lord of Tyre (c. 1303), brother of Guy
Hugh of Lusignan (c. 1318), son of Guy, later Hugh IV
Honfroy of Montfort (before 1326)
Guy of Lusignan, (c. 1336 – 1338), son of Hugh IV
Peter of Lusignan (soon after 1343, assumed), son of Hugh IV, later Peter I
James of Lusignan (after 1369), son of Hugh IV, later James I
Philip of Lusignan, son of James I
Guy of Lusignan, brother of Philip of Lusignan
Marshal
Hugh Martin (1194–1196)
Renaud de Soissons (1210–1217)
Adam de Gaures of Antioch
John of Antioch (1247), son of Adam de Gaures of Antioch
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
Peter of Angoulême, under Guy of Lusignan
Alan (1195–1201), archdeacon of Lydda and archbishop of Nicosia
Ralph (1217–1220), archdeacon of Nicosia
Bonvassal d'Aude (1231–1248), canon of Nicosia
Peter (1269–1288), bishop of Paphos
Henry de Gibelet (1291–1330), archdeacon of Nicosia
Butler
The office of butler was created in 1328.
See also
Officers of the County of Edessa
Officers of the County of Tripoli
Officers of the Kingdom of Jerusalem
Officers of the Principality of Antioch
References
Edbury, Peter W. The Kingdom of Cyprus and the Crusades, 1191–1374. Cambridge University Press, 1993.
La Monte, John L. Feudal Monarchy in the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem 1100 to 1291. Medieval Academy of America, 1932. Cf. pp.
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