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Sibylla
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queen of Jerusalem (c.1160-1190) (r.1186-1190)
Key facts
- Reign
- 1186 – 1190
- Predecessor
- Baldwin V
- Successor
- Isabella I
- Co ruler
- Guy
- Born
- c. 1159 , Kingdom of Jerusalem
- Died
- 25 July 1190 (aged 30 – 31), Acre
- Spouses
- William Longsword of Montferrat ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1176 ; died 1177 ) , Guy of Lusignan ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1180 )
- Issue
- Baldwin V
- House
- House of Anjou
- Father
- Amalric of Jerusalem
- Mother
- Agnes of Courtenay
- Religion
- Roman Catholicism
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Sybil
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Jerusalem
- Place of birth
- Jerusalem
- Place of death
- Acre
- Spouse
- Guy of Lusignan
- Father
- Amalric I of Jerusalem
- Mother
- Agnes of Courtenay
- Sibling
- Isabella I of Jerusalem
- Occupation
- monarch
- Family
- House of Gâtinais-Anjou
- Noble title
- King of Jerusalem
- Image
- Sibyla.jpg
- Significant event
- coronation
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- Commons category
- Sibylla of Jerusalem
- date of death
- 1190-00-00
- cause of death
- infectious disease
- described by source
- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
- place of burial
- Kingdom of Jerusalem
- present in work
- Kingdom of Heaven
- date of birth
- 1160-00-00
- manner of death
- natural causes
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Encyclopedic overview
Sibylla (Old French: Sibyl; c. 1159 – 1190) was the queen of Jerusalem from 1186 until her death in 1190. She reigned alongside her husband Guy of Lusignan, whom she continued to support despite his unpopularity among the barons of the Kingdom of Jerusalem.
Sibylla was the eldest daughter of King Amalric and the only daughter of his first wife, Agnes of Courtenay. Her father died in 1174, making her heir presumptive to her younger brother, King Baldwin IV; when it became clear that the 13-year-old king had contracted leprosy, the matter of Sibylla's marriage became urgent. The regent, Count Raymond III of Tripoli, arranged for her to marry William Longsword of Montferrat in late 1176, but within a year, William died, leaving her pregnant and in possession of the County of Jaffa and Ascalon.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sibylla” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.