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Republic of Cyprus. Cyprus portal. v. t. e. The ten city-kingdoms of ancient Cyprus were the Greek, Graeco- Phoenician or Graeco- Eteocypriot, states listed in an inscription of the Assyrian king Esarhaddon in 673-672 BC: [1] Paphos, Πάφος (Greek) Salamis, Σαλαμίς (Greek) Soloi, Σόλοι (Greek)
The House of Lusignan ( / ˈluːzɪn.jɒn / LOO-zin-yon; French: [lyziɲɑ̃]) was a royal house of French origin, which at various times ruled several principalities in Europe and the Levant, including the kingdoms of Jerusalem, Cyprus, and Armenia, from the 12th through the 15th centuries during the Middle Ages.
Category:Kingdom of Cyprus. Category. : Kingdom of Cyprus. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kingdom of Cyprus. The Kingdom of Cyprus (1192−1489) — a Medieval Crusader kingdom on the island of Cyprus, during the high and late Middle Ages.
Kingdom of Heaven (film) Kingdom of Heaven. (film) Kingdom of Heaven is a 2005 epic historical drama film directed and produced by Ridley Scott and written by William Monahan. It features an ensemble cast including Orlando Bloom, Eva Green, Jeremy Irons, David Thewlis, Brendan Gleeson, Marton Csokas, and Liam Neeson .
Hugh III ( French: Hugues; c. 1235 – 24 March 1284), also called Hugh of Antioch-Lusignan and the Great, was the king of Cyprus (as Hugh III) from 1267 and king of Jerusalem (as Hugh I) from 1268. Born into the family of the princes of Antioch, he effectively ruled as regent for underage kings Hugh II of Cyprus and Conrad III of Jerusalem for ...
Louis of Cyprus. Louis of Savoy ( Italian: Ludovico; 1436–37 ; April 1482), Count of Geneva from 1460, became King of Cyprus in 1459 upon his second marriage to Charlotte of Cyprus, reigning together with and in the right of his wife until 1464. He was the second son and namesake of Louis, Duke of Savoy and his wife, Anne of Lusignan, [1 ...
Cyprus was part of the British Empire under military occupation from 1914 to 1925 and a Crown colony from 1925 to 1960. Cyprus' status as a protectorate of the British Empire ended in 1914 when the Ottoman Empire declared war against the Triple Entente powers, which included Great Britain. Cyprus was then annexed by the British Empire on 5 ...
