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Peter I (9 October 1328 – 17 January 1369) was King of Cyprus and titular King of Jerusalem from his father's abdication on 24 November 1358 until his death in 1369. He was invested as titular Count of Tripoli in 1346.
Jun 13, 2011 · Peter I, on the death of his father, was in his thirtieth year. He had, as we have seen, already been crowned King of Cyprus in his father's lifetime, on 24 November 1358. On 5 April he and his wife Eleanor of Aragon were crowned for Jerusalem at Famagusta by Peter Thomas, the Legate, who had arrived in the island on 8 December preceding.
- George Hill
- 2010
The brief Alexandrian Crusade, also called the sack of Alexandria, occurred in October 1365 and was led by Peter I of Cyprus against Alexandria in Egypt.
King Peter I of Cyprus finally organized an expedition that in 1365 succeeded in the temporary occupation of Alexandria. After a horrible sack and massacre, the unruly Crusaders returned to Cyprus with immense booty. Peter planned to return, but no European aid was forthcoming, and after….
Jan 15, 2016 · King of Cyprus, titular king of Jerusalem (1359-1369), and leader of a crusade that captured the port of Alexandria in Egypt in 1365. The son of King Hugh IV of Cyprus, Peter succeeded his father on the throne in preference to his nephew (also named Hugh), the son of his deceased elder brother.
A young and ambitious aristocrat, supported in secret by some members of the land aristocracy and the clergy, plans the murder of his adversary towards power.
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Peter I (9 October 1328 – 17 January 1369) was King of Cyprus and titular King of Jerusalem from his father's abdication on 24 November 1358 until his death in 1369. He was invested as titular Count of Tripoli in 1346.
