Officers of the Kingdom of Cyprus
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.
The Officers of the Kingdom of Cyprus from its founding were:
Seneschal
[edit]- Guy de Lusignan (c. 1195), son of Amalric I 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 prec.
- Guy of Ibelin (1318–after 1334?), son of prec.
- James of Lusignan (1369)
Constable
[edit]- Amalric of Lusignan (before 1194)
- John of Lusignan
- Baldwin of Bethsan (c. 1195)
- Guy of Beirut
- Walter of Beirut (c. 1206), lord of Caesarea
- 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.
- Baldwin of Ibelin, son of prec.
- Balian of Ibelin, (c. 1276), son of John of Arsuf
- John of Lusignan (before 1284)
- Guy of Lusignan (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)
- Guy of Lusignan, (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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- Johann of Brunswick-Grubenhagen (died 11 June 1414)
- Garceran Suárez de los Cernadilla (1432–after 1458)
Chamberlain
[edit]- Amaury de Bethsan (1218–1220)
- Geoffrey le Tor (1247)
- Philip de Cassie (1269)
- Walter of Antioch (1286)
Chancellor
[edit]- Peter of Angoulême, under Guy de 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
[edit]The office of butler was created in 1328.[citation needed]
See also
[edit]- Officers of the Kingdom of Jerusalem
- Officers of the Principality of Antioch
- Officers of the County of Tripoli
- Officers of the County of Edessa
References
[edit]- 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. 252–60.