Sibylla of Lusignan

Sibylla of Lusignan (or Sibylle de Lusignan) (October/November 1198 – c. 1230 or 1252) was the daughter of Amalric II of Jerusalem and Isabella of Jerusalem. She was a member of the House of Lusignan.

She was the second wife of King Leo I of Armenia, married in 1210, by whom she had one daughter

• Isabella of Armenia.

She claimed the throne of Armenia for herself after the death of her husband, who had left the throne to their infant daughter, but was exiled by the regent Constantine of Baberon.^[1]

Ancestry

Ancestors of Sibylla of Lusignan

Hugh VI of Lusignan               Hugh VII of Lusignan                       Hildegarde or Ildégarde de Thouars               Hugh VIII of Lusignan                             Sarrasine or Saracena de Lezay                       Aimery of Cyprus                                   Bourgogne or Burgondie de Rancon                             Sibylla of Lusignan                                         Fulk IV of Anjou               Fulk of Jerusalem                       Bertrade de Montfort               Amalric I of Jerusalem                             Baldwin II of Jerusalem               Melisende of Jerusalem                       Morphia of Melitene               Isabella I of Jerusalem                                   Andronikos Komnenos               John Komnenos                       Eirene Aineiadissa               Maria Comnena                             John Taronites               Maria Taronitissa

Sources

• Rudt-Collenberg, W.H. The Rupenides, Hethumides and Lusignans, 1963

1. JERUSALEM, Medieval Lands