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Guy arrived in the Kingdom around 1180, and King Baldwin IV, incapacitated by leprosy, arranged for him to marry his sister Sibylla. He also became count of Jaffa and bailiff of Jerusalem, and quickly began to plot with Sibylla against Baldwin and his regent Raymond III of Tripoli. In 1182 he coerced Baldwin into naming him regent, and in 1183Events Emperor Go-Toba ascends to the throne of Japan Births Deaths Heads of states England Henry II Curt Mantle, King of England (reigned 1154 1189). France Philippe II, Auguste King of France (reigned from 1180 to 1223). Guy had Baldwin give up the crown in favour of Baldwin VBaldwin V ( 1177- 1186) was the son of Sibylla of Jerusalem and her first husband, William of Montferrat. He was the nominal king of Jerusalem from 1183 to 1186, under the regency of Raymond III of Tripoli. During his reign, Saladin continued to advance i, Guy's stepson. Raymond III was at first regent for Baldwin V, but Guy was able to take over this position, and when Baldwin V died in 1186Events John the Chanter becomes Bishop of Exeter. January 27 Constance of Sicily marries Henry (the future Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor). Births Deaths William of Tyre (archbishop) August 19 Geoffrey Plantagenet, Duke of Brittany, stamped by a horse in a, Guy claimed the throne, making himself the first Lusignan king of Jerusalem. Technically he was only the consort of Queen Sibylla, but Guy held all the actual power.

Guy came to power just as SaladinSaladin ( 1137 1193) Salah al Din Yusuf Ibn Ayyub founded the ethnically Kurdish Ayyubid dynasty of Egypt and Syria. He was also renowned in both the Christian and Muslim worlds for his leadership and military prowess tempered by his chivalry and merciful was beginning his strongest assault on the kingdom. Many of the descendants of the original crusadeThis article is about the historical Crusades and the extended term "Crusade". For the artillery system, see XM2001 Crusader; for the fighter jet, see F-8 Crusader; for the television series, see Crusade. Historically, the Crusades were a series of severars, who had grown up in the kingdom, wanted to make peace with Saladin, but newcomers like Guy and Raynald of ChatillonRaynald of Chatillon (also Reynald or Reginald of Chastillon (died July 4 1187) was a knight who served in the Second Crusade and remained in the Holy Land after its defeat. There he ruled as Prince of Antioch from 1153 to 1160. He was a younger son of He were there to fight. Raynald had offended Saladin with his attacks on caravanDisambiguation Caravans comprise land-based trading convoys, often utilising the camel as a beast of burden, and generally associated with crossing deserts in Asia or Africa. The word caravan is of Persian origin. For similar phenomena in Australia, see cs even when the kingdom was at peace with the sultan, and in 1186 Saladin invaded with the intention of recapturing Jerusalem itself. In 1187 Guy attempted to relieve Saladin's siege of TiberiasTiberias Standard Hebrew Tverya Tiberian Hebrew eryh is a town on the western shore of the Sea of Galilee, Lower Galilee, Israel. It was named in honour of the emperor Tiberius. Tiberias was built at about AD 20 by Herod Antipas, the son of Herod the Grea, against the advice of Raymond III; Guy's army was surrounded and cut off from a supply of water, and on July 4 the army of Jerusalem was completely destroyed at the Battle of Hattin.

In the aftermath Jerusalem and most of the Kingdom fell to Saladin, except for Tyre, which was defended by another newcomer, Conrad of Montferrat. Guy lost his claim to the kingdom for good when Sibylla died in 1190. Conrad, who married Sibylla's younger half-sister Isabella, was elected in his place due to the influence of Richard I of England, who had recently arrived on the Third Crusade. Richard, who had captured Cyprus prior to his arrival, sold Guy the island in order to remove him from the internal hostilities of Palestine; Guy then became the first ruler of the Kingdom of Cyprus. Guy died in 1194, but descendants of the Lusignans continued to rule the island until 1474.

A later Guy of Lusignan (died 1344) became Constantine IV of Armenia.