Hugh II of Cyprus

Hugh II (1253-1267) was king of Cyprus and, from the age of 5 years, also Regent of the Kingdom of Jerusalem.

In 1253, at the age of two months, he succeeded his father Henry I as king of Cyprus, with his mother Queen Plaisance acting as regent. Although he had only a weaker claim to the kingdom of Jerusalem, many felt that he was a better candidate (living in a Crusader state close to Palestinian coast) than Conradin, the Hohenstaufen claimant who was also a child and absent in Europe (He had the second position in order of succession, righ after Conradin himself, since he was the son of the only surviving son of Alice of Champagne, the second surviving daughter of Queen Isabella I of Jerusalem and thus Conradin's great-grand-aunt). In 1258 John of Ibelin, lord of Jaffa, and Bohemund VI of Antioch brought Hugh and Plaisance to Acre, where Hugh was set up as regent for Conradin, and Plaisance was chosen to carry out Hugh’s regency while he remained underage.

In 1261 Plaisance died and the regency of Cyprus passed to Hugh of Antioch-Lusignan, Hugh II's 25-year-old first cousin. His mother, Hugh II's younger aunt Isabella of Lusignan became acting regent of Jerusalem in Acre. Hugh II died in November of 1267 at the age of 14 and was buried in the Dominican church in Nicosia. He had been betrothed and was possibly married to Isabella of Ibelin, but the marriage was never consummated. He was succeeded by Hugh of Lusignan-Antioch (son of his younger aunt Isabella) as Hugh III of Cyprus, though his heir-general was his another first cousin, Hugh of Brienne (c 1240-1296), son of Mary of Cyprus, the eldest aunt of the deceased Hugh II. This claim fell to his son Walter V of Brienne and his descendants. They are the heirs-general of King Amalric I of Cyprus.

In 1266 Thomas Aquinas dedicated his work De regimine principum ("On the Rule of Princes") to Hugh II, although both died before the work was completed.

Preceded by:
Henry I
King of Cyprus Succeeded by:
Hugh III
de:Hugo II. (Zypern)

fr:Hugues II de Chypre

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