Alix of Ibelin


Alix of Ibelin , was Queen consort of Cyprus and nominal Queen consort of Jerusalem as the second wife of King Hugh IV of Cyprus. She was queen fromMarch 1324 until Hughs abdication onNovember 1358. Two of her sons, Peter and James reigned as kings of Cyprus.

Alix was born in Cyprus sometime between 1304 and 1306, the only child of Guy of Ibelin, Lord of Nicosia and Isabelle of Ibelin. The Ibelins were a muchintermarried noble French family which had featured prominently in the Crusader states of Jerusalem and Cyprus since the 12th century.

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