Hugh I of Cyprus

Hugh I
Bezant of Hugh I
King of Cyprus
Reign	1 April 1205 – 10 January 1218
Predecessor	Aimery
Successor	Henry I
Regent	Walter of Montbéliard
Born	1194/1195
Died	10 January 1218 Tripoli
Burial	Church of the Hospitallers, Nicosia
Spouse	Alice of Champagne
Issue	Mary, Countess of Brienne Isabella, Regent of Jerusalem Henry I, King of Cyprus
House	House of Lusignan
Father	Aimery, King of Cyprus
Mother	Eschiva of Ibelin

Hugh I (French: Hugues; Greek: Ούγος (Oúgos); 1194/1195 – 10 January 1218) succeeded to the throne of Cyprus on 1 April 1205 underage upon the death of his elderly father Aimery, King of Cyprus and Jerusalem. His mother was Eschiva of Ibelin, heiress of that branch of Ibelins who had held Bethsan and Ramleh.^[1]