Person

Hugh III of Cyprus

King of Cyprus and King of Jerusalem

b. 1235 CE – d. 1284 CE World The Middle of The Earth

Hugh III of Cyprus (1235 – 24 March 1284), born Hugues de Poitiers, later Hugues de Lusignan (he adopted his mother's surname de Lusignan in 1267), called the Great, is the King of Cyprus from 1267 and King of Jerusalem from 1268 (as Hugh I of Jerusalem).

He is the son of Henry of Antioch and Isabella of Cyprus, the daughter of Hugh I.

He is a grandson of Bohemund IV of Antioch and thus a descendant of Robert Guiscard.