Officers of the Kingdom of Cyprus

The Kingdom of Cyprus, as an offshoot of the Kingdom of Jerusalem, maintained many of the same offices, such as: seneschal, constable, marshal, admiral, Chamberlain, and chancellor.

The Officers of the Kingdom of Cyprus from its founding were:

Seneschal

• Guy de Lusignan (c. 1195), son of Amalric I of Cyprus
• Aimery de Rivet (1197–1210)
• Baldwin of Ibelin (1246–1267)
• Robert de Cresque (1269)
• Balian of Ibelin (1286–1302)
• Philip of Ibelin (1302–1318), brother of prec.
• Guy of Ibelin (1318–after 1334?), son of prec.
• James of Lusignan (1369)

Constable

• Amalric of Lusignan (before 1194)
• John of Lusignan
• Baldwin of Bethsan (c. 1195)
• Guy of Beirut
• Walter of Beirut (c. 1206), lord of Caesarea
• John of Ibelin (c. 1227–1229), called the Old Lord of Beirut
• John of Ibelin (c. 1247), son of prec.
• Guy of Ibelin (c. 1250), brother of prec.
• Baldwin of Ibelin, son of prec.
• Balian of Ibelin, (c. 1276), son of John of Arsuf
• John of Lusignan (before 1284)
• Guy of Lusignan (c. 1291) son of Hugh III
• Philip of Ibelin (c. 1302), son of Baldwin, seneschal of Cyprus
• Aimery of Lusignan (c. 1303) brother of Guy.
• Hugh of Lusignan (c. 1318), son of Guy
• Honfroy of Montfort (c. before 1326)
• Guy of Lusignan, (c. 1336–1338), son of Hugh IV
• Peter of Lusignan (c. soon after 1343, assumed), son of Hugh IV
• James of Lusignan (c. after 1369), son of Hugh IV
• Philip of Lusignan, son of prec.
• Guy of Lusignan, brother of prec.

Marshal

• Hugh Martin (1194–1196)
• Renaud de Soissons (1210–1217)
• Adam de Gaures of Antioch
• John of Antioch (1247), son of prec.
• Anceau
• William de Canet (1269)
• Simon de Montolif
• Thomas de Montolif (1328)
• Daniël van de Merwede (1361)

Admiral

• Johann of Brunswick-Grubenhagen (died 11 June 1414)
• Garceran Suárez de los Cernadilla (1432–after 1458)

Chamberlain

• Amaury de Bethsan (1218–1220)
• Geoffrey le Tor (1247)
• Philip de Cassie (1269)
• Walter of Antioch (1286)

Chancellor

• Peter of Angoulême, under Guy de Lusignan
• Alan (1195–1201), archdeacon of Lydda and archbishop of Nicosia
• Ralph (1217–1220), archdeacon of Nicosia
• Bonvassal d'Aude (1231–1248), canon of Nicosia
• Peter (1269–1288), bishop of Paphos
• Henry de Gibelet (1291–1330), archdeacon of Nicosia

Butler

The office of butler was created in 1328.

See also

• Officers of the Kingdom of Jerusalem
• Officers of the Principality of Antioch
• Officers of the County of Tripoli
• Officers of the County of Edessa

References

• Edbury, Peter W. The Kingdom of Cyprus and the Crusades, 1191–1374. Cambridge University Press, 1993.
• La Monte, John L. Feudal Monarchy in the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem 1100 to 1291. Medieval Academy of America, 1932. Cf. pp. 252–60.