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House of Lusignan
The House of Lusignan was a French noble family from Poitou, lords of Lusignan and counts of La Marche and Angoulême. Through Guy of Lusignan it gained the crowns of Jerusalem and Cyprus at the end of the 12th century, and it ruled Cyprus until the late 15th century. A branch inherited the throne of the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia in 1342, and the family kept the title King of Armenia after its fall in 1375.
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- The Epoch Institute. (2026). House of Lusignan. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/house-of-lusignan
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