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Guy's reign was marked by increased hostilities with the Ayyubids ruled by Saladin, culminating in the disastrous Battle of Hattin in July 1187 — during which Guy was captured — and the fall of Jerusalem itself three months later.
After Guy of Thouars's regency over the Duchy, Alix ruled as nominal duchess with her husband, now Peter I, Duke of Brittany serving as co-ruler or as Duke jure uxoris.
It was being ruled with less than a strong hand by Guy of Thouars, as regent for his young daughter Alix.
Jerusalem was lost in 1187 ; Sybilla died in 1190, but Guy refused to cede the crown ; kingship disputed until 1192, after which kings ruled over a narrow coastal strip.
The Hethoumids ruled Cilicia until the murder of Leon IV in 1341, when his cousin Guy de Lusignan ( who took the name of Constantine II of Armenia ) was elected king.
Thibaud ruled from 970 to 1031 and was succeeded by his son Guy I, who ruled until 1095.
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** Guy du Bas-Tyra ( ruled as Viceroy, having been appointed by King Rodric IV, but was never Prince or Duke of Krondor )
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Guy and Kingdom
* Guy Fawkes Night ( United Kingdom, New Zealand and the Canadian province of Newfoundland & Labrador ), and its related observances:
Guy of Lusignan, King of Jerusalem, bought Cyprus from the Knights Templar and brought many noble men and other adventurers, from France, Jerusalem, Tripoli, the Principality of Antioch and Kingdom of Armenia, to the island.
Produced in the United Kingdom by Watergate Productions Ltd, the 1954 screenplay was adapted by Desmond Davis and directed by Guy Hamilton.
Strong box office performances were recorded in 2009-10 by Bruce Beresford's Mao's Last Dancer ; the Aboriginal musical Bran Nue Dae the dramatization of John Marsden's novel Tomorrow, When the War Began ; and the crime drama Animal Kingdom which featured major Australian screen stars Ben Mendelsohn, Joel Edgerton, Guy Pearce and Jackie Weaver.
In the United Kingdom and some Commonwealth countries, bonfires are lit on Guy Fawkes Night a yearly celebration held on the evening of 5 November to mark the failure of the Gunpowder Plot of 5 November 1605, in which a number of Catholic conspirators, including Guy Fawkes, attempted to destroy the House of Lords in London.
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Guy of Lusignan became king of Jerusalem in 1186, in right of his wife Sibylla, after the death of Sibylla's son Baldwin V. The Kingdom of Jerusalem was at this time divided between the " court faction " of Guy, Sibylla, and relative newcomers to the kingdom such as Raynald of Châtillon, as well as Gerard of Ridefort and the Knights Templar ; and the " nobles ’ faction ", led by Raymond III of Tripoli, who had been regent for the child-king Baldwin V and had opposed the succession of Guy.
Air Vice-Marshal Ralph Cochrane, Wing Commander Guy Gibson, King George VI of the United Kingdom | George VI and Group Captain John Whitworth discussing the Dambuster Raid in May 1943.
After his release, he collaborated with Day on Guy of Warwick ( 1620 ), The Wonder of a Kingdom ( 1623 ), and The Bellman of Paris ( 1623 ).
Guy intends to rule after Baldwin's death and seeks to provoke a war that will allow him to dispose of the Muslims and claim the Kingdom for the Christians.
Firecrackers are commonly used in celebration of holidays or festivals, such as Chinese New Year, Halloween, Independence Day ( also known as the 4th of July ) in the United States of America, Diwali in India, Tihar in Nepal, Day of Ashura in Morocco, Guy Fawkes Night or bonfire night in the United Kingdom, Skyfest in Ireland, Bastille day in France, and Spanish Fallas, in almost every cultural festival of Sri Lanka ( e. g. Sri Lankan new year ), and New Year's Eve and New Year's Day, Purim in Israel and especially the celebration of Chinese New Year by Chinese communities around the world.
Jeff Guy, The Destruction of the Zulu Kingdom, Pietermartizburg: University of Natal press, 1994.
In the United Kingdom, a sparkler is often used by children at bonfire and fireworks displays on Guy Fawkes Night, the fifth of November, and in the United States on Independence Day ( United States ).
He acted twice as Regent for the Kingdom, first for the young Baldwin IV from 1174 to 1177, and then again for Baldwin V from 1185 to 1186, and acted as the leader of the local nobility in their opposition to Baldwin IV's Courtenay relations, to the Templars, to Guy of Lusignan, and to Reynald of Chatillon.
Examples of these are Guy Fawkes Night in the United Kingdom and some Commonwealth countries, where the ' Guy ', either seen as an effigy of Guy Fawkes or the Pope, is burned.
Two of Csokas ' most notable roles are Lord Celeborn in the films The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, and Guy de Lusignan in Kingdom of Heaven.
Neighbours has since become the longest running series in Australian television and attained great success in the United Kingdom and launched the careers of several international stars, including Kylie Minogue and Guy Pearce.
Guy Anson Maunsell ( born September 1, 1884-June 20, 1961 ) was the British civil engineer responsible for the design of the World War II Naval Sea Forts and Army Forts used by the United Kingdom for the defence of the Thames and Mersey estuaries.
Guy of Lusignan, King of Jerusalem, bought Cyprus from the Knights Templar and brought many noble men and other adventurers, from France, Jerusalem, Tripoli, the Principality of Antioch and Kingdom of Armenia, to the island.

Guy and Cyprus
Amalric II of Jerusalem or Amalric I of Cyprus, born Amalric of Lusignan ( 1145 – 1 April 1205 ), King of Jerusalem 1197 – 1205, was an older brother of Guy of Lusignan.
In 1194, on the death of Guy, he became King of Cyprus as Amalric I.
As compensation, Richard sold Guy the island of Cyprus, which Richard had captured on the way to Acre, although Guy continued to claim the throne of Jerusalem until his death in 1194.
Amalric II had already inherited Cyprus from Guy, and had been crowned king by Frederick Barbarossa's son, Emperor Henry VI.
Louis arrived in Cyprus in 1248, where he gathered an army of his own men, including his brothers Robert of Artois, Charles of Anjou, and Alphonse of Poitiers, and those of Cyprus and Jerusalem, led by the Ibelin family John of Jaffa, Guy of Ibelin, and Balian of Beirut.
He gave his support to his Poitevin vassal Guy of Lusignan, who had brought troops to help him in Cyprus.
An election forced Richard to accept Conrad of Montferrat as King of Jerusalem, and he sold Cyprus to his defeated protégé, Guy.
Nevertheless, Guy was compensated for the dispossession of his crown by being given lordship of Cyprus in 1192, which Richard had annexed from the Byzantine Empire en route to the Levant.
15th century illuminated manuscript of De Casibus Virorum Illustrium by Giovanni Boccaccio: Richard I authorizes Guy of Lusignan to gain Cyprus
Meanwhile, Guy was compensated for the loss of his kingdom by purchasing Cyprus from the Templars in 1192, who had themselves purchased it from Richard, who had wrested it from Isaac Comnenus en route to Palestine.
Technically Guy was Lord of Cyprus, it not yet being a kingdom, and used the royal title ( if at all ) as a remnant from Jerusalem, which was not held fully legally.
Guy appears as main character in a tale of Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio, where the censure of a Gascon lady converts the King of Cyprus from a churlish to an honourable temper.
Richard's rule was not welcomed in Cyprus so he sold the island first to the Knights Templar, and then in 1192, to Guy of Lusignan.
Richard sold Guy the lordship of Cyprus ( where he continued to use a king's title ) to compensate him and deter him from returning to Poitou, where his family had long had a reputation for rebelliousness.
Being a long time vassal of King Richard, the English king looked to strike two birds with one stone ; by offering Guy de Lusignan the kingdom of Cyprus, he allowed his friend the opportunity to save face and keep some sort of power in the East whilst simultaneously ridding himself of a troublesome fief.
In 1194, Guy de Lusignan died without any heirs and so his older brother, Amalric, became King Amalric I of Cyprus, a crown and title which was approved by Henry VI, the Holy Roman Emperor.
His disputes with Raynald, Guy, and the so-called " court party " are depicted broadly in accordance with the historiographical tradition of M. W. Baldwin and Steven Runciman: Monahan seems to have been unaware of more recent scholarship ; however, he is depicted as not taking part in the battle of Hattin, and leaves the kingdom with the intention of retiring to Cyprus, rather than returning home to die.
After his death, Isabella was married for a fourth time to Amalric II of Jerusalem ( also Amalric I of Cyprus ), brother of Guy of Lusignan.
# Marie ( 1192 / 1193 – before 1205 ) betrothed to Guy of Cyprus but they both died as children.
* Guy of Lusignan, Constable of Cyprus, unmarried and without issue
│ │ X 1266 Guy of Ibelin († 1289 ), son of Baldwin of Ibelin, Seneschal of Cyprus

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