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

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* 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

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* 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

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* 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

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

## Chamberlain

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

## Chancellor

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* 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

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The office of butler was created in 1328.[citation needed]

## See also

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* 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

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* 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.