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to the king of Jerusalem, Conrad III, and the only surviving grandchild of Isabella I. Her case was legally stronger than Hugh's. She delivered accurate information and had a carefully prepared deposition read for her. After hearing Hugh's spontaneous reply, she withdrew and did not return to hear
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supported her claim, possibly because they expected her to be a weak ruler or to sell the kingdom to Charles. A sale, rather than a wish to rule, may have been Maria's principal motivation for claiming the throne. Hugh's coronation, held in the cathedral at
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from Acre. He claimed, probably falsely, that Maria's offer of the kingdom had been refused by many princes before he accepted. The sale was unprecedented and breached the kingdom's inheritance laws. After the sale, Charles promptly sent
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By 1270, Maria had come into contact with Charles. A ship carrying her goods sunk that year, prompting Charles to intervene for her. The loss may have caused lasting financial troubles for Maria. On 24 October 1272,
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the verdict. It appears that the High Court recognized the superiority of Maria's claim and used her absence to justify awarding the regency to Hugh, arguing that she was in
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Hugh II died in 1267, and was succeeded as king of Cyprus by Hugh of Antioch (Hugh III). In addition to the throne of Cyprus, Hugh III claimed the regency of the
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of Jerusalem was nominally vested into Hugh II. But since Hugh II was a minor too, the regency was exercised first by his mother,
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and Alice of Champagne, older half-sisters of Maria of Antioch's mother, respectively. Conrad lived in Europe, and so the
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had the power to decide their monarch. Maria accepted the argument, possibly in 1276, and asked the judges to
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to occupy the kingdom for him. Roger arrived in Acre with credentials signed by Charles, Maria, and
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as his successor. Spurned yet again for Hugh, she moved to Europe and eventually sold her claim to
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in 1291, the Kingdom of Jerusalem was permanently destroyed. Maria's annuity was confirmed by
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Maria's kinship with the kings and queens, regents, and claimants to the throne of Jerusalem
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A History of the Crusades, Volume III: The Kingdom of Acre and the Later Crusades
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In March 1277, Maria sold her claim to Charles for annual payments of 4,000
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and Isabella's son Hugh of Antioch, with the latter being selected by the
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regained Acre in 1285, but when the city fell to the Egyptian sultan
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Claimant to the throne of the Kingdom of Jerusalem from 1268 to 1277
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from 1268 to 1277. In 1267 she laid claim to govern the kingdom as
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to investigate the succession dispute. Maria appeared at the
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The Feudal Nobility and the Kingdom of Jerusalem, 1147–1277
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knew that her claim was better than Hugh's, but the
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Hugh duly became 298:Conrad was executed on the orders of 235:were occupied by two underage kings, 167:1220. She was the daughter of Prince 203:, but was rejected in favor of King 222: 24: 25: 1548: 338: 131:in the name of the absentee King 364:to present her claim again. The 1413:Camden Miscellany, Volume XXVII 1387:Pope Gregory X and the Crusades 32:For the Byzantine Empress, see 1527:Women from the Crusader states 1461:. Cambridge University Press. 1439:. Cambridge University Press. 1385:Baldwin, Philip Bruce (2014). 13: 1: 977: 795: 665: 199:of the minor and absent King 164: 120: 312:Latin patriarch of Jerusalem 7: 1532:Claimant kings of Jerusalem 10: 1553: 1389:. 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Index

Mary of Antioch
Maria of Antioch
Kingdom of Jerusalem
House
Poitiers
Bohemond IV of Antioch
Melisende of Lusignan
Kingdom of Jerusalem
regent
Conrad III
proximity of blood
High Court of Jerusalem
Hugh III of Cyprus
crowned
Charles I of Anjou
Bohemond IV of Antioch
Melisende of Lusignan
Isabella I of Jerusalem
Aimery of Cyprus
Alice of Champagne
regency
Kingdom of Jerusalem
closest relative
Conrad II
Henry I of Cyprus
Henry
Isabella
Hugh
Jerusalem
Cyprus

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