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The entire island of Cyprus surrendered after their capital, Salamis, was surrounded and besieged. [3] At least 50 military operations occurred in Cyprus between this first campaign in 648 until the last one in 650. [3] In 688, the emperor Justinian II and the caliph Abd al-Malik reached an unprecedented agreement.
Richard I (8 September 1157 – 6 April 1199), known as Richard Cœur de Lion ( Norman French: Quor de Lion) [1] [2] or Richard the Lionheart because of his reputation as a great military leader and warrior, [3] [4] [5] was King of England from 1189 until his death in 1199. He also ruled as Duke of Normandy, Aquitaine, and Gascony; Lord of ...
Although Cyprus came under Assyrian rule, in the Cypro-Archaic period (750–475 BCE) the Kingdom of Kourion was among the most influential of Cyprus. Damasos is recorded (as Damasu of Kuri) as king of Kourion on the prism (672 BCE) of Esarhaddon from Nineveh. Between 569 and ca. 546 BCE, Cyprus was under Egyptian administration.
Victor Amadeus, for his part, continued to protest for three years, and only in 1723 decided to recognize the exchange and desist from using the Sicilian royal title and its subsidiary titles (such as King of Cyprus and Jerusalem). The two kingdoms under the House of Bourbon of Spain (1735–1816)
Catherine Cornaro ( Venetian: Catarina Corner; Italian: Caterina Cornaro or Corner; Greek: Αικατερίνη Κορνάρο, romanized : Aikateríni Kornáro; 25 November 1454 – 10 July 1510) was the last monarch of the Kingdom of Cyprus, also holding the titles of Queen of Jerusalem and Queen of Armenia. She became queen consort of Cyprus ...
After his father's death on 9 September 1398, Janus took over the throne of Cyprus. He was crowned in Nicosia's Saint Sophia Cathedral on 11 November 1398. As king he tried in 1402 to take back Famagusta, which was under Genoese rule. According to writings of Amati, the administrator of Famagusta, the Genoese Antonio de Karko, was Janus' godfather.
Home of the Famous Swan Mosaic. This ancient settlement is one of the ten ancient kingdoms of Cyprus dating to the 6th century BC. Located near the town of Lefke and southwest of Guzelyurt, what remains today at the coastal site of Soli dates mainly to the Roman era. It is believed to have been founded by the Athenians returning from the Trojan ...
