Sibyl

queen of Jerusalem
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French:
Sibylle
Born:
1160
Died:
autumn 1190 (aged 30)

Sibyl (born 1160—died autumn 1190) was the queen of the crusader state of Jerusalem (1186–90).

The daughter of Amalric I, Sibyl succeeded to the throne upon the death of her brother, Baldwin IV (1185). Baldwin had intended for the throne to pass directly to Sibyl’s son Baldwin V, but Sibyl and her husband, Guy de Lusignan, conspired to seize the throne for themselves, embroiling the kingdom in a disastrous war with Saladin.

This article was most recently revised and updated by Encyclopaedia Britannica.