Guy de Lusignan, a lesser noble from Poitou, rose swiftly by marrying Sibylla of Jerusalem — a union orchestrated by Agnès de Courtenay. Rejected by barons such as Raymond III and backed by the bellicose Raynald of Châtillon, he showed weakness as regent and lost prestige even during Baldwin IV’s lifetime. Crowned king in 1186, he led the realm to disaster: ignoring warnings, he marched to face Saladin and was defeated at Hattin (1187), captured and humiliated. Released, he contested power with Conrad of Montferrat and did not retake Jerusalem. In 1192, he received Cyprus from Richard the Lionheart, where he governed with some effectiveness until his death in 1194. His legacy remains controversial: a symbol of incompetence in Jerusalem, yet also of resilience for founding a new dominion in Cyprus.
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Guy de Lusignan: The historical equivalent of getting promoted to CEO, immediately crashing the company, and then being given a separate, smaller company as a consolation prize.
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I hate this man he lost Jerusalem and cause huge lost no a massacre in battle of hattin
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