Eschiva of Montbéliard

Eschiva of Montbéliard (c. 1206 – c. 1239) was a Cypriot noblewoman. She was related to the reigning Lusignan dynasty and, by marriage, to the prominent Ibelin family of the Kingdom of Jerusalem. She inherited substantial lands in the Kingdom of Cyprus and was lady of Beirut in the Kingdom of Jerusalem. She defended Buffavento Castle in the War of the Lombards.

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