Eschiva of Ibelin (wife of Aimery)

Eschiva of Ibelin (French: Echive; died c. 1197) was a Latin noblewoman of the House of Ibelin from the Kingdom of Jerusalem. She was the first wife of Aimery of Lusignan, who was crowned the first king of Cyprus in 1197. The 13th-century source narrating her abduction by the pirate Kanakes refers to her as queen. She may have died before her husband was crowned.

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