Sibylla of Cyprus

Sibylla
Queen consort of Armenia
Tenure1210–1219
Born1198
Died1230–1252
SpouseLeo I, King of Armenia
IssueIsabella, Queen of Armenia
HouseLusignan
FatherAimery, King of Cyprus
MotherIsabella I, Queen of Jerusalem

Sibylla of Cyprus (French: Sibyl; 1198 – 1230 to 1252) was the queen of Armenia from 1210 until 1219 as the second wife of King Leo I. A member of the House of Lusignan, she was the daughter of Queen Isabella I of Jerusalem and King Aimery of Cyprus. Her half-brother, King Hugh I of Cyprus, married her off to the 60-year-old King Leo when she was 12. She had one child, Isabella, who succeeded Leo as queen when he died in 1219. She had a strong claim to the throne of Jerusalem, but her Armenian marriage made it difficult to enforce.

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