Hugh I of Cyprus

Hugh I of Cyprus (1195–1218) succeeded his father Aimery as king in 1205 aged nine; his brother-in-law Walter of Montbéliard governed as regent. He married Alice of Champagne and took personal power in 1210.

Hugh fell out with Walter, who fled to Jerusalem, and reversed his policies, making peace with the Seljuqs of Rum and backing the Armenians in the War of the Antiochene Succession.

Hugh joined the Fifth Crusade in 1217 but fell ill and died at Tripoli on 10 January 1218, leaving the crown to his infant son Henry I under Alice's regency.