Templar Order
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Was a religious military order founded in Jerusalem in 1119, during the Crusades. The Order held a temporal territory for a short time, the Island of Cyprus for a couple of montsh in 1192.
Establishment
- January 1192: The island of Cyprus is sold to the master of Knights Templar.
Chronology
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1. English Conquest of Cyprus
Was an invasion led by Richard I of England against the Domain of Cyprus, a breakaway state from the Byzantine Empire ruled by Isaac Doukas Komnenos.
- January 1192: The island of Cyprus is sold to the master of Knights Templar.
2. Crusades
The Crusades were a series of religious wars initiated, supported, and sometimes directed by the Latin Church in the Medieval period. The best known of these military expeditions are those to the Holy Land in the period between 1095 and 1291.
2.1. Third Crusade
Was an attempt led by three European monarchs of Western Christianity to reconquer the Holy Land following the capture of Jerusalem by the Ayyubid sultan Saladin in 1187.
- April 1192: Cyprus was acquired, in 1192, by Guy of Lusignan and became a stable feudal kingdom.
Disestablishment
- April 1192: Cyprus was acquired, in 1192, by Guy of Lusignan and became a stable feudal kingdom.