Lusignan Cyprus in the 1320s

Timeline

1. 1321–1324Strovolia · CyprusIn the early 1320s Henry II, suffering from epilepsy and failing health, long resided at the Beaulieu estate at Strovolia, devoted to falconry and rarely handling affairs of state in person. The kingdom maintained its tributary and trade arrangements with the Mamluks and nominally claimed the kingship of Jerusalem, but was incapable of organizing large-scale military campaigns to recover the Levant.
2. 1324Nicosia and Famagusta · CyprusAfter Henry II's death on 31 March 1324, the High Court, meeting on 1 April, rejected the succession claims of his aunts Alice and Helvis and confirmed his nephew Hugh IV, then Constable of Cyprus, as king. On 15 April Hugh was crowned King of Cyprus at the Cathedral of Saint Sophia in Nicosia, and on 13 May received the Crown of Jerusalem at Famagusta, inaugurating the new tradition of crowning the King of Jerusalem on Cyprus.
3. 1325–1330Cyprus · CyprusHugh IV repaired relations with the Ibelin family and the French Capetians through marriage alliances, seeking to lay the groundwork for future Crusader diplomacy. By the late 1320s the kingdom maintained prosperity in sugar and trade while facing Mamluk pressure and Turkish piracy in the Aegean, maintaining complex cooperation with the Knights Hospitaller on Rhodes and Genoese merchants.