Crusades · TURNING POINT ·
Richard the Lionheart takes Cyprus (1191)
On the Crusades map as “Richard takes Cyprus”
May 1191 — en route to the war, Richard the Lionheart seizes the Byzantine island after its ruler mistreats his shipwrecked bride and sister. Watch the island flip: Cyprus stays a Latin kingdom for four centuries.
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- Third Crusade (chapter 7 of Crusades)
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- The Crusades, 1095–1291
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