AWARD OF ROYAL SORT LUSIGNAN

In spite of the Crusades, the order of chivalry could not protect the Kingdom of Jerusalem, in which the end of the XII century there were two warring factions. One represented the interests of local feudal lords, firmly settled in their possessions, from which they receive huge profits. Therefore, they made every effort to not disrupt the existing balance of forces with Muslim neighbors in order not to jeopardize the gains already.

The second shipment consisted of those who are late to the partition of rich cake and expected to improve their affairs seizure of foreign lands. Who came from Europe were aware that the local feudal lords would not share with them, and so turned their attention to Egypt and Syria. Their hopes fueled by the military-monastic orders ioannitov and the Templars, who wanted new land.

In the 1184 Masters of both orders went to Europe to ask the European monarchs of financial and military assistance, but their special mission failed.

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Only the English King Henry II of England agreed to provide the defenders of the Holy Land large sum of money, but promises of military assistance abstained.

And in the Kingdom of Jerusalem at this time continued dynastic rivalries between the head of the local feudal lords - Baron Raymundo III (regent for minor King Baldwin V) - and aggressive newcomers, whose leader was Guy de Lusignan, rushing to the royal throne. On the side of the latter were made and the Knights Hospitallers, who liked the bold pronouncements of Guy de Lusignan, his intention to start a war against "infidels", as well as the generous promises of the Order.

In late summer of 1186 he died, King Baudouin V. Taking advantage of this death, Guy de Lusignan made a palace coup and seized the throne of the Kingdom of Jerusalem. On this occasion his brother Joffre said: "If Guy became king, then I can be a god. " Grand Master of the Order ioannitov Roger de Moulins in the first hours after the coup did not want to give the key to the treasury, which kept the crown of the kingdom of Jerusalem.

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If he wants to show he does not want to participate in illegal actions, or afraid that in case of failure it will affect the position of the Order - hard to say. But the fact remains: only under the pressure of Gerard de Ridforta, head of the Order of the Knights Templar and custodian of the second key, Roger de Moulins parted with relic entrusted to him.

When in 1187 Jerusalem was captured by Sultan Salah ad-Din, Guy de Lusignan, remaining out of work, established on the island of Cyprus, which he bought for 40000 Besant have ever needed money, Richard the Lionheart. From Guy de Lusignan and went dynastic branch of the kings of Cyprus, who owned the island until the end of the XV century.

But even in the middle of the XIV century, one of Lusignan became King of Armenia Minor (Cappadocia) and founded a dynasty that ruled until 1375. Subsequently, the kingdom was conquered by the Egyptian Sultan, and the King of Leon VI was taken prisoner. Soon after his family broke off altogether, but Cyprus Lusignan inherited the title of King of Armenia.

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Subsequently, however, was interrupted and Cyprus Lusignan royal race, as the last queen, losing his only son and heir, gave the island of Venice respublike. 1

Memory of the royal lineage nobody bothered until the first half of the XIX century, and then suddenly appeared just two contenders for inheritance Lusignan dynasty, and they acted independently of each other. The first of the candidates was known under the name Korigos: he specialized in the Armenian part of the "inheritance" and proclaimed himself king of Leon VII.

The second "heir" was a Greek named Tetrua Pelendri, who after the war years 1828-1829 was made as a private person: he sought damages and therefore settled in St. Petersburg. In 1840 Tetrua Pelendri somehow suddenly "turned" a descendant of the kings of Cyprus and to demand from Turkey have returned to the treasury kind. Having been in prison and miraculously saved from military service, he later got a whole archive of fake documents.

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Tetrua Pelendri quite a long time sought the Cyprus throne and became so famous that at one time (1862-1863) even claimed the throne of Greek. During construction of the Suez Canal, he even interested in the French Emperor Napoleon III, was inclined to adventures as the head of "independent" State of Cyprus as a protectorate of France.

But as Tetrua Pelendri always needed money, and sometimes just fell into a desperate situation, he in 1870 sold the Armenian bishop Narbeyu, arrived from Constantinople, and his two brothers recognized that those are his closest relatives. So there is "a new branch of the royal Lusignan in the face of two Narbeev - brothers bishop.

In 1888 they founded the Order of Meluziny in honor of the old French fairy - the legendary ancestors of Lusignan, in order to reward them "for services to humanity in front of the Armenian nation and the house of Lusignan. Luxury insignia in the form of the Jerusalem cross (with the arms of Jerusalem, Lusignan, Cyprus and Armenia) was crowned with the crown.

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Order Meluziny had several degrees, depending on what it could get for the amount of 400 to 1200 francs, and, with all the documents to him.

Trade Order Meluziny went so well, and wishing to adorn themselves, they were so much that after three years (1891) brothers Narbei established yet and the Order of St. Catherine of Mount Sinai. The name was taken from the spiritual knight of the Order, which existed in the XII century in Alexandria, and was associated with a monastery on the Sinai Peninsula, where they kept the power of this saint. Both orders were sold until 1905, when he died last "king" Narbey-Lusignan. The new owners of these orders have not found and therefore ceased to exist.