November-December

Philip d’Ibelin dies; John d’Ibelin elected baillie of Cyprus.

1228

25 April

Yolanda gives birth to a son, Conrad, now king of Jerusalem;

5 May

Yolanda dies;

25 June

Frederick II sails from Brindisi with a small force;

21 July

Frederick II arrives in Limassol;

3 September

Frederick II departs Cyprus for Syria, with King Henry and Cypriot barons now in his army.

1229

18 February

Frederick II signs ten-year truce with al-Kamil partially restoring Christian control of Jerusalem for the duration of the truce;

18 March

Frederick II wears the imperial crown in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre;

April

Frederick II lays siege to Templar headquarters in Acre;

1 May

Frederick II departs Acre, never to return; Balian de Sidon and Werner von Egesheim named baillies in his absence;

May

Frederick II leaves Henry de Lusignan on Cyprus; sells his bailliage to five local barons; Henry married by proxy to Alix de Montferrat; baillies begin a reign of terror against Ibelins and their allies;

June

Ibelins and supporters land at Gastria, calling for the restoration of their expropriated lands, due process and an end to intimidation of their families;

14 July

Battle of Nicosia; Ibelin victory; baillies take refuge in mountain castles, which are besieged by the Ibelins; King Henry held captive by the baillies at St Hilarion.

1230

April

Baillies at St Hilarion surrender on the condition of a full pardon.

1231

Summer

John de Brienne, former king of Jerusalem becomes emperor of Constantinople;

Autumn

Frederick II appoints imperial marshal Riccardo Filangieri his baillie in Jerusalem;

Filangieri brings a powerful fleet and armed force to Outremer; denied landing at Cyprus;