Death of Guy de Lusignan; his brother Aimery becomes lord of Cyprus.
1196
April
Isaac II deposed; Alexius III becomes emperor of Constantinople;
18 May September
Aimery de Lusignan does homage to the Holy Roman Emperor; Cyprus becomes a kingdom, with Aimery its first king.
1197
September
‘German Crusade’ arrives in Outremer;
October
Sultan al-Adil assaults Acre unsuccessfully; Jaffa falls to al-Adil;
October
Death of Henri de Champagne; Germans recapture Beirut for the Franks;
December
Marriage of Aimery de Lusignan to Isabella of Jerusalem.
1198
July
King Aimery signs a six-year truce with al-Adil;
Pope Innocent III calls for another crusade;
German Hospital of St Mary in Acre transformed into a military order, the Deutsche Orden or Teutonic Knights.
1199
6 April
Richard I dies of wounds in France; succeeded by his brother John as king of England.
1200
Sultan al-Adil, Saladin’s brother, wins the succession struggles that have been ongoing since Saladin’s death; becomes sultan of Syria and Egypt.
1202
Crusaders, unable to pay Venice for transport already built, are persuaded to become Venetian mercenaries and attack Zara.
1203
Mercenary army (former crusaders) and Venetian fleet successfully restore Alexius IV to the Byzantine throne.
