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Empire of the Orient | |||||||||
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| 1184–1191 | |||||||||
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| Capital | Nicosia | ||||||||
| Common languages | Greek | ||||||||
| Religion | Greek Christianity | ||||||||
| Government | Monarchy | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Established | 1184 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 1191 | ||||||||
| ISO 3166 code | CY | ||||||||
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| Today part of |  Cyprus | ||||||||
| History of Cyprus |
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From 1184 to 1191 Cyprus was ruled by Isaak Comnenus, the former Byzantine governor of Cyprus and pretender to the Byzantine throne, until he was overthrown and captured by Richard I of England while he was on his way towards the Holy Land to fight the Third Crusade.
Nomenclature
[edit]It is commonly and incorrectly stated that Isaak Comeneus declared himself the emperor of Cyprus when in reality he had declared himself the Emperor of the Orient.[1]
Comnenus Rule
[edit]Arrival of Richard I
[edit]After seven years of his rule it was said that "the island groaned beneath this scourge of fate, and he reduced the Cypriots to suck a state of dispair that all were ready to welcome anything which afforded a means of escape from such tyranny."[2]
- ^ "Isaac Comnenus, 'Emperor of Cyprus' and his Daughter" (PDF).
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