Conradin
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Conrad III, called the Younger or the Boy, but usually known by the diminutive Conradin, was the last direct heir of the House of Hohenstaufen. He was Duke of Swabia and nominal King of Jerusalem and
King Conrad the Younger, from the Codex Manesse (Folio 7r), c. 1304
Execution of Conradin by Giovanni Villani, Nuova Cronica, 14th century
Memorial by Thorvaldsen
Hugh III of Cyprus
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Hugh III, also called Hugh of Antioch-Lusignan and the Great, was the king of Cyprus from 1267 and king of Jerusalem from 1268. Born into the family of the princes of Antioch, he effectively ruled as
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…whom a succession dispute arose. The senior heir in primogeniture was Hugh of Brienne, a second cousin of Conradin's father, but another second cousin Hugh III of Cyprus already held the office of regent and managed to keep the kingdom as Hugh I of Jerusalem. Conradin's grandmother's first cousin Mary of Antioch also…
Billon 'denier' coin issued in the reign of Hugh III.
1285 coin describing Charles as king of Jerusalem and Sicily