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Capture of Cyprus
Saves his betrothed, Princess Berengaria , from the Greek King Comnenus. Captures Cyprus & uses it as a strategic base for the Crusades
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Cyprus in England. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Saves his betrothed, Princess Berengaria , from the Greek King Comnenus. Captures Cyprus & uses it as a strategic base for the Crusades
Provenance
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