Amalric II of Jerusalem (23 August 1191-) was the King of Jerusalem from 22 July 1194, succeeding Guy de Lusignan.
Biography[]
Amaury was born on 23 August 1191 to the House of Lusignan, a dynasty of French Catholics. He was the first son of Guy de Lusignan and Sibylla of Jerusalem and their third child, and he was granted the County of Al Mafraq on his birth. Baron Guy of Buwayda served as his regent. On 22 July 1194, he became the new King of Jerusalem after his father died, with Baron Guy resuming his regency, albeit now for the whole kingdom. He continued his father's war against the Ayyubid sultan al-Zahir and conquered Madaba in 1195. Amalric angered some of his Muslim courtiers when he allowed for his Muslim steward Sa'ud to be executed for "heresy", but he granted the city of Thughra to Jamil and the title of cupbearer. On 30 June he held a summer fair that increased the opinion of his vassals of him, and in July Roger de Moulin became his regent after the death of Guy.
Amalric became betrothed to Countess Dorothea of Achaia on 24 September 1195 to form an alliance with the Byzantine Empire.