Background
Margaret was born in 1276, a daughter of King Hugh III de Poitiers, king of Cyprus and Isabelle of Ibelin.
Margaret was born in 1276, a daughter of King Hugh III de Poitiers, king of Cyprus and Isabelle of Ibelin.
She was Queen from 1293 until her death, three years later. She had two sons, Leo, who ruled for four years as king, and Bohemond, whose fate is unknown. She had 10 siblings including King John I of Cyprus.
On 8 January 1290 at the age of about 13 or 14, Margaret gave birth to a son, Leo who later ruled as king from 1303 until 7 November 1307, when he was murdered by a Mongol.
She also had a second son, Bohemond, but his history is not known. Margaret was queen consort for three years until her own death in 1296 at the age of 20.
Her husband subsequently married a Mongol woman whose name was not recorded.
She was a member of the cadet branch of the influential French Lusignan dynasty, which had ruled the Crusader states of Cyprus and Jerusalem since the late 12th century.