the succession dispute. Maria appeared at the Second Council of Lyons to present her claim again. The papal curia knew that her claim was better than Hugh's, but the cardinal bishop of Albano, Bonaventure, explained that only the barons of Jerusalem had the power to decide their monarch. Maria accepted the argument, possibly in 1276, and asked the judges to quash the case because she was too poor to proceed. In March 1277, Maria sold her claim to Charles for annual payments of 4,000 livres tournois and 10,000 Saracen bezants from Acre. He claimed, probably falsely, that Maria's offer of the kingdom had been refused by many princes before he accepted. The sale was unprecedented and breached the kingdom's inheritance laws. After the sale, Charles promptly sent Roger of San Severino to occupy the kingdom for him. Roger arrived in Acre with credentials signed by Charles, Maria, and Pope John XXI. Frustrated by the opposition he faced, Hugh did not resist, but Charles was never universally accepted as king. Hugh's son Henry II regained Acre in 1285, but when the city fell to the Egyptian sultan Baibars in 1291, the Kingdom of Jerusalem was permanently destroyed. Maria's annuity was confirmed by Charles II, but it is doubtful if she did receive all the money. She died in 1307. Genealogical table References Sources 13th-century births 1307 deaths 13th-century women 14th-century women Women of the Crusader states Year of birth unknown Claimant Kings of Jerusalem House of Poitiers