title: The Last Crusader Kingdom: Dawn of a Dynasty in Twelfth-Century Cyprus
author:  Helena P. Schrader 
description: Helena P. Schrader is a career diplomat currently serving in Africa. She earned a PhD in History from the University of Hamburg with a ground-breaking biography of a leader of the German Resistance to Hitler. She has published numerous works of fiction and nonfiction since. Her Jerusalem Trilogy, set in the Holy Land in the late twelfth century, won eleven literary accolades. For details visit helenapschrader.com or follow her author blog: schradershistoricalfiction.blogspot.com for updates on current works in progress, recent reviews, and excerpts. For more on the crusader kingdoms and Balian d'Ibelin visit: defenderofjerusalem.com or follow her blog at: defendingcrusaderkingdoms.blogspot.com.
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  # The Last Crusader Kingdom
  
  
  
  
  
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  _The Last Crusader Kingdom: Dawn of a Dynasty in Twelfth-Century Cyprus_
  
  
  
  
  
  Copyright © 2017 Helena P. Schrader. All rights reserved. No part of this book
  may be reproduced or retransmitted in any form or by any means without the
  written permission of the publisher.
  
  
  
  
  
  Published by Wheatmark®  
  2030 East Speedway Boulevard, Suite 106  
  Tucson, Arizona 85719 USA  
  [www.wheatmark.com](http://www.wheatmark.com)
  
  
  
  
  
  ISBN: 978-1-62787-517-2 (paperback)  
  ISBN: 978-1-62787-518-9 (ebook)  
  LCCN: 2017946595
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  # Contents
  
  
  
  
  
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  [Cast of Characters](part0004_split_001.html#b1)
  
  
  
  
  
  [Genealogical Charts](part0005.html#b2)
  
  
  
  
  
  [House of Jerusalem](part0005.html#b2)
  
  
  
  
  
  [House of Lusignan](