Amaury, Or Amarric, the name of two kings of Jerusalem. I. Count of Joppa, born in 1135, died July 11, 1173. He was crowned king of Jerusalem in 1162, on the death of his brother Baldwin III. He was a vain, ambitious, and imprudent prince, and passed the eight years of his reign in making war on the natural ally of the Franks, the sultan of Egypt, and his only sure support against the inroads of the Sel-juk Turks. Having invaded Egypt with some success, he was soon forced to the defensive by Saladin, who continued his conquests under Baldwin IV., the son and successor of Amaury.

II. Of Lusignan, king of Cyprus, was called to the tottering throne of Jerusalem when near its downfall. His nominal reign there lasted from 1194 to 1205. He called upon the western nations to aid him against the. Saracens, but the crusaders preferred stopping at Constantinople, and partitioning the Byzantine empire, to the more dangerous service against the Moslems. He left Cyprus to his son Hugo de Lusignan.