Editing Guy of Lusignan (section)

==Accession==
When Baldwin IV finally succumbed to his leprosy in 1185, Baldwin V became king, but he was a sickly child and died within a year. Guy went with Sibylla to Jerusalem for his stepson's funeral in 1186, along with an armed escort, with which he garrisoned the city. Raymond III, who wanted to protect his influence and his new political ally, the dowager queen [[Maria Komnene, Queen of Jerusalem|Maria Comnena]], was making arrangements to summon the ''Haute Cour'' when Sibylla was crowned queen by [[Heraclius of Jerusalem|Patriarch Eraclius]]. Raynald of Châtillon gained widespread support for Sibylla by affirming that she was "li plus apareissanz et plus dreis heis dou rouame" ("the most evident and rightful heir of the kingdom"). With the explicit support of the church, Sibylla was undisputed sovereign.

However, before she was crowned, she agreed with oppositional court members that she would annul her marriage with Guy to please them, as long as she was given free choice in her next husband. The leaders of the ''Haute Cour'' agreed, and Sibylla was crowned queen regnant. Taking her choice as husband, to the astonishment of the rival court faction, she remarried Guy, who became king in August 1186. The Queen removed the crown from her head and handed it to Guy, permitting him to crown himself at the [[Church of the Holy Sepulchre]] in Jerusalem in September 1186. As Hamilton writes, "There could be no doubt after the ceremony that Guy only held the crown matrimonial".

Sibylla's half-sister [[Isabella I of Jerusalem|Isabella]] and her husband [[Humphrey IV of Toron]] were Raymond III and the [[House of Ibelin|Ibelins]]' choice for the throne. As Sibylla's parents' marriage had been annulled and the church had legitimized both her and Baldwin, Isabella was seen by many as the legal heiress. However, Humphrey would not assert his wife's claim, and he disassociated himself from them, swearing fealty instead to Sibylla. Humphrey would become one of Guy's closest allies in the kingdom.