Kingdom of Liguria

The Kingdom of Liguria (Italian: Regno di Liguria) is an Italian state centered around Genoa and Montferrat ruled by the Aleramici family. It is the successor state to the Crusader Kingdom of Egypt, which had been established in the aftermath of the Fourth Crusade.
The Kingdom of Egypt, whose first king Boniface I had been elected and crowned in Alexandria with the support of the leader of the Fourth Crusade, king Arthur of England, existed from 1205 to 1254, when the cities of Alexandria and Damietta at last fell to the Mamluk Sultan. Boniface II had previously led a campaign in Italy to install his younger brother Maurice as Duke of Genoa, which he successfully accomplished in 1250. Boniface II died in 1252, passing the crown to the new Duke of Genoa as Maurice II, who was far more interested in European than Egyptian affairs.
With the fall of Alexandria and Damietta in 1254, the Egyptian monarchy went into permanent exile in Genoa. However, the title of King of Egypt remained in use by the Aleramici Dukes of Genoa long after Egypt had been lost. Boniface III adopted the title of King of Liguria in 1295, in addition to holding the titular title of King of Egypt.
== See also ==
List of Egyptian and Ligurian monarchs
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