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20 May 1285; there was some suspicion that Henry had been involved in poisoning John. He was crowned at the Cathedral of Saint Sophia, Nicosia, 24 June 1285. Charles I of Anjou, who contested John's claim to the throne, had died in 1285, allowing Henry to recover Acre from the Angevins. With a fleet Henry attacked Acre, defended

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