Charlotte (Queen of Cyprus)

Charlotte of Cyprus
Charlotte of Cyprus
	Charlotte de chypre
Queen of Jerusalem , Cyprus and Cilician Armenia
	1458 - 1460
Predecessor	John III of Cyprus
Successor	Jacob II of Cyprus
	Of the three kingdoms that were part of her title, only Cyprus really ruled
Birth	June 28, 1444 ; Nicosia
Death	July 16, 1487 (43 years old); Rome
Burial place	;
Kind	Lusignan
Father	John III of Cyprus
Mother	Elena Paleolog
Spouse	1) John of Portugal ; 2) Louis of Savoy
Children

Charlotte of Cyprus ( Fr. Charlotte de Chypre ; June 28, 1444 , Nicosia - July 16, 1487 , Rome ) - Queen of Jerusalem , Cyprus and Cilician Armenia (of the three kingdoms that were part of her title, only Cyprus was truly ruled ) in 1458 - 1460 , the daughter and heiress of King of Cyprus John (Jean) III ^[1] and Elena Paleolog, one of the last representatives of the de Lusignan dynasty originating from Poitou (France), who ruled after the Crusades in Cyprus and other Christian states of the Middle East .

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Biography

In 1460, power passed from her to the half-brother born out of wedlock, brother Jacques II . In 1460, Jacques challenged her right to the throne, besieging Queen Charlotte and her husband at Kyrenia Castle for the next three years. After Charlotte and her husband fled to Rome in 1463 and settled in the Palazzo dei Convertiendi in Trastevere under the auspices of Pope Pius II , Jacques was crowned. After the death of Jacques and his heir, the Queen of Cyprus became his wife, the Venetian Katerina Kornaro , in connection with which, Charlotte sold the rights to the kingdom to her cousin Charles I of Savoy in 1485 ^[1] .

Family

I was married twice.

Since 1456 - after the infantry John of Portugal , Count of Coimbra (1433 - 1457; poisoned, as was believed, by order of the mother-in-law); the second time, from October 4, 1459, behind Louis of Savoy (June 5, 1436 - August 1482), who was its co-ruler ^[1] . This wedding was initiated by the Genoese, who promised Charlotte their support in the fight for the crown with her half-brother Jacques (Jacob). In July 1464 , they had a son who died a month after birth.

Charlotte Cleoph's sister died young.

Notes

↑ ¹ ² ³ Charlotte, Queen of Cyprus // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : in 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.

Literature

Genealogy of Luzinyanov (inaccessible link)

[ЭСБЕ-1] ¹ ² ³ Charlotte, Queen of Cyprus // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : in 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.