John II | |
Succession: | King of Cyprus |
Reign: | 29 June 1432 – 28 July 1458 |
Predecessor: | Janus |
Successor: | Charlotte |
House: | Poitiers-Lusignan |
Father: | Janus, King of Cyprus |
Mother: | Charlotte of Bourbon |
Spouse: | Amadea Palaiologina of Montferrat Helena Palaiologina |
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Birth Date: | 16 May 1418 |
John II or III of Cyprus (16 May 1418 - 28 July 1458) was the King of Cyprus and Armenia and also titular King of Jerusalem from 1432 to 1458. He was previously a titular Prince of Antioch.
By his second marriage he had:
John died in Nicosia on 28 July 1458 and his daughter Charlotte succeeded to the throne. During his rule, Corycus, the only Cypriot stronghold in mainland Anatolia, was lost to the Karamanids in 1448.
John had an illegitimate son by Marietta de Patras
John appointed James, Archbishop of Nicosia at the age of 16. James did not prove ideal archbishop material, and was stripped of his title after murdering the royal chamberlain. His father eventually forgave him and restored him to the Archbishopric. James and Helena were enemies, vying for influence over John. After Helena died in 1458, it appeared that John would appoint James as his successor, but John died before he could make it so.
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