| John II | |
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%2c_RP-P-OB-5821.jpg) Drawing of John,c. 1550 - 1600 | |
| King of Cyprus | |
| Reign | 29 June 1432 – 28 July 1458 |
| Predecessor | Janus |
| Successor | Charlotte |
| Born | (1418-05-16)16 May 1418 |
| Died | 28 July 1458(1458-07-28) (aged 40) |
| Spouse | Amadea Palaiologina of Montferrat Helena Palaiologina |
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| House | Poitiers-Lusignan |
| Father | Janus, King of Cyprus |
| Mother | Charlotte of Bourbon |
John II orIII of Cyprus (16 May 1418 – 28 July 1458) was theKing of Cyprus andArmenia and also titularKing of Jerusalem from 1432 to 1458. He was previously a titularPrince of Antioch.
Born 16 May 1418 in Nicosia, John was the son of kingJanus of Cyprus andCharlotte of Bourbon.[1] In May, sometime between 1435 and 1440, he marriedAmadea Palaiologina of Monferrato, daughter ofJohn Jacob Palaiologos,Marquess of Montferrat. They had no children. His second wife, a distant relative of his first, wasHelena Palaiologina,[2] only child and daughter ofTheodore II Palaiologos,Despot of the Morea, and his wifeCleofa Malatesta
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 mainlandAnatolia, was lost to theKaramanids in 1448.
John had an illegitimate son byMarietta de Patras[4]
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 royalchamberlain. 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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| Preceded by | King of Cyprus 1432–1458 | Succeeded by |
| — TITULAR — King of Jerusalem King of Armenian Cilicia 1432–1458 | ||
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