Louis of Cyprus

Louis of Savoy (Italian: Ludovico; June 5, 1436 or April 1, 1437 – August, 1482) was King of Cyprus, reigning together with and in the right of his wife, Queen Charlotte of Cyprus. He was the second son and namesake of Louis, Duke of Savoy, and his wife Anne of Lusignan, daughter of King Janus of Cyprus. He was born in Geneva.

On 14 December 1447, at Stirling Castle, he firstly married Annabella of Scotland, the daughter of James I of Scotland. There were no children from the marriage, and the couple separated, divorced and the marriage was annulled in 1458.

The following year, on October 7, 1459, Louis married his cousin, Queen Charlotte of Cyprus and became King of Cyprus and also titular King of Jerusalem and of the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia for the brief period of her reign from 1459 to 1464, when they were deposed.

Louis died at the Château-Monastery de Ripaille in France.

Ancestry

Family of Louis of Cyprus

16. Amadeus VI, Count of Savoy 8. Amadeus VII, Count of Savoy 17. Bonne of Bourbon 4. Amadeus VIII, Duke of Savoy 18. John, Duke of Berry 9. Bonne of Berry 19. Joanna of Armagnac 2. Louis, Duke of Savoy 20. John II of France 10. Philip the Bold 21. Bonne of Bohemia 5. Mary of Burgundy 22. Louis II of Flanders 11. Margaret III, Countess of Flanders 23. Margaret of Brabant 1. Louis of Cyprus 24. Hugh IV of Cyprus 12. James I of Cyprus 25. Alice d'Ibelin 6. Janus of Cyprus 26. Philip of Brunswick-Grubenhagen 13. Helvis of Brunswick-Grubenhagen 27. Helisia of Dampierre 3. Anne of Cyprus 28. James I, Count of La Marche 14. John I, Count of La Marche 29. Joan of Châtillon 7. Charlotte of Bourbon-La Marche 30. John VI, Count of Vendôme 15. Catherine of Vendôme 31. Joan of Ponthieu