Evidence Reference
Sir George Hill, A History of Cyprus, vol. III (Cambridge, 1948)
Associated with Charlotte of Cyprus
Citation
Sir George Hill, A History of Cyprus, vol. III: The Frankish Period, 1432–1571 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1948). Foundational institutional history of the late Lusignan Cyprus period covered by this batch — the reigns of John II, Charlotte's deposition by her illegitimate half-brother James II, James II's brief reign, and Catherine Cornaro's regency for their infant son James III.
Supporting claim
supported
Charlotte of Cyprus (1444–1487), Queen of Cyprus 1458–1460, was the legitimate daughter of John II and Helena Palaiologina. Deposed in 1460 by her illegitimate half-brother James II, she fled Cyprus and spent decades in exile pursuing her claim. She married her first cousin Louis of Savoy (son of Anne de Lusignan and Louis I of Savoy), deepening the Cyprus–Savoy connection. In 1485 she formally ceded her titular claims to the Kingdoms of Cyprus, Jerusalem, and Armenia to her brother-in-law Charles I of Savoy, whose house has continued to use the styles as titular claims.