Evidence Reference
Sir George Hill, A History of Cyprus, vol. II (Cambridge, 1948)
Associated with Janus of Cyprus
Citation
Sir George Hill, A History of Cyprus, vol. II: The Frankish Period, 1192–1432 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1948). Foundational four-volume institutional history of Cyprus; volume II covers the Lusignan dynasty from Guy through Janus.
Supporting claim
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Janus of Cyprus (c. 1375–1432), King of Cyprus and titular King of Jerusalem and Armenia from 1398 to 1432. His reign was marked by prolonged war with the Mamluk Sultanate, culminating in the disastrous defeat at Chirokitia in 1426 and his own capture and ransom. He was the father of Anne de Lusignan, whose 1434 marriage to Louis I, Duke of Savoy, carried the titular royal styles to the House of Savoy.