John II of Cyprus
| John II | |
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| King of Cyprus | |
| Reign | 29 June 1432 - 28 July 1458 |
| Predecessor | Janus |
| Successor | Charlotte |
| Born | 16 May 1418 |
| Died | 28 July 1458 |
| Spouse |
Amadea Palaiologina of Montferrat Helena Palaiologina |
| Issue |
Charlotte of Cyprus James II of Cyprus (illegitimate) |
| House | Poitiers-Lusignan |
| Father | Janus of Cyprus |
| Mother | Charlotte of Bourbon, Queen of Cyprus |
John II or III of Cyprus (May 16, 1418 – July 28, 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.
John was the son of king Janus of Cyprus and Charlotte of Bourbon; he was born and died in Nicosia. In May, sometime between 1435 and 1440, he married Aimee or Amadea Palaiologina of Monferrato (August 3, 1429 – Nicosia, September 13, 1440), daughter of John Jacob Palaiologos, Marquess of Montferrat, without issue. His second wife, a distant relative of his first one, whom he married in Nicosia in 1441 or on February 3, 1442, was Helena Palaiologina (1428 – April 11, 1458), only child and daughter of Theodore II Palaiologos, Despot of the Morea and his wife Cleofa Malatesta. Theodore was a son of Byzantine Emperor Manuel II Palaiologos and Helena Dragaš and the brother of the last two Byzantine emperors, John VIII Palaiologos and Constantine XI Palaiologos. By his second marriage he had two daughters:
Upon the death of John II, his only surviving legitimate child Charlotte succeeded to the throne. During his rule, Corycus, the only Cypriot stronghold in mainland Anatolia was lost to the Karamanids in 1448.
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