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 4, 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

Ancestors 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

Regnal titles
Preceded by Charlotte as sole ruler	King of Cyprus 1459–1464 with Charlotte	Succeeded by James II

Monarchs of the Kingdom of Cyprus

Guy Amalric Hugh I Henry I Hugh II Hugh III John I Henry II Hugh IV Peter I Peter II James I Janus John II Charlotte Louis James II James III Catherine

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