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

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