James II
king of Cyprus
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association with Cornaro
- In Caterina Cornaro
…queen of Cyprus by marrying James II, king of Cyprus, Jerusalem, and Armenia, supplying him with a much-needed alliance with Venice.
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history of Cyprus
- In Cyprus: The Lusignan kingdom and Genoese and Venetian rule
The last Lusignan king, James II, seized the throne with the help of an Egyptian force and in 1464 expelled the Genoese from Famagusta. He married a Venetian noblewoman, Caterina Cornaro, and, on his death (which was followed by that of his posthumous son), she succeeded him as the…
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