List of Cypriot royal consorts

Empress and Despoina in Cyprus

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Byzantine titles did not have any territorial qualification, so there were no Emperors or Despots of Cyprus.
Komnenoi dynasty, 1184–1191
Arms Name Father Birth Marriage Became Empress Ceased to be Empress Death Spouse
Unnamed Thoros II, Prince of Armenia
(Rubenids)
1150–1164 1175/76 1184
became Despoina
1185
became Empress
before 1185 Isaac Komnenos
Unnamed William I of Sicily
(Hauteville)
- 1185/86 1 June 1191
Richard the Lionheart's conquest, husband's desposition
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Consort of Cyprus

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House of Lusignan, 1192–1489
Arms/
Image
Name Father Birth Marriage Became Queen Ceased to be Queen Death Spouse
Eschive d'Ibelin Baldwin d'Ibelin, Lord of Rama
(Ibelin)
1160 before 29 October 1175 18 July 1194
husband's accession
Winter 1196–1197 Amalric I
Isabella I of Jerusalem Amalric I of Jerusalem
(Anjou)
1172 January 1198 1 April 1205
husband's death
5 April 1205
Alice of Champagne Henry II, Count of Champagne
(Blois)
1195/1196 before September 1210 10 January 1218
husband's death
1246 Hugh I
Alix of Montferrat William VI, Marquess of Montferrat
(Aleramici)
1210/1215 May 1229 December 1232-May 1233 Henry I
Stephanie of Lampron Constantine of Lampron, Lord of Barbaron and Partzerpert
(Lampron)
1220/1225 before 17 November 1237 1 April/September 1249
Plaisance of Antioch Bohemond V of Antioch
(Ramnulfids)
1235–1238 September 1250 10 Jan 1253
husband's death
27/22 September 1261
Isabella d'Ibelin, Lady of Beirut John II d'Ibelin, Lord of Beirut
(Ibelin)
1252 12 May 1265 5 December 1267
husband's death
before November 1283 Hugh II
Isabella d'Ibelin
[1]
Guy d'Ibelin, constable of Cyprus
(Ibelin)
1241/42 after 23 January 1255 5 December 1267
husband's accession
24 March 1284
husband's death
2 June 1324 Hugh III
Constance of Sicily
[1][2]
Frederick III of Sicily
(Barcelona)
1307 16 October 1317 31 August 1324
husband's death
after 19 June 1344 Henry II
Alix d'Ibelin
[2]
Guy d'Ibelin, Lord of Nicosia
(Ibelin)
1304/06 18 Jun 1318 (date of Papal dispensation) 31 March 1324
husband's accession
24 November 1358
husband's abdication
after 6 August 1386 Hugh IV
Eleanor of Aragon
[2][3]
Infante Pedro, Count of Ribagorça and Prades
(Barcelona)
1333 September 1353 24 November 1358
husband's accession
17 January 1369
husband's assassination
26 December 1416 Peter I
Valentina Visconti
[2]
Bernabò Visconti
(Visconti)
1360/1362 July/August 1378 13 October 1382
husband's death
before September 1393 Peter II
Helvis of Brunswick-Grubenhagen
[2][4]
Philip of Brunswick-Grubenhagen, Constable of Jerusalem
(Welf)
1353 1 May 1365 13 October 1382
husband's accession
9 September 1398
husband's death
15/25 January 1421 James I
Anglesia Visconti
[2][4]
Bernabò Visconti, Lord of Milan
(Visconti)
1377 after January 1400 1407-1409
divorce
12 October 1439 Janus
Charlotte de Bourbon-La Marche
[2][4]
John I, Count of La Marche
(Bourbon-La Marche)
1388 25 August 1411 15 January 1422
Amadea Palaiologina of Monferrato
[2][4]
John Jacob Palaeologus, Marquess of Montferrat
(Palaiologoi)
1418/20 or 3 August 1429 3 July 1440 13 September 1440 John II
Helena Palaiologina
[2][4]
Theodore II Palaiologos, Lord of Morea
(Palaiologoi)
3 February 1428 3 February 1442 11 April 1458
Louis of Savoy, Count of Geneva
(also co-ruler)
Louis, Duke of Savoy
(Savoy)
5 June 1436 or 1 April 1437 4 October 1459 1464
wife's deposition
16 July 1482 Charlotte
Catherine Cornaro
[2][4]
Marco Cornaro
(Cornaro)
25 November 1454 December 1472 10 July 1473
husband's death; later became regent then queen regnant
10 July 1510 James II

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