Louis, King of Cyprus
{{Short description|King of Cyprus from 1459 to 1464}}
{{Infobox royalty
| name = Louis
| title =
|succession = King of Cyprus
|moretext = (jure uxoris)
|reign = 1459–1464
|predecessor = Charlotte
|successor = James II
|regent = Charlotte
|reg-type = Co-ruler
| regent1 = James II (from 1460)
| reg-type1 = Contender
|succession2 = Count of Geneva
|reign2 = 1460–1482
| birth_date = June 1436
| birth_place = Geneva
| death_date = April 1482
| death_place = priory of Ripaille
| house = Savoy
| spouses = Annabella of Scotland
Charlotte, Queen of Cyprus
| issue =
| father = Louis, Duke of Savoy
| mother = Anne of Lusignan
}}
File:Louisdesavoyeroidechypre.jpg
Louis of Savoy ({{langx|it|Ludovico}}; 1436–37; April 1482) was King of Cyprus from 1459 to 1464 as the husband and co-ruler of Queen Charlotte. He was also Count of Geneva from 1460 to 1482. He was the second son of Louis, Duke of Savoy, and his wife, Anne of Lusignan,{{sfn|Ward|Prothero|Leathes|1911|p=table 67}} daughter of King Janus of Cyprus.
Life
Louis was born, according to Samuel Guichenon, in June 1431, in Geneva, but the historian specifies in note that he was born in 1436.Samuel Guichenon, Histoire généalogique de la royale maison de Savoie, justifiée par titres, fondations de monastères, manuscrits, anciens monuments, histoires et autres preuves authentiques. Livres 1–2 /; enrichie de plusieurs portraits, sceaux, monnaies, sculptures et armoiries, G. Barbier, Lyon, 1660, p.536-546 [https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5774406q/f574.item on line]. The birth in June 1436 is therefore that adopted by contemporary authors.Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, ed. Kimball G. Everingham, vol. I, Salt Lake City, 2011 ([https://books.google.com/books?id=8JcbV309c5UC&pg=RA2-PA581 on line])(it) Giuseppe Gullino, Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani Volume 66 (2006) – [Treccani], « Ludovico, di Savoia, re di Cipro » [http://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/ludovico-di-savoia-re-di-cipro_(Dizionario-Biografico)/ on line]. Guichenon also specifies that the prince is 8 years old when he married in 1444. Some mention a period between 1436 and 1437,Candida Syndikus, Sabine Rogge, [https://books.google.com/books?id=sV2VAgAAQBAJ&dq=%22Louis+of+Savoy+%281436%2F37-82%29%22&pg=PA403 Caterina Cornaro Last Queen of Cyprus and Daughter of Venice Ultima regina di Cipro e figlia di Venezia], Waxmann Verlag, 2013, page 403. especially for this last year the Swiss historian Édouard Mallet (1805–1856).Édouard Mallet, Documents genevois inédits pour la généalogie de la maison souveraine de Savoie, depuis le XIIe jusqu'au XVe siècle, Impr. Royale, 1836, p. 31 ([https://books.google.com/books?id=EVTT4gactrkC&pg=PA31 on line]).
On 14 December 1444, at Stirling Castle, he was married to Annabella, youngest daughter of King James I of Scotland (d. 1437) and sister of King James II of Scotland.{{efn|According to George Hill, upon Annabella's arrival in Savoy, Charles VII of France opposed the marriage and the arrangement was broken on 3 March 1455. This was accepted by James II of Scotland on 7 May 1456.{{sfn|Hill|1948|p=610}}}} The official wedding never took place and the marriage was annulled in 1458.Eva Pibiri, « A la recherche d'une épouse. Ambassades et voyages autour des fiançailles d'Annabelle d'Ecosse et de Louis de Savoie, comte de Genève (1444–1445) », Cahiers lausannois d'histoire médiévale, vol. L'itinérance des seigneurs (XIVe-XVIe s.), no 34, 2003, p. 123-171 ([https://www.academia.edu/25194867/_A_la_recherche_dune_%C3%A9pouse._Ambassades_et_voyages_autour_des_fian%C3%A7ailles_dAnnabelle_dEcosse_et_de_Louis_de_Savoie_comte_de_Gen%C3%A8ve_1444-1445_in_Litin%C3%A9rance_des_seigneurs_XIVe-XVIe_s._%C3%A9d._A._Paravicini_Bagliani_E._Pibiri_D._Reynard_Lausanne_2003_CLHM_34_p._123-171 on line])
On 7 October 1458, his cousin Charlotte became Queen of Cyprus. He married her on 7 October 1459 and became King of Cyprus[https://books.google.com/books?id=f82Jn_H4VukC&dq=%22Louis+of+Savoy+king+of+Cyprus+1458&pg=PA185 Farid Mirbagheri, Historical Dictionary of Cyprus, Scarecrow Press, 1 oct. 2009, page 185.] as well as the titular King of Jerusalem and of the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia. Their reign ended when they were deposed.{{cite book|author=Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge|title=The penny cyclopædia [ed. by G. Long].|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TmIIAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA440|year=1841|page=440}}
Louis died in April 1482, at the priory of Ripaille.{{sfn|Hill|1948|p=610}}Bernard Andenmatten, Laurent Ripart, « [https://www.academia.edu/6770049/_Ultimes_itin%C3%A9rances._Les_s%C3%A9pultures_des_ducs_de_la_Maison_de_Savoie_entre_Moyen_Age_et_Renaissance_dans_A._Paravicini_Bagliani_et_alii_dir._L_itin%C3%A9rance_des_seigneurs_XIVe-XVIe_si%C3%A8cle_Lausanne_2003_Cahiers_lausannois_d_histoire_m%C3%A9di%C3%A9vale_34_p._193-247 Ultimes itinérances. Les sépultures des ducs de la Maison de Savoie entre Moyen Age et Renaissance]», dans A. Paravicini Bagliani et alii (dir.), L’itinérance des seigneurs (XIVe-XVIe siècle), Lausanne, 2003 (Cahiers lausannois d’histoire médiévale, 34), p. 193-247, ″[17] Louis, fils de Louis Ier, roi de Chypre
Notes
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References
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Sources
- {{cite book |first=George |last=Hill |title=A History of Cyprus |volume=III: The Frankish Period, 1432–1571 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |year=1948}}
- {{cite book |title=The Cambridge Modern History |volume=XIII |publisher=Cambridge University Press |year=1911 |editor-first1=A.W. |editor-last1=Ward |editor-first2=G.W. |editor-last2=Prothero |editor-first3=Stanley |editor-last3=Leathes }}
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{{S-bef | before = Charlotte|as=sole ruler}}
{{S-ttl | title = King of Cyprus
| years = 1458– 1464
| regent1= Charlotte of Cyprus}}
{{S-aft | after = James II}}
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{{Princes of Savoy}}
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Category:15th-century counts in Europe