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Name
  
John Lusignan

Grandchildren
  
Peter of Lusignan

Children
  
James of Lusignan

Died
  
1375

Role
  
Hugh IV of Cyprus' son


John of Lusignan

Spouse
  
Alice of Ibelin (m. 1350), Constance of Sicily, Queen of Cyprus (m. 1343–1344)

Parents
  
Hugh IV of Cyprus, Alix of Ibelin

Grandparents
  
Eschive d'Ibelin (1253–1312)

Similar People
  
Philip III of France, Philip VI of France, Charles IV of France, Henry IV of France, Henry III of France

John of Lusignan (or Jean de Lusignan) (c. 1329 or 1329/1330–1375), regent of the Kingdom of Cyprus and titular Prince of Antioch. He was son of King Hugh IV of Cyprus and his second wife, Alix of Ibelin.

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Marriage & Issues

He married twice, firstly in 1343 to Constance of Sicily (died after April 19, 1344), daughter of Frederick III of Sicily and Eleanor of Anjou, without issue, and secondly in 1350 to Alice of Ibelin, by whom he was the father of:

  • James of Lusignan (died 1395/1397), Titular Count of Tripoli, married in 1385 to his cousin Mary, ditte Mariette, (wrongly called Margaret) of Lusignan (c. 1360 – c. 1397), once engaged to Carlo Visconti, daughter of his uncle Peter I of Lusignan and second wife Eleanor of Aragon-Gandia, the parents of:
  • John of Lusignan (died 1428/1432), Titular Count of Tripoli, unmarried and without issue
  • Peter of Lusignan (died February 10, 1451), Titular Count of Tripoli, Regent of Cyprus, Titular Constable and Titular Seneschal of Jerusalem, married his cousin c. 1415 Isabella of Lusignan, Princess of Cyprus, daughter of James I of Lusignan, King of Cyprus, and wife Helvis or Helisia of Brunswick-Grubenhagen, without issue, and had an illegitimate son:
  • Phoebus of Lusignan, Titular Marshal of Armenia and Titular Lord of Sidon
  • Eleanor of Lusignan (died c. 1414), married c. 1406 her cousin Henry of Lusignan (died 1427), Titular Prince of Galilee, son of James I of Lusignan, King of Cyprus, and wife Helvis or Helisia of Brunswick-Grubenhagen, without issue
  • Loysia of Lusignan, (probably) married after March 19, 1406 her cousin Eudes/Odo of Lusignan (died Palermo, 1421), Titular Seneschal of Jerusalem, in the service of the King of Aragon, son of James I of Lusignan, King of Cyprus, and wife Helvis or Helisia of Brunswick-Grubenhagen, without issue

    • Out of wedlock he had an illegitimate son by Alice Embriaco de Giblet:

  • John of Lusignan (died after 1410), Titular Lord of Beirut, married in 1385 to Marguerite de Morpho, the parents of:
  • John of Lusignan (died c. 1456), Titular Lord of Beirut

    • Revenge

    He was murdered as a result of his involvement in the murder of his elder brother, King Peter I of Cyprus. The historian Estienne de Lusignan is his descendant. This is the Prince John that the Prince John Tower of the St. Hilarion Castle was named after. Tradition says that he executed the two Bulgarians, that consisted his personal guard, by throwing them one by one from the windows of the particular tower.

    References

    John of Lusignan Wikipedia
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