• Louis of Savoy (Italian: Ludovico; 1436–37 ; April 1482), Count of Geneva from 1460, became King of Cyprus in 1459 upon his second marriage to Charlotte...
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    The Kingdom of Cyprus (French: Royaume de Chypre; Latin: Regnum Cypri) was a medieval kingdom of the Crusader states that existed between 1192 and 1489...
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    penultimate King of Cyprus (usurper), reigning from 1460/1464 until his death. James was born in Nicosia as the illegitimate son of John II of Cyprus and Marietta...
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    Queen of Cyprus from 1458 until 1464. She was the eldest and only surviving daughter of King John II of Cyprus and Helena Palaiologina. At the age of 14...
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    Duke of Savoy, 1468–1490 Charles II, Duke of Savoy, 1489–1496 Louis of Cyprus, 1436-1482 Philip II, Duke of Savoy, 1438–1497 Philibert II, Duke of Savoy...
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    son of Guy, Constable of Cyprus (son of Hugh III of Cyprus), and Eschiva of Ibelin, Hugh succeeded his father as Constable of Cyprus in 1318, and later succeeded...
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    Anne of Cyprus (or Anne de Lusignan) (24 September 1418 – 11 November 1462) was a Duchess of Savoy by marriage to Louis, Duke of Savoy. She was the daughter...
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    principalities in Europe and the Levant, including the kingdoms of Jerusalem, Cyprus, and Armenia, from the 12th through the 15th centuries during the...
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    Nicosia (redirect from Capital of Cyprus)
    Lefkosia and Lefkoşa, is the capital and largest city of Cyprus. It is the southeasternmost of all EU member states' capital cities. Nicosia has been...
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    at Chambéry, he married Princess Anne of Cyprus, an heiress of the Kingdom of Cyprus and the defunct Kingdom of Jerusalem. The family lived in Allaman...
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    Eyalet of Cyprus (Ottoman Turkish: ایالت قبرص, Eyālet-i Ḳıbrıṣ) was an eyalet (province) of the Ottoman Empire made up of the island of Cyprus, which...
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    Cyprus became a full member of the European Union in 2004. Despite being a divided country, the entire island is EU territory. Turkish Cypriots are eligible...
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  • Charlotte of Bourbon (1388 – 15 January 1422) was the queen consort of Cyprus and titular queen consort of Armenia and Jerusalem through her marriage to...
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    Cyprus has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 40 times since making its debut in 1981. The Cypriot participant broadcaster in the contest is...
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  • Louis Patsalides (Greek: Λουής Πατσαλίδης‎; born 23 October 1980) is a Cypriot stand-up comedian, television presenter of the Louis Night Show and radio...
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  • succession to Louis Cruises and Louis Cruise Lines. The Cruise line was a subsidiary of Louis plc (founded in 1935 as the first travel agency in Cyprus) until...
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    The Medieval history of Cyprus starts with the division of the Roman Empire into an Eastern and Western half. After the division of the Roman Empire into...
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    Seventh Crusade (category Charles I of Anjou)
     614–615, Louis IX in Cyprus. Letter from Louis IX to as-Salih Ayyub: "As you know I am the ruler of the Christian nation I do know you are the ruler of the...
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  • Nicosia Attendance: 100 Referee: Louis Loizou (Cyprus) There were 37 goals scored in 10 matches, for an average of 3.7 goals per match. 3 goals Arturas...
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    The music of Cyprus includes a variety of traditional, Western classical and Western popular genres. Cypriot traditional music is similar to the traditional...
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    of Cyprus and titular King of Jerusalem from his father's abdication on 24 November 1358 until his death in 1369. He was invested as titular Count of...
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  • supported by the Cyprus Research and Educational Foundation (CREF). It is currently chaired by Didier Roux, a French physicochemist, Director of research and...
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  • IV of Cyprus, succeeding his uncle King Henry II who had died without issue. In 1328, he was betrothed to Maria de Bourbon, the daughter of Louis I, Duke...
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    The island of Cyprus was an overseas possession of the Republic of Venice from 1489, when the independent Kingdom of Cyprus ended, until 1571, when the...
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    at Thonon-les-Bains, the son of Louis, Duke of Savoy, and Anne de Lusignan, daughter of Janus of Cyprus, King of Cyprus. In 1452, his mother arranged a...
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  • 1769. Christine Boutin (b. 1944), French politician and her first cousin, Louis Boutin Boverianda Nanjamma and Chinnappa (the family name is Boverianda)...
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    King of Cyprus and titular King of Armenian Cilicia and Jerusalem from 1398 to 1432. Janus was born in Genoa, where his father, James I of Cyprus, was...
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  • March 1284), also called Hugh of Antioch-Lusignan and the Great, was the king of Cyprus (as Hugh III) from 1267 and king of Jerusalem (as Hugh I) from 1268...
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    Louis of Savoy and Anne of Cyprus. However, he was not the heir general of the previous duke, there being several females before him in the line of succession...
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    despite its low numbers. During the Middle Ages, Cyprus had an extensive connection with the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia, while the Ganchvor monastery had an...
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