Person:Louis of Savoy, Count of Geneva (1)

Ludovico di Savoia, re di Cipro
m. 14 Dec 1447
m. 4 Oct 1459
  1. Hugh of Savoy1464 - 1464
Facts and Events
Name Ludovico di Savoia, re di Cipro
Alt Name Louis of Savoy, Count of Geneva
Gender Male
Birth[1] 5 Jun 1436 Canton of Geneva, Switzerland
Alt Birth[1] 1 Apr 1437 Château-Monastery de Ripaille
Marriage Contract 14 Dec 1444 to Annabella _____, Princess of Scotland
Marriage 14 Dec 1447 to Annabella _____, Princess of Scotland
Divorce 1458 from Annabella _____, Princess of Scotland
Marriage 4 Oct 1459 to Charlotte of Cyprus
Alt Death[2] 16 Jul 1482 château-monastère de Ripaille
Death[1][3] Aug 1482 Thonon-les-Bains, Haute-Savoie, Francemonastero di Ripaille
Reference Number? Q672446?


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Louis of Savoy (; 1436–37 ; April 1482) was King of Cyprus, reigning together with and in the right of his wife, Charlotte of Cyprus. He was the second son and namesake of Louis, Duke of Savoy, and his wife, Anne of Lusignan, daughter of King Janus of Cyprus. He was born in Geneva.

Louis was born, according to Samuel Guichenon, in June 1431, in Geneva, but the historian specifies in note that he was born in 1436. The birth in June 1436 is therefore that adopted by contemporary authors. Guichenon also specifies that the prince is 8 years old when he married in 1444. Some mention a period between 1436-1437 , especially for this last year the Swiss historian Édouard Mallet (1805-1856).

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. The official wedding never took place and the marriage was annulled in 1458.

On 7 October 1458, Louis married Queen Charlotte of Cyprus, his cousin, and became King of Cyprus as well as the titular King of Jerusalem and of the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia for the brief period of her reign from 1458 to 1460, when they were deposed.

Louis died in April 1482, at the priory of Ripaille.

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References
  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Louis of Savoy, Count of Geneva, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
  2. LOUIS de Savoie, in Cawley, Charles. Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families.
  3. Gullino, Giuseppe. LUDOVICO di Savoia, re di Cipro, in Dizionario biografico degli italiani. (Roma: Istituto della enciclopedia italiana fondata da Giovanni Treccani, 1960-)
    Volume 66, 2007.