King Jean, or John, II was King of Cyprus.

He is my 13 x great-grandfather.

Jean, or John, was born on Monday, 16 May 1414 in Nicosia, Cyprus¹. He was the son of King Janus of Cyprus and Charlotte of Bourbon¹.

Titles

On Sunday, 12 May 1416, he became Prince of Antioch¹.

On Tuesday, 14 August 1432², he succeeded his father as King Jean II of Cyprus. The coronation took place on Friday, 24 August.

Family

He married Amadea Palaiologina of Montferrat by proxy on Friday, 17 April 1440¹. She later travelled to Cyprus and they married in person on Friday, 3 July 1440¹ in the Hagia Sophia in Nicosia.

Amadea died after two months on Sunday, 13 September 1440¹.

John II married the Greek Helena Palaiologina, daughter of the despot of Morea², in 1441² or on Thursday, 3 February 1442¹. Together, they had two daughters¹:

• Charlotte, who married Prince John of Portugal, the Duke of Coimbra².
• Cleopha who died in infancy.

John II also had an illegitimate son, James, by Marietta from Patras¹.

Morea was the medieval name for the Peloponnesian peninsula, which is also where Patras is. John must have had a thing for women from this part of the world!

Death

He died in Nicosia, Cyprus on Saturday, 24 July¹ or Monday, 26 July¹ or Wednesday, 28 July 1458^{1 2}.

We don’t know why he died but he was of unsound mind towards the end of his life¹. They buried him in the Nicosia Dominican Church¹.

Lineage

Jean is my 13 x great-grandfather.

1. Medieval Lands; Charles Crawley; (Retrieved 2018-04-25) [↩][↩][↩][↩][↩][↩][↩][↩][↩][↩][↩][↩][↩][↩]
2. Leventis Municipal Museum of Nicosia; As observed by author; 2022-04-10[↩][↩][↩][↩][↩]