The princes of the House of Savoy held this empty title from 1485 to 1870 because Charlotte, daughter of John III of Cyprus, ceded some rights to her nephew Charles. It had been claimed by the two Houses of Anjou through Mary
The princes of the House of Savoy held this empty title from 1485 to 1870 because Charlotte, daughter of John III of Cyprus, ceded some rights to her nephew Charles. It had been claimed by the two Houses of Anjou through Mary of Antioch, as well as by the Cypriot House of Lusignan, of which Henry II was the last to hold the title as well as land. For ten points, Godfrey of Bouillon was the first to hold what royal title as sovereign of a city-state founded as a result of the First Crusade?
The princes of the House of Savoy held this empty title from 1485 to 1870 because Charlotte, daughter of John III of Cyprus, ceded some rights to her nephew Charles.