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LAST OF A RACE OF KINGS
Michael, Prince of Cyprus, Jerusalem
and Syria, Died Recently In
Charity Hospital.
In the charity ward of a hospital
In St Petersburg there died of can
cer a few days ago the last of a
dynasty of famous kings. This pauper
was Michael, prince of Cyprus, Jeru
salem and Syria, aged fifty-four. With
him perished the family of Lusignon,
which had been reigning monarchs
for many centuries.
Prince Michael was the only son
of Louis de Lusignan, who was driven
from the throne of Cyprus by the
Turks in 1821. He bad intrusted his
vast treasures to the Patriarch of
Constantinople, but the Turks confis
cated these and appropriated them
to their own use. In the war for the
liberation of Greece the prince tried
to regain his throne, but in 1827 he
bad to flee to Russia, where Czar
Nicholas gave him a commission as
captain In the army.
