page_title: Charlotte, Queen of Cyprus
section_title: Death
hierarchical_section_title: Charlotte, Queen of Cyprus / Death
caption_attribution_description: English: Exterior of the castle in Kyrenia, Cyprus Русский: Внешний вид крепости в Киринии, Кипр
context_page_description: Charlotte was Queen of Cyprus, as well as titular Queen of Jerusalem and Armenia and titular Princess of Antioch.
  She was the eldest and only surviving daughter of King John II of Cyprus and Helena Palaiologina. At the age of 14, she succeeded to the Cypriot throne upon the death of her father in 1458. Her illegitimate half-brother, James, challenged her right to the crown. With the support of the Egyptians, he forced her to flee the island in 1463, and he was later crowned king. She made a military attempt to regain her throne, but was unsuccessful, and died childless in Rome.
context_section_description: She died childless on 16 July 1487, shortly after her forty-third birthday. She had adopted as her son, Alfonso of Aragon, the illegitimate child of King Ferdinand II of Naples, who was married to her half-brother's illegitimate daughter, Charlotte de Lusignan. However, in February 1485, in exchange for an annual pension of 4,300 florins, she instead ceded her claims to her cousin's son Charles I of Savoy, the next in the legitimate line of succession.
  Charlotte is buried in the chapel of Saint Andrew and Saint Gregory, St. Peter's Basilica. Her funeral was paid for by Pope Innocent VIII.
caption: Kyrenia Castle in Cyprus, where Charlotte was blockaded for three years
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