A short genealogy of the connection which found itself in Malta
1. King John II of Cyprus (1432-58), titular Pr of Antioch, *Nicosia 16.5.1418, +Nicosia 28.7.1458; 1m: 1440 Amadea de Montferrat (*3.8.1429 +13.9.1440); 2m: Nicosia 3.2.1442 Helena Palaiologina (*1428 +11.4.1458)
1.1. [2m.] Queen Charlotte of Cyprus (1458-60), *1442/3, +Rome 16.7.1487; 1m: 1456 Infant Joao of Portugal, Duque de Coimbra (*1433 +murdered 1457); 2m: 4.10.1459 Louis de Savoie (*5.6.1436 +VIII.1482)
1.2. [illegitimate by Marieta de Patras] King James II of Cyprus (1460-73), *Nicosia ca 1438/39, +Famagusta 10.7.1473; m.(by proxy) Venice 30.7.1468, (in person) Famagusta X.1472 Caterina Cornaro (*25.11.1454 +10.7.1510)
1.2.2. [illegitimate] Eugene Matteo de Armenia (148?-1523), Moved to Sicily then Malta, Created Baron di Baccari (Tal-Baqqar), and married 1508 to Dona Paola Mazzara, with issue. (See Below)
2. [2m.] Anne de Lusignan, Pss of Cyprus, *ca 24.9.1419, +Geneve 11.11.1462; m.Chambery 1.11.1433 Ludovico I of Savoy (*21.2.1402 +29.1.1465)
A list of Barons of Baccari
Eugene Matteo de Armenia (148?-1523), The second son of King Malta, Created Baron di Baccari (Tal-Baqqar), succeeded by his son.
James Antonio d'Armenia (d.1558), 2nd Baron di Baccari, Baron di Benuwarred, succeeded by his son.
Don Masi d'Armenia, (1543-89), 3rd Barone di Baccari, .., succeeded by his daughter.
Donna Isabella d'Armenia, ( 1566-1621), 4th Baroness di Baccari, 3rd Baroness di Benuwarred, (i.e Benwarrad was sold to the Knights of St John), married 1600 to Matteo Ciuma and dsp. Succeeded by her Aunt.
Donna Isabella d'Armenia (1540-98), 4th Baroness of Baccari on 1596., married Don Gio Lanza Inguanez, Baroncino di Ghariexem e Tabia. Succeeded by her son.
Noble Gerolamo Inguanez, 6th Barone di Baccara, ( 1566-1632)., succeeded by Nomination to his daughter.
Noble Isabella Inguanez, 7th Baronessa di Baccara (By nomination). succeeded by her son.
Francesco Inguanez, (1639-1709), 8th Barone di Baccari, married 1662 to Contessa Brigida Inguanez -The Title of Countess was inherited thru her Vassallo-Paleologo's ancestry. Succeeded by her son.
Conte Publio Inguanez, 9th Barone di Baccari, (1665-1742), succeeded by his daughter.
Contessa Maria Inguanez, De Jure "15th" Baroness di Djar-il-Bniet e Buqana By Right of Descent, and 10th Baroness di Baccari, succeeded by her second daughter by nomination.
Theresia Tanti, (1726-89), 11th Baroness di Baccari, succeeded by her son.
John Vella, 12th Barone di Baccari, (1755-99) married 1782 to Maria Mula, succeeded by his son.
Xavier Vella, 13th Barone di Baccari, (1786-1867) married 1818 to Dominique Xuereb Sant, succeeded by his daughter by nomination.
Teresa Vella Sant, (1823-1903), 14th de-Jure Baroness di Baccari, married Giovanni Maria Said, Principi de Sayd, succeeded by her eldest son.
Principe Francesco Saverio Said (died 1956), 15th Barone di Baccari., succeeded by his eldest son.
Conte Giovanni Maria Said, 16th Barone (died at Sydney, Australia 2004), succeeded by his only son.
Francesco Saverio Said, 17th and Present Barone of Baccari. Most senior descent to King John II of Cyprus, Jerusalem, Armenia, and Antioch.
Isabella Inguanez, Baroness of Baccari, was the mistress of Marc'Antonio Inguanez, 13th Baronedi Djar il-Bniet e Buqana, a very distant cousin though, on a solem promise to her father, she was to be married but this never happened.
Isabella died in 1707 and her son, who was in his senior years, succeeded as the 8th Baron of Baccari.
Francesco Inguanez, succeeded as the 8th Baron of Baccari and his marriage to Countess Bridga Inguanez, a distant cousin brought a hereditary title of count and countess to all descendants from the Vassallo-Paleologo family.
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