Upon the death of John II, his only legitimate child Charlotte succeeded to the throne. Charlotte of Cyprus (1436–1487) was the daughter of King John II of Cyprus and Elena Palaeologus. ...
John had an illegitimate son, James, whom he appointed Archbishopic of Nicosia at the young age of 16. James did not prove ideal Archbishop material, and was stripped of his title after murdering the Royal Chamberlain. His father eventually forgave him and restored the Archbishopric. James and Helena were enemies, vying for influence over John. After Helena died in 1458, it appeared that John would appoint James as his successor, but John died before he could make it so. James II (the Bastard) of Cyprus (c. ... Satellite photo of Nicosia, Cyprus For the Italian town, see Nicosia, Sicily Nicosia, in Turkish: LefkoÅŸa or Lefkosia (Greek: Λευκωσία , also colloquially Khora, ΧώÏα ), is the capital and largest city of Cyprus. ...
John had refused to renew the treaty that his father Alexius had made with the Venetians, no doubt in part due to the fact that Sicily was no longer perceived as a threat.
Accordingly, on the death of King László I of Hungary, László's elder son Stephen II succeeded to the throne, and the younger, Álmos, sought refuge at the Byzantine court.
John's sojourn in Byzantium was brief, for, despite illness, he needed to go to the rescue of Lopadium in Mysia (spring 1139), and the regions of the Sangarius river.
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