Caterina as queen in exile: the textual histories of Bembo and Marino Sanudo, visual representati... more Caterina as queen in exile: the textual histories of Bembo and Marino Sanudo, visual representations and poems .
The thesis aims to explore and analyse the identities of two queens of the Lusignan kingdom of Cy... more The thesis aims to explore and analyse the identities of two queens of the Lusignan kingdom of Cyprus, Charlotte of Lusignan (1444-1487) and Caterina Cornaro (1454-1510). In Lusignan Cyprus, there was no tradition of female queens regnant before the cases of Charlotte and Caterina. Charlotte was the only legitimate daughter of the king of Cyprus Jean II and Eleni Palaeologina. Charlotte had been raised in the kingdoms by her parents to become a queen, succeeding her father de iuris. However, she and her husband Louis of Savoy lost the throne to King Jacques II, the illegitimate brother of Charlotte, who became the de facto king of the island. Jacques subsequently married Caterina Cornaro, a Venetian noble woman without the skills of ruling a kingdom. In Cyprus she was a queen consort for a year, a regent queen for a further year before her infant son died and she became a regnant queen. The thesis is organised into three main parts. Part I is the foundation for the subsequent two, f...
Caterina as queen in exile: the textual histories of Bembo and Marino Sanudo, visual representati... more Caterina as queen in exile: the textual histories of Bembo and Marino Sanudo, visual representations and poems .
The thesis aims to explore and analyse the identities of two queens of the Lusignan kingdom of Cy... more The thesis aims to explore and analyse the identities of two queens of the Lusignan kingdom of Cyprus, Charlotte of Lusignan (1444-1487) and Caterina Cornaro (1454-1510). In Lusignan Cyprus, there was no tradition of female queens regnant before the cases of Charlotte and Caterina. Charlotte was the only legitimate daughter of the king of Cyprus Jean II and Eleni Palaeologina. Charlotte had been raised in the kingdoms by her parents to become a queen, succeeding her father de iuris. However, she and her husband Louis of Savoy lost the throne to King Jacques II, the illegitimate brother of Charlotte, who became the de facto king of the island. Jacques subsequently married Caterina Cornaro, a Venetian noble woman without the skills of ruling a kingdom. In Cyprus she was a queen consort for a year, a regent queen for a further year before her infant son died and she became a regnant queen. The thesis is organised into three main parts. Part I is the foundation for the subsequent two, f...
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