Phoebus of Lusignan


Phoebus of Lusignan was a titular Marshal of Armenia and also titular Lord of Sidon, the illegitimate son of Peter of Lusignan, titular Count of Tripoli.

Biography

His father Peter was the grandson of John of Lusignan and second wife Alice of Ibelin. Phoebus was legitimized by Pope Martin V in 1428, along with his cousin Guy de Lusignan, illegitimate son of King Janus of Cyprus.
Married to an unknown woman, he was the father of one son and one daughter.
His son Hugh of Lusignan, Lord of Menico and Acaqui, was married firstly to... Babin and secondly to Isabeau Placoton, with whom he had two daughters:
His daughter Elèonore, also Leonor, of Lusignan also married twice. In the 1450s to Soffredo Crispo, Lord of Nisyros, of the Dukes of Naxos was without issue. Her second marriage was before 1459 as second wife to Vasco Gil Moniz, with whom she had one son, Febo Moniz de Lusignan or Febo Moniz. Eleonore was said to have come from Aragon as a Dame of Isabella of Urgell, Duchess of Coimbra, wife of Infante Pedro, Duke of Coimbra. She most likely met her husband when he went to Cyprus in the company of John of Portugal, who was marrying Queen Charlotte of Cyprus.
Since he died at the same place and about the same time of his cousin Queen Charlotte it can be assumed that when she was deposed by her brother he chose not to endorse him and instead accompanied her to her exile and died there. His daughter went to Portugal back with her husband either when his master Charlotte's first husband was murdered or, after deciding to stay after that event, when his master's widow was deposed and at the same time Phoebus left Cyprus, returning to his country instead of going to Rome with him.