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	James II of Cyprus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		1440-1473) was the illegitimate son of King John II of Cyprus and Marietta of Patras.
		In 1460 James challenged her right to the throne, blockading her and her husband in the castle of Kyrenia for three years.
		The couple's son James died as an infant, leaving Catherine as the last Queen of Cyprus.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/James_II_of_Cyprus (217 words)

	Cyprus History: Lusignan Period - The Reign of Jacques II
		Jacques II and the fate of the House of Lusignan
		With the object of forming an alliance with that republic, as a protection to the claims of the House of Savoy, Jacques sent ambassadors to Venice to ask for the hand of Caterina Coronaro, daughter of a Venetian noble of ancient family.
		At a solemn function in the cathedral of St. Mark, Caterina Coronaro was married by proxy to King Jacques II, was publicly declared to be the adopted daughter of the state, and was presented with a dowry of 100,000 ducats.
	www.cypnet.co.uk /ncyprus/history/lusignan/4jacques2.htm (296 words)

	James II of Cyprus: bio and encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		James II (the Bastard) of Cyprus (c.1440-1473) was the illegitimate son of King John II of Cyprus John II of Cyprus quick summary:
		Charlotte of cyprus (1436-1487) was the daughter of king john ii of cyprus and helena palaeologus....
		Cyprus (in greek kypros κπρος and in turkish kbrs) is an island in the eastern mediterranean sea, 113...
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/j/ja/james_ii_of_cyprus1.htm (921 words)

	James III of Cyprus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		James III of Cyprus (August 1473 - 1474) was the only child of James II of Cyprus and Catherine Cornaro.
		He died as an infant, leaving his mother as the last Queen of Cyprus.
		His death paved the way for Venice to gain control of Cyprus.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/James_III_of_Cyprus (91 words)

	Kingdom of Cyprus - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The Kingdom of Cyprus was a Roman Catholic Crusader kingdom on the island of Cyprus in the late Middle Ages.
		Eugene Matteo de Armenia (148?-1523), said by his own progeny to have been an illegitimate son of King James II of Cyprus and if born in the 1480s he was quite a posthumous specimen, alleged to have moved to Sicily then Malta, founder of the family of Baron di Baccari (Tal-Baqqar).
		Philip II of Savoy (1496-97), father of Philibert II, great-uncle of Charles II and of Yolande Louise, first cousin of Charlotte, grandson of Janus of Cyprus.
	psychcentral.com /psypsych/Kingdom_of_Cyprus (768 words)

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		Caterina Coronaro was the Venetian wife of the last Lusignan king of Cyprus James II, the illegitimate child of the King John of Cyprus.
		Caterina was allowed for fifteen years to remain queen of Cyprus, but she had no real power, since all the principal offices of the kingdom were in the hands of the Venetians.
		An ambassador was sent to the sultan to announce that the republic of Venice had taken possession of Cyprus with the free consent of the queen, and asked for a friendly alliance with Egypt.
	bornova.ege.edu.tr /~ncyprus/caterina.html (436 words)

	Kingdoms of Greece - Cyprus
		The recorded history of Cyprus begins with the occupation of part of the island by Egypt.
		Beginning with the rise of Assyria during the 8th century BC, Cyprus was under the control of each of the empires that successively dominated the eastern Mediterranean.
		Alexander the Great took Cyprus from Persia in 333 BC, and after his death in 323 BC the island again became an Egyptian possession, under the Ptolemies.
	www.kessler-web.co.uk /History/KingListsEurope/GreeceCyprus.htm (363 words)

	Cornaro, Caterina. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		A celebrated Venetian beauty, she was married in 1472 to James II of Cyprus, who was eager to secure Venetian support.
		James II died in 1473, and his infant son, James III, in 1474.
		Caterina reigned amidst diplomatic intrigue and local hostilities until Venice forced her to abdicate (1489) and took control of Cyprus.
	www.bartleby.com /65/co/Cornaro.html (134 words)

	Cyprus - The Lusignan and Venetian Eras
		The most important event in the reign of John II was his marriage to Helena Palaeologos, a Greek who was a granddaughter of a Byzantine emperor and a follower of the Orthodox faith.
		John II and Helena died within a few months of each other in 1458 and were succeeded by their seventeen-year-old daughter Charlotte, but the succession was contested by John's illegitimate son.
		In 1468, by virtue of a marriage between James II and Caterina Cornaro, daughter of a Venetian noble family, the royal house of Cyprus was formally linked with Venice.
	countrystudies.us /cyprus/6.htm (1046 words)

	Kingdoms of Cyprus
		Frederick II peacefully regained Jerusalem from the Ayyubids 1228 - 1229.
		Hugh III of Cyprus (I of Jerusalem) 1267-1284
		Mamluks conquer Antioch in 1268, Tripoli in 1289, and Acre in 1291.
	medievalcoins.ancients.info /Cyprus.htm (161 words)

	CATERINA CORNARO - LoveToKnow Article on CATERINA CORNARO (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		(1454-1510), queen of Cyprus, was the daughter of Marco Cornaro, a Venetiannoble, whose brother Andrea was an intimate friend of James de Lusignan, natural son of King John II.
		In the kings death in 1458 the succession was disputed, and James, with the help of the sultan of Egypt, seized the island.
		Caterina was solemnly adopted by the doge as a daughter of,the Republic and sailed for Cyprus in 1472 with the title of queen of Cyprus, Jerusalem and Armenia.
	44.1911encyclopedia.org /C/CO/CORNARO_CATERINA.htm (564 words)

	Cyprus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Inportant both as a major source of copper, and as a strategic jump-off point to the Near East, the place has seen virtually every conqueror, colonizer, and explorer to have been involved in the Middle East, and it continues to this day to be a source of drama and tension.
		It was a mercantile center specializing in the Cypriote copper trade, and was a focus of the cult of Cybele and Her consort Atys.
		General Cypriot sequence thereafter............295 BCE-365 CE The epicenter of a massive earthquake which caused widespread devastation throughout the eastern Mediterranean on 21 July 365, was located quite nearby Kourion, which was entirely leveled.
	www.hostkingdom.net /Cyprus.html (834 words)

	Cyprus History: Lusignan Period - The Reign of Jacques I
		After the death of Pierre II in 1382 his uncle Jacques was crowned in 1385 as King Jacques I of Cyprus and Jerusalem.
		Jacques I was on terms of great friendship with Richard II, king of England, and in 1393 received a visit from Henry Bolingbroke, afterwards Henry IV of England, on his return from a pilgrimage to Jerusalem.
		Larnaca, or Les Salines, as it was then called, became the principal trading port of the Lusignan kingdom, in place of Famagusta, which began to decline under the Genoese.
	www.cypnet.co.uk /ncyprus/history/lusignan/4jacques1.htm (268 words)

	Lusignan
		Amalric II, succeeded (1194) him as king of Cyprus and was also king of Jerusalem; his descendants continued to claim the kingship of Jerusalem.
		Cyprus flourished under Lusignan rule until about 1370, but then it declined and eventually became dependent on Venice and was obliged to pay tribute to Egypt.
		Amalric II - Amalric II or Amaury II,c.1155–1205, Latin king of Jerusalem (1197–1205) and Cyprus...
	www.factmonster.com /ce6/people/A0830651.html (358 words)

	cyprus_txt_2
		Rule by Richard the Lionheart, King of England (1191-1192): In 1191 Cyprus was conquered and definitely occupied by the Latin Crusaders accompanying Richard I, King of England, on the
		The occupation of Cyprus by King Richard seems not to have been recognized as the foundation of a kingdom; Richard was undoubtedly the first Latin lord of the island and disposed of it as such to the Order of the Temple.
		James II, irritated against the ancient families which remained faithful to the cause of his sister Charlotte, persecuted them with confiscation when he eventually had the power.
	www.allcrusades.com /CASTLES/CYPRUS/cyprus_txt_2.html (911 words)

	NationMaster - Statistics on Cyprus. 1313 facts and figures, stats and information on Cypriot economy, crime, people, ...
		Cyprus is an island country in the eastern Mediterranean Sea south of Turkey.
		Cyprus became independent in 1960, but large-scale fighting between Greek and Turkish Cypriots led to the installment of a UN peacekeeping force in 1965.
		First and foremost, the Republic of Cyprus is a free republic in which a large number of peoples live side by side in the free areas of the island, PEACEFULLY and as full members of the democratic state.
	www.nationmaster.com /country/cy (4335 words)

	CAN THE EUROPEAN UNION SUCCEED WHERE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The Mediterranean island of Cyprus, however, is still de facto divided and the Cyprus problem unresolved despite the many efforts made by the UN to reach a settlement.
		The Turkish invasion of Cyprus in 1974, however, and its disastrous consequences for the economy of the island led to a delay in implementation of the Association Agreement.
		The forthcoming accession of Cyprus to the EU can be an excellent opportunity for all parties involved to work out their differences and benefit from the constructive support that third parties can offer.
	www.isanet.org /archive/joseph.html (8145 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Have Your Say \| Has Cyprus missed an opportunity?
		It is a shame that Cyprus did not have any oil to protect when the Turkish invaded as I am sure certain western powers would have done something a little more positive for the Greek Cypriots at the time.
		If the people of Cyprus are happy with things as they are then the next step is to recognise the North as a separate country and to remove all sanctions.
		Cyprus is already one but split by the political leaders and the UN who should be the ones to leave!!!
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/talking_point/3589059.stm (4425 words)

	Titles of European hereditary rulers
		In 1489 Caterina Cornero ceded the island of Cyprus to the Republic of Venice.
		The union with the Kingdom of Jerusalem ended with the death of King Amalrich, who was succeeded in Cyprus by his son Hugh I, and the Crown of Jerusalem passed to Mary of Montferrat, Amalrich's step-daughter (1205).
		James I was proclaimed King of Armenia in the Cathedral of St. Sophia.
	www.geocities.com /eurprin/cyprus.html (763 words)

	Secretary of Labor v. James M. Ray, employed by Leo Journagan Construction Co., Inc.
		Second, in terms of Ray's section 110(c) liability, the Secretary's investigation clearly indicated that Ray was aware of the presence of Catron and Garoutte in the crusher.
		Special Investigator Harold Yount stated in an affidavit that, based upon statements of Ray and other witnesses, he concluded that "James Ray knew that two employees were working down in the crusher removing rocks by hand while there was approximately a truck load of rock in the feeder and chute overhead." S. Br., Ex.
		This finding of ambiguity by the Tenth Circuit undercuts the majority's assertion that the Secretary was not substantially justified because she should have applied section 56.14105 to the facts of this case.
	www.msha.gov /SOLICITOR/FMSHRC/decision/98091014.htm (8278 words)

	Pretenders (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		In 1688, James II was deposed for attempting to establish Roman Catholicism in Great Britain; he and his heirs maintained a rival court on the continent until the latter half of the 18th century.
		Based on the fact that Frederick II held Sicily and southern Italy, a claim that was assumed by his illegitimate son Manfred, the Kingdom of Naples has normally included Jerusalem as a adjunct title within its collection.
		Citing persistent rumours that Isabel II had been unfaithful to her husband, they regarded Alfonso XII as illegitimate and recognised the next male stem, the House of Bourbon-Parma, as Carlist kings.
	www.hostkingdom.net /pretends.html (6464 words)

	CHURCH FATHERS: Church History, Book II (Eusebius)
		The manner of James' death has been already indicated by the above-quoted words of Clement, who records that he was thrown from the pinnacle of the temple, and was beaten to death with a club.
		Coming therefore in a body to James they said, 'We entreat thee, restrain the people; for they are gone astray in regard to Jesus, as if he were the Christy We entreat thee to persuade all that have come to the feast of the Passover concerning Jesus; for we all have confidence in thee.
		James was so admirable a man and so celebrated among all for his justice, that the more sensible even of the Jews were of the opinion that this was the cause of the siege of Jerusalem, which happened to them immediately after his martyrdom for no other reason than their daring act against him.
	www.newadvent.org /fathers/250102.htm (9736 words)

	VCoins - The Online Coin Show for Ancient Coins, US Coins, and World Coins
		Cyprus, James II (1460-1473), Ae Sixain (CLC 28 4-7 var).
		Cyprus, Louis of Savoy (1458-1460), Gros 4g (CCS 144 var).
		Cyprus, Louis of Savoy (1458-1460), Gros 4g (Sch VII 21 var).
	www.vcoins.com /ancient/baldwins/store/pricelist.asp (829 words)

	'James Hugh Joseph Tate' to 'James Pond' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		James ii englandJPG (1451 births, 1452 births, 1488 deaths, House of Stuart)
		James II of England (1440 births, 1473 deaths, Claimant Kings of Jerusalem, Kings of Cyprus)
		James IV of Scotlandjpg (1473 births, 1513 deaths, House of Stuart, Scottish monarchs)
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /browse/J6.htm (1515 words)

	Crusader States, Kings of Jerusalem & Cyprus, Templars, Hospitallers, Israel, etc.
		While the Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa and King Philip II Augustus of France went on the Crusade, Frederick died on the way, Philip soon left, and operations were mainly conducted by a third monarch, the King of England, Richard I, the Lion-Heart.
		Before long, sons of King Frederick II of Sicily, brother of King James of Aragón, succeeded as Dukes, but then sovereignty began to be exercised by Kings of Sicily themselves, starting with Louis.
		At the death of Isabella, Philip II of Taranto, a son of Charles II was then able to set aside her second husband, Philip of Savoy, and her daughter, Matilda, and return Achaea to the Anjevians.
	www.friesian.com /outremer.htm (14258 words)

	Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series II, Vol. XIV
		Those clerics who in consequence of a barbaric incursion or on account of any other circumstance have gone abroad, we order to return again to their churches after the cause has passed away, or when the incursion of the barbarians is at an end.
		For since there was an ancient and wicked heresy of the Hydroparastatae (i.e., of those who offered water), who instead of wine used water in their sacrifice, this divine, confuting the detestable teaching of such a heresy, and showing that it is directly opposed to Apostolic tradition, asserted that which has just been quoted.
		He therefore who is about to submit to the yoke of monastic life should not be less than ten years of age, the examination of the matter depending on the decision of the bishop, whether he considers a longer time more conducive for his entrance and establishment in the monastic life.
	www.ccel.org /fathers2/NPNF2-14/Npnf2-14-136.htm (13943 words)

	History of Egypt, by S. Rappoport, Volume 12, A.
		The war with Cyprus continued, however; Alexandria was again threatened and Tripoli was surprised by the Cyprian fleet, whereupon a number of European merchants in Egypt were arrested.
		After the death of Janos in 1432, his son, John II., still continued to pay tribute to Egypt, and when he died (1458) and his daughter Charlotte became Queen of Cyprus, James II., the natural son of John II., fled to Egypt and found a friendly reception at the sultan's court.
		In August, 1460, an Egyptian fleet bore James to Cyprus, and with the help of the Egyptian troops he soon obtained the island, with the exception of the fortress Cerines, which Queen Charlotte still had in her power.
	www.gutenberg.org /files/17332/17332-h/v12a.htm (20457 words)

	James Villa Holidays-Geo Mer II, St George, Coral Bay, Cyprus
		James Villa Holidays-Geo Mer II, St George, Coral Bay, Cyprus
		Geo Mer II is located ten minutes from Coral Bay which offers shops, restaurants and bars.
		Arranged over two floors the ground floor includes a spacious open plan lounge/dining area with satellite TV and a kitchen including oven/hob, fridge/freezer, dishwasher, microwave and washing machine.
	www.jamesvillas.co.uk /villa.cfm?villa_id=1674 (127 words)

	Overseas trade during the pharaonic period (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Impressive mastabas were built by Egyptian officials during the reign of Pepi II, when corruption was rife.
		This was also the time when copper began to be shipped from Cyprus to Egypt and the country experienced occasionally shortages of the material.
		Do not let my brother be concerned that the amount of copper is too little, for in my land the hand of Nergal, my lord, has killed all the men of my land, and so there is not a (single) copper-worker.
	nefertiti.iwebland.com /trade (3174 words)

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