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Phoebus of Lusignan

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Phoebus of Lusignan (died after July 1485 in Rome) (also called Febo or Febos in Portuguese) was a titular Marshal of Armenia and also titular lord of Sidon.

Biography

Phoebus was the illegitimate son of Peter of Lusignan, titular Count of Tripoli.[1] His father 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, illegitimate son of King Janus of Cyprus.

Married to an unknown woman, they had:

  • Hugh of Lusignan, Lord of Menico and Acaqui, was married firstly to Babin and secondly to Isabeau Placoton
  • Eleanor, who married Soffredo Crispo (d. 1458), lord of Nisyros,[2] and then Vasco Gil Moniz

Phoebus accompanied his cousin Queen Charlotte, when she was deposed by her brother, into exile and died there.

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