Catherine Cornaro
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Catherine Cornaro was the last monarch of the Kingdom of Cyprus, also holding the titles of Queen of Jerusalem and Queen of Armenia. She became queen consort of Cyprus by marriage to James II of Cypru
Portrait of Catherine Cornaro by Gentile Bellini, c. 1500
Posthumous portrait 1542 by Titian, of Catherine Carnaro as Saint Catherine of Alexandria
Catherine's tombstone
Her funerary monument
James II of Cyprus
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James II was the penultimate King of Cyprus, reigning from 1460/1464 until his death.
Catherine Cornaro
…monarch of the Kingdom of Cyprus, also holding the titles of Queen of Jerusalem and Queen of Armenia. She became queen consort of Cyprus by marriage to James II of Cyprus, and then regent of Cyprus during the minority of her son James III of Cyprus in 1473–1474, and finally queen regnant of Cyprus upon his death. She…
Coin depicting James II of Cyprus