Anne of Cyprus

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Anne of Cyprus
Charlotte of Bourbon

Anne of Cyprus (or Anne de Lusignan) (24 September 1418 – 11 November 1462) was a

Poitiers-Lusignan crusader dynasty. She was highly influential in the Duchy of Savoy and acted as the political advisor and the de facto
ruler on the wish of her spouse.

Life

On 9 August 1431 a marriage contract was signed between 12-year-old Anne and Prince Amadeus of Piedmont, eldest surviving son and heir of Duke Amadeus VIII of Savoy (who later became

Antipope Felix V); however, the prince died only twenty days later, on 29 August.[3]

Five months later, on 1 January 1432, was signed a second marriage contract for 13-year-old Anne, this time with Louis of Savoy, Amadeus' younger brother and new heir of the Duchy of Savoy. The wedding took place two years later, on 12 February 1434.[4] in Chambéry. A few months later, on 7 November, Duke Amadeus VIII resigned, leaving the government in the hands of his son Louis, although he officially abdicated in his favor only when he was elected as antipope, in 1440.

Anne's husband, who was more interested in poetry than his duchy, but very much in love with his wife, gradually left her to manage affairs of state. She, due to nostalgia for her own country, organized many receptions on behalf of the most powerful Cypriot lords. To impress the visitors, she decorated the castles, organized festivals, and offered gifts to the guests, the expense of which caused much protest from the peasants and nobles of the county of Vaud.

To relieve some of her debts, Anne organized a match for one of her daughters, which was an advantageous alliance for the house of Savoy. In 1451, at the age of ten years, her daughter Charlotte married the dauphin of France, the future King Louis XI. He later would claim default of the promised dowry, new strongholds, and seized several castles in Bresse and several chief towns of Vaud.

In 1452, Anne bought the

Yolande of France
to deposit the relic of the Holy Shroud in the vault of the castle of Chambéry from which she raised a tower above the sacristy, as a religious symbol.

Death

Anne died on 11 November 1462 in Geneva, Switzerland at the age of 44.

Issue

Louis and Anne had:

  1. Amadeus IX (Thonon, 1 February 1435 – 30 March 1472), Duke of Savoy[5]
  2. Marie (Morges, 10 March 1436 – Thonon, 1 December 1437), died in childhood.
  3. Ripaille
    , 12 July 1482), Count of Geneva, King of Cyprus.
  4. Torino, 7 November 1497), Duke of Savoy[5]
  5. Pierre II de Luxembourg
    , Count of St. Pol, of Brienne, de Ligny, Marle, and Soissons.
  6. Pierre (Genève, ca. 2 February 1440 –
    Torino
    , 21 October 1458), Archbishop of Tarentasia.
  7. Janus (
    Jeanne de Bar, Countess of Marle and Soissons
    .
  8. Louis XI of France[5]
  9. Aimon (Genève, 2 November 1442 – Genève, 30 March 1443), died in childhood.
  10. Jacques (Genève, 29 November 1444 – Genève, 1 June 1445), died in childhood.
  11. Agnes (Chambéry, October 1445 – Paris, 16 March 1509), married François d'Orléans, Duke of Longueville. Their son is Louis I d'Orléans, duc de Longueville.
  12. Jean Louis (Genève, 26 February 1447 – Torino, 4 July 1482), Bishop of Genève.
  13. Louis of Luxembourg, Count of St. Pol, of Brienne, de Ligny, and Conversano, Constable of France
    .
  14. Bonne (Avigliana, 12 August 1449 – Fossano, 17 November 1503), married Galeazzo Maria Sforza, Duke of Milan[5]
  15. Ham in Picardy
    , 30 January 1486), Count of Romont, Lord of Vaud.
  16. Anne (Genève, September 1452 – Genève, 1 October 1452), died in childhood.
  17. François (Annecy, 19 August 1454 – Torino 6 October 1490),
    Bishop of Geneva
    .
  18. Jeanne (died at birth, 1455?)
  19. François (1456-1458), died in childhood.

References

  1. ^ Scott 2003, p. 32.
  2. ^ Rohr 2016, p. 183.
  3. ^ Anderson 2014, p. 60.
  4. ^ Spencer & Stechow 1966, p. 207.
  5. ^ a b c d Hand 2013, Appendix 4.

Sources

  • Anderson, Michael Alan (2014). St Anne in Renaissance Music: Devotion and Politics. Cambridge University Press.
  • Hand, Joni M. (2013). Women, Manuscripts and Identity in Northern Europe, 1350-1550. Routledge.
  • Rohr, Zita Eva (2016). Yolande of Aragon (1381-1442) Family and Power: The Reverse of the Tapestry. Palgrave Macmillan.
  • Scott, John Beldon (2003). Architecture for the Shroud: Relic and Ritual in Turin. University of Chicago Press.
  • Spencer, Eleanor P.; Stechow, Wolfgang (1966). "Sts. Nereus and Achilleus in the Fifteenth Century". The Art Bulletin. 48, No. 2 (Jun): 207–209.
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