Juan Tafures
Joan Tafures or Tafurer (died after 1477) was a Catalan adventurer in the mid fifteenth century.
Owner of a merchant ship, Joan landed at
Charlotte
for the throne of Cyprus. They reconquered the island by September 1460.
An intimate of the new king, James became master of the royal household and captain of
Mamluks. It was with this latter title that he appears in 1473 executing the will of the king.[1]
Under the reign of James' successor, Catherine, Joan violently led the opposition to Venice. He managed to escape their grasp, but his family was carted off to Venice (1477). After that date, his fate is unknown.
References
- ISBN 9781317052593.
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