Amadea Palaiologina of Montferrat

Amadea Palaiologina of Montferrat
Amadea Palaiologina of Montferrat
Queen consort of Cyprus
Tenure	1437 - 1440
Coronation	3 July 1440
Born	1418
Died	1440
Burial	Convent of San Domenico
Spouse	John II of Cyprus
House	Palaeologus-Montferrat
Father	John Jacob, Marquis of Montferrat
Mother	Joanna of Savoy

Amadea Palaiologina of Monferrato (1418–1440), was a queen consort of Cyprus, wife of king John II of Cyprus.

Amadea was the daughter of John Jacob, Marquess of Montferrat and Joanna of Savoy, daughter of Amadeus VII, Count of Savoy.

On 3 July 1440, Amadea was married to John II of Cyprus, son of Janus of Cyprus and the second wife Charlotte of Bourbon and crowned queen. ^[1] The wedding was celebrated by proxy in 1437, the bride arrived in Cyprus in June 1440. The marriage was the result of interest in the Eastern Mediterranean Paleologi.

Upon the marriage by proxy in 1437, Amedea became queen consort of Cyprus, Jerusalem and Armenia. The coronation took place in the church of Hagia Sophia in Nicosia on 3 July 1440.

Amadea was queen consort only for a short duration; she died suddenly two months after the marriage, she had no children. ^[2] She was buried beside Queen Charlotte in the convent of San Domenico.

The king, who needed an heir to the throne, married less than two years later to Helena Palaiologina, who bore a daughter Charlotte of Cyprus.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Amadea Palaiologina of Montferrat

8. John II, Marquis of Montferrat

4. Theodore II, Marquis of Montferrat

9. Isabella of Majorca

2. John Jacob, Marquis of Montferrat

10. Robert, Duke of Bar

5. Joanna of Bar

11. Marie of France, Duchess of Bar

1. Amadea Palaiologina

12. Amadeus VI, Count of Savoy

6. Amadeus VII, Count of Savoy

13. Bonne of Bourbon

3. Joanna of Savoy

14. John, Duke of Berry

7. Bonne of Berry

15. Joan of Armagnac

References

↑ Dawkins, R. (ed. and trans.) (1932) Leontios Makhairas. Recital Concerning the Sweet Land of Cyprus entitled Chonicle, cited by Morris Bierbrier in a private email to the author dated 15 Mar 2007.
↑ Lignages d'Outremer, Le Vaticanus Latinus 7806, El parentado de Lusignan 8, p. 170.

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[1] Dawkins, R. (ed. and trans.) (1932) Leontios Makhairas. Recital Concerning the Sweet Land of Cyprus entitled Chonicle, cited by Morris Bierbrier in a private email to the author dated 15 Mar 2007.

[2] Lignages d'Outremer, Le Vaticanus Latinus 7806, El parentado de Lusignan 8, p. 170.

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