Phoebus of Lusignan

Who is Phoebus of Lusignan?

Phoebus of Lusignan was a titular Marshal of Armenia and also titular Lord of Sidon, the illegitimate son of Peter of Lusignan, titular Count of Tripoli.

His father Peter 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 de Lusignan, illegitimate son of King Janus of Cyprus.

Married to an unknown woman, he was the father of one son and one daughter.

His son Hugh of Lusignan, Lord of Menico and Acaqui, was married firstly to ... Babin and secondly to Isabeau Placoton, with whom he had two daughters:

Isabella of Lusignan, married to Very Embriaco de Giblet, Lord of Makrassika.

Lucrèce of Lusignan, married to Olivier de Flatre.

His daughter Elèonore, also Leonor, of Lusignan also married twice. In the 1450s to Soffredo Crispo, Lord of Nisyros, of the Dukes of Naxos was without issue. Her second marriage was before 1459 as second wife to Vasco Gil Moniz, with whom she had one son, Febo Moniz de Lusignan or Febo Moniz. Eleonore was said to have come from Aragon as a Dame of Isabella of Aragon, Countess of Urgell, wife of Infante Pedro, Duke of Coimbra. She most likely met her husband when he went to Cyprus in the company of John of Portugal, who was marrying Queen Charlotte of Cyprus.