Catherine Cornaro
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Caterina Cornaro (1454 - 1510) was Queen of Cyprus from 1474 - 1489. Daughter of a old Venetian family, she married James II of Cyprus in 1473. James died soon after the wedding, and she became Queen when their infant son James died in 1474 under suspicious circumstances. The kingdom had long since declined, and had been a tributary state of the Mameluks from 1426. Under Caterina, the island was controlled by Venetian merchants, and in 1489 she was forced to abdicate. The last Crusader State became a colony of Venice, and Caterina, the last ruling sovereign of Cyprus, died in 1510.
| Preceded by: James III | Queen of Cyprus | Succeeded by: — |