Phoebus of Lusignan

Phoebus of Lusignan (died after July 1485 in Rome) (also called Febo or Febos in Portuguese) was a titular Marshal of Armenia and also titular lord of Sidon.

Biography

Phoebus was the illegitimate son of Peter of Lusignan, titular Count of Tripoli. ^[1] His father 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, illegitimate son of King Janus of Cyprus.

Married to an unknown woman, they had:

• Hugh of Lusignan, Lord of Menico and Acaqui, was married firstly to Babin and secondly to Isabeau Placoton
• Eleanor, who married Soffredo Crispo (d. 1458), lord of Nisyros, ^[2] and then Vasco Gil Moniz

Phoebus accompanied his cousin Queen Charlotte, when she was deposed by her brother, into exile and died there.

References

1. Coureas 2025, p. 129.
2. Coureas 2025, p. 128-129.

Sources

• Coureas, Nicholas (2025). "The Hospitallers and the burgesses of Rhodes in the 14th and 15th centuries". In Vidal, Clara Almagro; Buttigieg, Emanuel (eds.). The Military Orders In a Wider World. Vol. VIII. Routledge. pp. 120–133.

Further reading

• Manuel João da Costa Felgueiras Gaio, "Nobiliário das Famílias de Portugal", Tomo Vigésimo Primeiro, Título de Monizes, § 17–19
• Various authors, "Armorial Lusitano", p. 370-2, Lisbon, 1961
• Dom Augusto Romano Sanches de Baena e Farinha de Almeida Portugal da Silva e Sousa, 1.° Visconde de Sanches de Baena, "Archivo Heraldico-Genealógico", Volume II, p. CXV, Lisbon, 1872
• Cristóvão Alão de Morais, "Pedatura Lusitana", Volume I (reformulated edition), p. 668-70