Anglesia Visconti
Coat-of-arms of Visconti.
Anglesia Visconti (1377–1439), was a queen consort of Cyprus by marriage to King Janus. She was daughter of Bernabò Visconti, Lord of Milan and Beatrice Regina della Scala, daughter of Mastino II lord of Verona.
Her father was a cruel and ruthless despot, and an implacable enemy of the Catholic Church. Anglesia became queen consort of Cyprus, wife of king Janus of Cyprus, sometime after January 1400. Janus was also a titular king of Jerusalem and Armenia. The marriage was annulled and they divorced between 1407 and 1409 without issue.
Her sister Valentina Visconti married to Peter II of Cyprus, a cousin of Janus.
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- Cypriot queens consort
- 1377 births
- 1439 deaths
- 15th century in Cyprus
- 15th-century Italian women
- People from Nicosia
- House of Visconti
- 14th-century Italian nobility
- 14th-century Italian women
- 15th-century Italian nobility