A Cyclopaedia of Female Biography/Anne of Cypress

4108316A Cyclopaedia of Female Biography — Anne of Cypress

ANNE OF CYPRESS,

Daughter of Giano, king of Cypress, married in 1432, Louis, duke of Savoy, and shewed herself able, active, and discriminating, at the head of public affairs. She died in 1462, it is said of grief for the undutiful conduct of her fifth son, Philip, count of Brisse, who joined some rebellious barons against his father.