James I of Cyprus

James I of Lusignan (1334–1398) was a younger son of King Hugh IV of Cyprus and Alice of Ibelin. When the Genoese invaded Cyprus in 1373 he successfully defended Kyrenia; the next year he left the island under a treaty and was captured at Rhodes and taken to Genoa, where his son Janus was born.

Chosen king after his nephew Peter II died in 1382, he accepted Genoese release terms in 1383, but opposition in Cyprus sent him back into captivity.

He returned and was crowned at Nicosia in 1385, later adding the titles of King of Jerusalem and King of Armenia. He died at Nicosia in 1398 and Janus succeeded him.