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To: Jacques Matteo
d’Armenia sives Prince of Cyprus, Armenia, Jerusalem, and
Antioch, Jurat
By: Kingdom of
Sicily
Remainder: His descendants in
perpetuity
Present Holder: Conte Francesco Xavier Said,
20th Barone di Baccari
The family of d'Armenia is descended from
the de Lusignan royal family of the Kingdom of
Cyprus.
A short genealogy of the connection which found
itself in Malta
1. King John II of Cyprus (1432-58), titular
Pr of Antioch, *Nicosia 16.5.1418, Nicosia 28.7.1458; 1m: 1440
Amadea de Montferrat (*3.8.1429 13.9.1440); 2m: Nicosia 3.2.1442
Helena Palaiologina (*1428 11.4.1458)
1.1. [2m.] Queen
Charlotte of Cyprus (1458-60), *1442/3,
Rome 16.7.1487; 1m: 1456 Infant Joao of Portugal, Duque de Coimbra
(*1433 murdered 1457); 2m: 4.10.1459 Louis de Savoie (*5.6.1436
VIII.1482)
1.2. [2m.] Cleopha, young
1.3. [illegitimate by
Marieta de Patras] King James II of Cyprus (1460-73), *Nicosia ca
1438/39, Famagusta 10.7.1473; m.(by proxy) Venice 30.7.1468, (in
person) Famagusta X.1472 Caterina Cornaro (*25.11.1454 10.7.1510)
1.3.2. [illegitimate] Eugene Matteo de Armenia (148?-1523),
Moved to Sicily then Malta, Created Baron di Baccari (Tal-Baqqar),
and married 1508 to Dona Paola Mazzara, with issue. (See Below)
1.3.3. [illegitimate] Janus, after 1533; m.N de Toro
1.3.4.
[illegitimate] Charlotte, ca 1469; m.after 1463 Sor de Naves
1.3.5. [illegitimate] Charla, *1468, in prison in Padua 1480;
she was either married or engaged to Alonso, batard d'Aragona
(*1460, 1510)
2. [2m.] Jacques de Lusignan, ca 1426
3. [2m.]
Anne de Lusignan, Pss of Cyprus, *ca 24.9.1419, Geneve 11.11.1462;
m.Chambery 1.11.1433 Ludovico I of Savoy (*21.2.1402 29.1.1465)
A list of Barons of Baccari
Eugene Matteo de Armenia
(148?-1523), Moved to Sicily then Malta, Created Baron di Baccari (Tal-Baqqar),
succeeded by his son.
James Antonio d'Armenia (d.1558), 2nd
Baron di Baccari, Baron di Benuwarred, succeeded by his son.
Don
Masi d'Armenia, (1543-89), 3rd Barone di Baccari, .., succeeded by
his daughter.
Donna Isabella d'Armenia, ( 1566-1621), 4th
Baroness di Baccari, 3rd Baroness di Benuwarred, (i.e Benwarrad was
sold to the Knights of St John), married 1600 to Matteo Ciuma and
dsp. Succeeded by her Aunt.
Donna Isabella d'Armenia (1540-98),
4th Baroness of Baccari on 1596., married Don Gio Lanza Inguanez,
Baroncino di Ghariexem e Tabia. Succeeded by her son.
Noble
Gerolamo Inguanez, 6th Barone di Baccara, ( 1566-1632)., succeeded
by Nomination to his daughter.
Noble Isabella Inguanez, 7th
Baronessa di Baccara (By nomination). succeeded by her son.
Francesco Inguanez, (1639-1709), 8th Barone di Baccari, married
1662 to Contessa Brigida Inguanez -The Title of Countess was
inherited thru her Vassallo-Paleologo's ancestry. Succeeded
by her son.
Conte Publio Inguanez, 9th Barone di Baccari,
(1665-1742), succeeded by his daughter.
Contessa Maria Inguanez,
De Jure "15th" Baroness di Djar-il-Bniet e Buqana By Right of Descent,
and 10th Baroness di Baccari, succeeded by her second daughter by
nomination.
Theresia Tanti, (1726-89), 11th Baroness di Baccari,
succeeded by her son.
John Vella, 12th Barone di Baccari,
(1755-99) married 1782 to Maria Mula, succeeded by his son.
Xavier Vella, 13th Barone di Baccari, (1786-1867) married 1818 to
Dominique Xuereb Sant, succeeded by his daughter by nomination.
Teresa Vella Sant, (1823-1903), 14th de-Jure Baroness di Baccari,
married Giovanni Maria Said, Principi de Sayd, succeeded by her eldest son.
Principe
Francesco Saverio Said (died 1956), 15th Barone di Baccari.,
succeeded by his eldest son.
Conte Giovanni Maria Said, 16th
Barone (died at Sydney, Australia 2004), succeeded by his only
son.
Francesco Saverio Said, 17th and Present Barone of Baccari.
Most senior descent to King John II of Cyprus, Jerusalem, Armenia, and
Antioch.
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