Editing Pretender (section)

==Greek pretenders==

===Byzantine Empire===
Successions to the [[Roman Empire]] long continued at [[Constantinople]]. Most seriously, after the fall of Constantinople to the [[Fourth Crusade]] in 1204, and its eventual recovery by [[Michael VIII Palaiologos]], there came to be three Byzantine successor states, each of which claimed to be the Roman Empire, and several Latin claimants (including the [[Republic of Venice]] and the houses of [[Marquess of Montferrat|Montferrat]] and [[Philip of Courtenay|Courtenay]]) to the [[Latin Empire]] the Crusaders had set up in its place.  At times, some of these states and titles were subjected to multiple claims.

===Cypriot pretenders===
Following the defeat and death of King [[James III of Cyprus|James III]] [[Kingdom of Cyprus|King of Cyprus]] in 1474, his younger and illegitimate brother, Eugène Matteo de Lusignan, also styled ''d'Arménie'' (died 1523) removed to [[Sicily]], then to [[Malta]]. He was acknowledged as rightful heir to the thrones of [[Cyprus]], [[Armenia]], [[Jerusalem]], and [[Antioch]], although he never made serious efforts to pursue the claims. The title of "Barone de Baccari" was created in 1508 for Jacques Matteo (sives Eugene Matteo) d'Armenia with the remainder to his descendants in perpetuity.<ref>''Ladies of Medieval Cyprus and Caterina Cornaro'' by Leto Severis, Nicosia 1995;  p. 152;  {{ISBN|9963810217}}.</ref>  Eugene, illegitimate son of King Jacques II of Cyprus, had, when his family were exiled, first gone to Naples, then Sicily, then settled on Malta, marrying a Sicilian heiress, ''[[Don (honorific)|Don]]na'' Paola Mazzara (a descendant of the Royal House of Aragon of Sicily and Aragon), with issue.<ref>Leto Severis, ''Ladies of Medieval Cyprus and Caterina Cornaro''; Nicosia:  1995; {{ISBN|9963810217}}.</ref>

===Modern Greece===

The claimant to the throne of the last Greek kingdom is [[Pavlos, Crown Prince of Greece]]. He belongs to the [[House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg]], the senior branch of the [[House of Oldenburg]]. His designated heir is his son [[Prince Constantine Alexios of Greece and Denmark]].