Hugues Lancelot de Lusignan

Lancelot Hugo of Lusignan (* 1380/1385 on Cyprus; † August 1442 in Geneva ) was a Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church, and the temporary Regent of Cyprus.

Life

The son of King James I of Cyprus, was educated in the royal court and was then apostolic prothonotary. Antipope John XXIII. made him on July 8, 1411 as Apostolic Administrator of the Archdiocese of Nicosia. Only Pope Martin V. raised him on March 5, 1421 Archbishop of Nicosia and also made ​​him in 1424 to Titularpatriarchen of Jerusalem. Collected on 24 May 1426 Pope Martin V to cardinal, he was born on May 27, 1426 Cardinal Deacon of the titular church of S. Adriano. Since Lusignan was staying in Cyprus, the Pope sent him to the red hat. Here it was 1426/27 and Regent for King Janus II Although he had not participated in the conclave of 1431, it was on March 11, 1431 Title church of S. Clemente and eventually awarded the Cardinal Palestrina Diocese on April 20, 1431.

As papal legate of the province of Marittima e Campagna worked, he was born on September 16, 1433 benefice of S. Maria de Pignerol, as well as the abbeys of Monte Vergine and S. Severino. Mentioned in February 1435 at the Curia, the Pope sent him, with which he was temporarily in the dispute, the Council of Basel. Together with the Cardinal Niccolò d' Albergati he led in 1435 presided at the peace conference of Arras. Appointed on June 27, 1436 to Cardinal Bishop of Frascati ( there as Hugo III. ), He belonged in 1439 to the voters of the Antipope Felix V, for which it dismissed on April 11, 1440 Pope Eugene IV of the College of Cardinals.