Peter II of Cyprus

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Peter II of Cyprus (c. 1357 – October 13, 1382), called The Fat, was king of Cyprus from January 17, 1369 until his death. He was the son of Peter I of Cyprus and his second wife Eleanor of Aragon.

He ascended the throne underage, at the murder of his father. In 1372, he was crowned in Nicosia at the Cathedral of St. Sophia as king of Cyprus, and at the Cathedral of St. Nicholas in Famagusta as king of Jerusalem.

In 1378 he married Valentina Visconti (c. 1360 - c. 1393), a daughter of Barnabò Visconti, co-lord of Milan etc, and his wife Beatrice della Scala. They had one daughter in 1379 or 1380 who died as an infant in Nicosia soon before 3 October 1382 and was buried in St.Dominic's, Nicosia.

He was succeeded, not by his surviving sister Marguerite, but by his uncle, James I of Cyprus.

Preceded by Peter I	King of Cyprus 1369–1382	Succeeded by James I
	Titular King of Jerusalem 1369–1382