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Juan Tafures or
Tafurer (died after
1477) was a Catalan adventurer in the mid fifteenth century.
Owner of a merchant ship, Juan landed at
Larnaca in
Cyprus in July
1457 when
James de Lusignan, bastard son of
John II of Cyprus and
Archbishop of Nicosia, was fleeing his father, for he'd murdered the royal
Chamberlain. Juan gave him ship to
Rhodes. Juan then joined in with him, now deprived of the archbishopric, in his fight against
Charlotte for the throne of Cyprus. They reconquered the island by September
1460.
An intimate of the new king, James became master of the royal household and captain of
Famagusta. In 1469, James named him
Count of Tripoli, a titular dignity, since Tripoly had long lain in
Turkish hands. It was with this latter title that he appears in 1473 executing the will of the king.
Under the reign of James' successor,
Catherine, Juan violently led the opposition to
Venice. He managed to escape their grasp, but his family was carted off to Venice (
1477). After that date, he's unknown.
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