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When he was 17, his father's first cousin, the childless Queen Charlotte Of Cyprus , his uncle's widow, whom her illegitimate half-brother had exiled from her inherited kingdom in the 1460s, surrendered her rights to young Charles, her next legitimate heir in line from King Janus Of Cyprus . The kingdom itself was held by the Republic Of Venice , but the Savoy Dynasty continued to claim it.

He married Blanche Of Montferrat (Bianca di Montferrato) ( 14721519 ) who after Charles's death was the regent of the Duchy of Savoy from 1490 to 1496 . They had two surviving children.

# Yolande Luise ( 14871499 ), married Philibert II Of Savoy .
# Charles John Amadeus Of Savoy ( 14891496 ).