The Latin kingdom is never founded. Eventually the island gets added to the territories of the Empire of Nicea. Does this mean that it could have resisted the Turkish conquest of 1570, especially with possible aid from Venice?
At best it would be semi independent under its own despotate system a la Morea as the grip on Constantinople tightened from the Turks.
If all else stays the same, Cyprus really won't make much a difference.
Or maybe have the knights of St John move to Cyprus, instead of Malta and lead a brilliant defense like malta.... Right couldn't that work...
They did briefly stay there before moving to Rhodes.
Actually it was the Templars.
And no it couldn't work because Cyprus gives the ottoman armies operational room.
no what I meant was in the 15th century the knights on Rhodes gain a foothold in cyprus which they keep so when Rhodes is lost the knights move to Cyprus instead of Malta and come Suleymans invasion the Ottomans fail the same way they failed to take Malta.... So Cyprus remains an imentrable fortress like Malta...No, the Hospitaliers too, under de Villaret. They weren't in any position of power, however, and wanted to get out of there ASAP. Hence Rhodes.
Cyprus is too big to defend like Malta.no what I meant was in the 15th century the knights on Rhodes gain a foothold in cyprus which they keep so when Rhodes is lost the knights move to Cyprus instead of Malta and come Suleymans invasion the Ottomans fail the same way they failed to take Malta.... So Cyprus remains an imentrable fortress like Malta...
Cyprus is too big to defend like Malta.
I said this in another discussion but how will the French be able to power project to Balkans (let alone Cyprus?). The first invasion into Italy by Charles bankrupted or nearly bankrupted him so he couldn't do anything for years. Even then, it was only after the French were obliterated at Pavia that Francis reached out to Suleiman--and that was because France was actually afraid the Hapsburgs could actually dominate all of Europe.Oh I see, well then, oh I know, the French had lots of influence in Cyprus so what if Cyprus cozys up to France, Fwith French support the Ottomans may not invade and cyprus falls into French sphere of influence sometime in the late 15tu century.... Or maybe the Venetians offer gaurentees to Cyprus and create a puppet nation after all during and after the Italian wars didn't Venice still hold Cyprus and Crete
France would work. Venice wouldn't: the Ottomans took the island from it OTL.
And however it was right too much in the middle of core Ottoman lands for them not to try if possible. They could tolerate an independent Cyprus if not hostile, and a French Cyprus if France is still an ally for them. Almost any other arrangement would mean that the Ottoman try to take the place more or less as soon as they can.
Not their first priority but a significant one.
no what I meant was in the 15th century the knights on Rhodes gain a foothold in cyprus which they keep so when Rhodes is lost the knights move to Cyprus instead of Malta and come Suleymans invasion the Ottomans fail the same way they failed to take Malta.... So Cyprus remains an imentrable fortress like Malta...