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In 1468 King James II the Bastard of Cyprus married by proxy the 14yo Catherine Cornaro in a final attempt to gain support from Venice...
They were married again in 1472 when she travelled to Cyprus...
A few months later he died mysteriously while Catherine was pregnant... She gaave birth to a son James III of Cyprus a few months later...
However he died too in 1474 aged 1 thus lefting Catherine as Queen Regnant of Cyprus...
In OTL Catherine never married again and Venice forced her to abdicate in 1489 in favor of the Republic of Venice...
WI Catherine Cornaro had married again? Maybe some French/Spanish Royalty and made him that way King of Cyprus?
How is that altering History? Could a marriage alliance with France or Spain (or any other foreign power) could have averted the Ottoman conquest 90 years later? Any thoughts?

(Based on an idea given by Dan1988)
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