She was his second wife and the mother of his six legitimate children, which included King John II and Anne de Lusignan.
It was Charlotte's influence which was instrumental in the revival of French culture at the royal court in Nicosia.
[1] Charlotte was born in France in 1388, one of the seven children of John I, Count of La Marche and Catherine de Vendôme.
He had divorced his first wife, Anglesia Visconti several years earlier, and that marriage had not produced any children.
[2] Following her marriage, she immediately established a socièté courtoise at the royal court at Nicosia, where French literature and music flourished.