She was Cyprus' first official first lady, as the country's first president, Archbishop Makarios III, a clergyman, was unmarried.
[1][2] Kyprianou was born Erasmia Papatheoklitou (Ερασμία Παπαθεοκλήτου) in the city of Veria in Imathia, Greece.
[2] Papatheoklitou and Kyprianou began collaborating on charitable activities for the National Union of Cypriot Students in England (E.F.E.K.A.
), including plays and theater productions to raise money for a school attended by Greek Cypriot children in London.
[4] The couple married in Athens in 1956 and had two sons, Achilleas and Markos.