John II of Jerusalem had succeeded his father Hugh III as King of Cyprus (as John I) on March 24 and was crowned at Santa Sophia, Nicosia on May 11, 1284.

His succession as King of Jerusalem had been opposed by Charles of Anjou, who had also disrupted his father's succession.

John died the following year on May 20, having never married and leaving no children.

He is buried in the church of St. Demetrius or according to some Santa Sophia, in Nicosia.

According to some authors he was poisoned by his brothers, one of whom, Henry II, succeeds him in Cyprus and Jerusalem.

Henry II is crowned at Santa Sophia, Nicosia, June 24, 1285.

Charles of Anjou, who contested John's claim to the throne, had died earlier on the year 1285, allowing Henry to recover Acre from the Angevins.