(Most of the information on the
Cyprus branch is from Steven Runciman's "History of the Crusade")
The traditional pedigree of the Lusignans was revised by Painter,
in which he argues the existence of an additional HUGH (HUGH VIIIa here)
See Todd A Farmerie's message of 14 June 1996 for further details.
-Adrian Channing (Surrey, UK) 106516.2301@Compuserv.Com-
Please be advised that this information is subject to change.
(abbreviations cyp = Cyprus, Jm = Jerusalem, dy = died young, K =
King, Q = Queen, aft = after, bfr = before)
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Genealogy and History of the Lusignans :
HUGH I
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HUGH II (c910-?950)
of Lusignan
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HUGH III (c948-1010 or 12) de Lusignan;
Seigneur m Arsendis/Arsende (c959-)
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HUGH IV (c985-aft 1030) de Lusignan; Seigneur; le Brun
married Adelarde or Aldegarde de Thouars (c990-) daughter of RAOUL
I
who was son of HERBERT I (son of AIMERY II by Aliemor) by Aldearde
d'Aunay
(daughter of CADELON III by Senegunde of Marcillac)
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HUGH V de Lusignan; seigneur (ca 1015-8 Oct 1060)
married Almodis (ca 990-1075) murdered by her stepson PIERRE RAMON/RAYMANDE
BARENGUER) daughter of BERNARD I Ct LA MARCHE by Aina/Amelia de Montignac.
This Almodis married (1) (divorced) PONS Ct TOULOUSE (-1060)
(and had a) WILLIAM IV Ct TOULOUSE and b) RAMON IV);
married (2) (divorced) HUGH V;
married (3) RAMON BERENGURE II Ct BARCELONA (-1077).
Almodis had a brother ADELBERT III Ct la Marche
who left Almoods the wife of ROGER de MONTGOMERY (-> Ponce)
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HUGH VI (ca 1039-1102 or 1110) de Lusignan; Seigneur;
married Ildegarde/Hildegarde (ca 1058-aft 7 Dec 1099) de Thouars d
of AIMERY IV
(son of GEOFFREY II by Ainor) by Aurengarde de Mauleon.
In the Crusades HUGH VI was called Diable
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HUGH VII (ca 1090-1144 or aft 1151); de Lusignan; Seigneur
married Sarazine (ca 1095-ca 1144). HUGH followed LOUIS VII to the East
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HUGH VIII (ca 1118-ca 1172) m Berbone (1120-aft Aimee
de
11 Apr 1169) de Rancon and Tailebourg
Lusignan
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HUGH VIIIa GEOFFREY
(- AMALRIC II GUY (c1160-May
(-1169) de aft 1202)
(bfr 1155-1
1194) K of Jm
Lusignan m m? Mevrant;
Apr 1205) K of and Cyp m 1180
Orengarde issue in
Cyp and Jm m1 Sibylla
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Ireland?
Eschiva
(-1190)
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(-1197) of
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Ibelin m2 1198 daus dy
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Q Isabell
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(1170-1205)
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m|1 m|2
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HUGH IX
RAOUL/RALPH |
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(-1219) de
I (-1219)
GUY & Burgundia HUGH I
Helvs |
Lusignan; Ct Ct de
Eu;
JOHN m c1205
(1195- m
1)Sibylla
La Marche m de Lusignan
dy WALTER of
1218) Ray-
m LEO II
Agetha de
m Alice (-
MONTBELIARD
K of mond
of Armenia
Preuilly and/ 1246)
or Yolande
(Left iss.) Cyp m
of 2)Melise-
or Matilda
countess of Eu
1208 Ant-
nde m 1218
of Angouleme |
Alice ioch
BOHEMOND
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of Jm
IV (-1233)
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of Antioch
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» (Maria) | |
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3)Son dy
HUGH X (1183- Maud (-1241)
1) Maria m WALTER HENRY I
1249) Ct LA d'Eu
de
IV Ct LECCE and
(1216-
MARCH; m 1220 Lusignan m
BRIENNE -> (HUGH) - 1253) K
Isabella
HUMPHREY BOHUN 2)Isabella (-
of Cyp m1 Alice of
(1185-1246) (1198
or
1264) m HENRY of
Montferrat m2
of Angouleme 1208-1275) 2Er
Antioch -> (HUGH
Stephanie of
wdw of K JOHN HEREFORD, his
III K of Cyp & Jm
Lampron m3
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m2
Plaisance (-1261)
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of Antioch
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HUGH XI
HENRY GUY WILLIAM
AYMER GEOFFREY 1)Alice
HUGH II
(1221-1249) Ct of
Ld (-1296)
(-Dec (-bfr
le Brun (1252-
Ct La MARCH La
Cog- 1Er
1260) 1275)
Ld m 1247 1267) m
m Yolande Marche
nac PEMBROKE Bp of
Jarnac JOHN
DE Isabella
de Dreux
m 1247
Winch-
WARENNE of
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Joan
ester
(1235- Iberlin
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(1222-
1304)
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<1307) de
Er SURREY
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Monchensy
& WARREN
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2)Margaret
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HUGH XII Alice
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(-1270) (-1290) de
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Ct La Lusignan
m
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Marche m 1253/4 54
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Jeanne GILBERT
JOHN WILLIAM AYMER
de 1)Isabel m
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(1243-1295
(- (-1282)
VALENCE JOHN de HASTINGS
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or 99) de
1276)
(1270-1324) 2)Margaret
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CLARE Er
2Er m1 bfr dvp 1276
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GLOUCESTER 1312 Beatrice
(-1320) de 3)Anne/Agnes m1
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& HEREFORD Clermont m2
Mary (-1377) MAURICE FITZGERALD
Joan de
de Chatillon
m2 HUGH de BALLIOL
Lusignan
i|ll
m3 JOHN de AVESNES
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4)Joan (c1273-) m
HENRY
c1298 JOHN COMYN
(1269-)
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MYTHOLOGY
The castle at Lusignan is said to be have been built by Raymond, a relative
of the Counts POITIERS and his mythical wife, the spirit of the fountain
of Lusignan. He broke his vow and spied her on a Saturday, to find that
she had turned into a serpent from the waist down. She flew out of the
castle window never to be seen again, but on the death of a member of the
Lusignan family, she is heard crying out. Another source states she was
a dau. of the fairy Pressine whom she had shut up in a mountain to avenge
his wrongs, but he caste a spell that she should metamorphosed every Saturday,
unless and until she found an husband who would vow not to see her on Saturdays.
This history is related at length with the adventures of Melusine's numerous
progeny: by JEAN d'ARRAS, in his chronique de la princesse, written in
1387 at the desire of JOHN Dk of BERRY, for the amusement of the duke and
of his sister Marie of France, duchess of Bar. Some writers have supposed
Melusine to be a corruption of mere Lucine, the deity invoked in childbirth,
widow of a king of Jerusalem, and with Mevrant wife of GEOFFROI de Lusignan.
Many of the Lusignan's have the soubriquet le Brun. Perhaps this indicates
foreign (eastern?) blood.
HUGH/HUGES I The Hunter; Sire of Lusignan in Poitiou and vassal
of Counts of Poitiers in the late 9th or 10th century. There is no evidence
supporting a link with the Merovingian dynasty as shown in the book The
Holy Blood and The Holy Grail.
HUGH VIII (c1118-c1172) de Lusignan; The BROWN m Bergone/ Bourgogne/Burgone
(c1120-aft 11 Apr 1169) de Taillebourg d of Geoffrey de Rancon. In late
1163 NAR ED-DIN taking advantage of AMALRIC's absence in Egypt, attacked
Tripoli. He invaded the Buqaia so as to lay siege to Krak castle. But HUGH
de Lusignan, GEOFFREY MARTEL brother to Ct ANGOULEME and their followers,
were passing through Tripoli on return from Jerusalem. They joined Ct RAYMOND
and an urgent appeal to Antioch brought BOHEMOND III and the Imperial general
CONSTANTINE COLOMAN down from the north. This united army marched swiftly
through the hills and surprised the Moslems at their camp below Krak. After
a short battle, in which COLOMAN and his troops distinguished themselves,
NAR ED-DIN fled in disorder to Homs, regrouped his army and received reinforcement
whence the Christians abandoned the pursuit. In 1164 HUGH with BOHEMOND,
RAYMOND of Tripoli and CONSTANTINE COLOMAN were taken prisoners at the
siege of Harenc and taken to Aleppo
HUGH VIIIa (-1169) de Lusignan m Orengarde. Originally he was
omitted from early pedigrees.
GEOFFREY (-aft 1202); older than GUY & probably older than
AMALRIC II; In 1189 at siege of Acre; On 11 May 1191 arrived at Limassol,
with his br king GUY; No doubt they were at king RICHARD's wedding 12 May
1191. GEOFFREY is called Count of LUSIGNAN by Steven Runciman (presumably
as guardian of HUGH IX?) and one of king RICHARD's leading vassals in Fr;
In Sept 1191 was at battle of Arsuf; In 1197 he was governor of Jaffa;
In 1197 (before GUY's death) he returned to Fr. In 1202 the Poitevins including
ARTHUR of Brittany (with Eleanor, both issue of K JOHN of England's br
GEOFFREY), GEOFFREY of Lusignan and his nephew HUGH IX were besieging Queen
Eleanor of Aquitaine at Mirabeau castle, nr Poitiers. On 1 Aug K JOHN captured
200 of them in a lightning strike. The Lusignans, luckier than the rest
were ransomed. Perhaps this GEOFFREY is the GEOFFROI de Lusignan mentioned
above under Mythology whose wife was Mevrant. O'Hart's "Irish Pedigrees"
shows descendants of this GEOFFREY. See below.
HUGH IX (-1219) de Lusignan; Ct LA MARCHE; The Brown; One ref.
states he was Ct Poitou; engaged to Isabella Taillefeur of Angouleme, but
in 1200, when she was in the care of HUGH'S uncle, Ct of EU, she was taken
by his feudal lord K JOHN of Eng who wed her at Bordeaux in Aug (subsequently
5 issue) HUGH formed an alliance with PHILIP II K of Fr against K JOHN
resulting in JOHN's loss of his continental possessions. HUGH may have
m Agetha de Preuilly, but most references show he m Matilda d of WULGRIM
III ct ANGOULEME & sis to AYMER/AIMAR/AUDEMOR Ct ANGOULEME the father
of Isabella Taillefeur. It has been claimed that Matilda was his 2nd wife
and that his issue were by a previous wife, perhaps Agetha?
RALPH/RAOUL I (-1 May 1219) Ct de Eu; de Lusignan. Before Hugh
VIIIa had been added, pedigrees show RALPH as the son of HUGH VIII He m
Alice (-15 May 1246) Countess d'Eu or another ref gives her as Yolande
d of ROBERT Ct de DEUX Er EWE
Maud d of Ralph (-14 Aug 1241) d'Eu de Lusignan m HUMPHREY BOHUN
(1198 or 1208-1275) 2Er HEREFORD
HUGH X (1183 Lusignan-1249 Surrey); le BRUN; Ct LA MARCHE; Ld
LUSIGNAN; One ref has him Ct POITOU; In 1242 HUGH and his wife were defeated
by the Fr, but LOUIS forgave them and restored their lands. HUGH m cApr
1220 in Eng. Isabella Taillefeur (c1188 or c1185 in Angouleme Fr-31 May
1246 at Fontevraud convent, Fr) d of AYMER Ct ANGOULEME and widow of K
JOHN (-1216) and mother of HENRY III and 1st cousin of HUGH IX's wife Matilda;
In 1244 she may have attempted to have LOUIS assassinated She fled to Fontevraud
convent where she took the veil HUGH X and Isabella had 9 issue, of which
5 were granted large estates in Eng. by Hy III By 1258 the jealous barons
forced them into exile, but were subsequently allowed to return.
HUGH XI (1221-1249 or 1250 Egypt); de Lusignan; Ct of La MARCHE;
Ct ANGOULEME; Ct PONTHIEU m Yolande de Dreux
GUY of Valence; Lord Cognac; He was older than his br WILLIAM.
GUY, WILLIAM, AYMER and Alice came to Eng in 1247 partly due to being oppression
by K of Fr. In 1258 expelled from Eng, allowed to returned after Mar 1261
In 1264 GUY was at battle of Lewes
WILLIAM de Valence (after 1225 ?Valence, Lusignan, Fr- before
18 May 1296 in or on his return from Fr, bur Westminster Abbey, Altar Tomb)
1Er PEMBROKE; Sir; 4s; Ld VALENCE; Ld MONTIGNAC; Ld BELLAC; Ld RANCON and
Ld CHAMPAGNE and by his wife Ld PEMBROKE and Ld WEXFORD; In 1247 came to
Eng; HENRY III granted him many properties including Goodrich; Pembroke;
Hereford and Hartford Castles and app him to many important posts; In 13
Oct 1248 knighted; In 1249/50 to Holy Lands; On 2 Oct 1249 app joint amb.
to Fr; In Oct 1253-Sep 1254 with king in Aquitaine; In Sept 1255 with king
in the North; In 1257 argued with SIMON de MONTFORT and in 1258 he, his
2 brs and b-in-law Er SURREY fell out with barons and took refuse in Wolvesey
Castle, Winchester, then capture but allowed to leave for Poitou; By 1261
returned and restored; In 1264 supported King at siege of Northampton then
battle of Lewes after which defeat he fled to Fr; In 1265 at Siege of Gloucester,
attack on Kenilworth and at battle of Eversham; In 1265 granted Haverford
Castle, which he had captured from HUMPHREY de BOHUN, for the term of the
minority of the heir; In 1266, with Er SURREY attacked Bury St. Edmunds;
In Aug 1270 left for Palestine with pr Ed, by Jan 1272/3 back in London;
1273-79 often in Aquitaine; In 1277-1294 served against Welsh; granted
Abergaveny during minority of his s-in-law JOHN de HASTINGS; In 1295 sum.
to parl. as Er PEMBROKE but title never formally invested; m 13 Aug 1247
Joan (1222 Wales-bfr 20 Sep 1307) d of WARINE de MONCHENSY (-1255 or 53
or 54) Lord of Swanscombe, Kent by (and heir following death of her br
in June 1247) Joan 5d&ch of WILLIAM MARSHAL 4Er PEMBROKE In 1255 the
guardianship of Joan's half-br WILLIAM de MONCHENCY, (who had an only d
Dionysia) was given to WILLIAM This William d 1288 on attack on REES ap
GRIFFITH at Drosselan Castle. Other refs show WILLIAM as full br of Joan
Monchensey
AYMER (-Dec 1260 overseas) In 1250 created Bishop of Winchester,
but was too young to be consecrated by the Pope until shortly before his
death In 1258 he had been expelled from Eng.
GEOFFREY (-1275) of Lusignan; Ld Jarnac; In 1258 expelled from
Eng but returned after Mar 1261. In 1275 his br WILLIAM was acting as one
of his executors
1)Alice Le Brun m 1247 JOHN DE WARENNE (1235-1304) Er SURREY & WARREN.
Left Issue. 2)Margaret Lusignan. In 1242 Henry III was playing with the
idea of a marriage between the Ct Toulouse and his half-sister Margaret
of Lusignan, d of Hugh and Isabella. She is not shown in many references
HUGH XII (-1270 St. Louis, 2nd Crusade); de Lusignan; Ct of La
Marche
Alice (-1290) de Lusignan m 1254 GILBERT (1243-1295 or 7 Dec 1299) de
CLARE Er GLOUCESTER & HEREFORD -> (Joan and Isabella) He m2 1290 Joan
d'Acre (-1307) d of EDWARD I -> (GILBERT Er GLOUCESTER and others)
JOHN (-Jan 1276/7 bur Westminster Abbey)
WILLIAM Le Jeune (-16 Jun 1282 slain by Welsh nr Llandeilo co.
Carmarthen); Ld of MONTIGNAC
AYMER de VALENCE (c1270-23 27 Jun 1324 suddenly possibly murdered
dsp in Fr bur 1 Aug Westminster Abbey with effigy); 3rd s; 2Er PEMBROKE;
Ld of WEXFORD (after m's death); Ld of MONTIGNAC; Ld VALENCE etc.; Appointed
to many offices; In 1297 served in Flanders; In 1300-7 served in Scotland;
In 1300 at siege of Carlaverock; In Aug 1301 was granted Bothwell castle,
Sc. which had belonged to WILLIAM de MORAY; In 1301-3 joint comm of Amb
to Fr; In 1306 he defeated ROBERT BRUCE at Methven, near Perth then took
Bruce's br (beheaded at Berwick) and wife at Kintyre castle; In Oct 1306
he was granted Selkirk and Tresquayr castles; In May 1307 defeated by Bruce
at Loudon Hill; In 1307 and 1312 joint Amb to Fr and in 1308/9 and 1312
to the pope; In 1308 granted Haverford town and castle; In 1312, with Er
SURREY captured the king's friend PIERS de GAVASTON at Scarborough castle,
who was seized and beheaded by Er WARWICK against AYMER's orders, after
which AYMER rejoined king's party; In 1312 king granted him New Temple
and all other Templars lands in London, but in 1315 he gave these properties
to LANCASTER; In June 1313 fought at Bannockburn followed by several expeditions
into Sc; In 1319 at siege of Berwick; In 1317 taken captive in Burgundy
then ransomed; In 1320 Guardian of the realm during King's absence; In
1321 mediated between king and barons, although secretly sympathised with
barons; In Oct 1321 with Ed in besieging Leeds Castle, Kent; In Mar 1321/2
took part in condemnation of LANCASTER; In Mar 1322/3 he and his wife were
granted much of LANCASTERs estate including New Temple; In 1323 concluded
13 years truce with Sc. He held East Sutton, formally held by Martel and
Eggarton manor, Godmersham parish, Kent; He gave Milton church, Kent to
religious order; m1 (bfr 1312) Beatrice (-bfr 14 Sep 1320 bur Stratford
dsp) 3d&ch of RALPH de CLERMONT Ld NEELLE and BROIS, Constable of Fr,
by his m1 Alice suo jure Vicomtesse de Chateaudun and dame de Montdoubleau
1d of ROBERT DE DREUX Ld BEU by Clemence d of GEOFFREY 12th Vicmote Chateaudun
m2 Jul 1321 Paris, Mary (-Mar 1377 Denny bur Denny) d of GUY de CHATILLON
Ct St POL by Mary d of JOHN Dk BRITTANY & Er RICHMOND by Beatrice d
of HENRY III; Mary founded Pembroke (formally Mary de Valence) college,
Cambridge, and Denny Abbey, Cambs. In 1237 Mary released Hartford Castle
and town to the king who granted them to THOMAS 3Bn WAKE later Gov of Channel
Islands and Constable of Tower of London. AYMER is sometimes shown as m2
d of Ct BARRE, but probably incorrect He had a natural son, HENRY, who
was captured with him in 1317
1) Isabel m JOHN de HASTINGS of Bergavenny (-> John (-1324 or 25) m
Juliana (aka. Infanta of Kent) d&h of THOMAS de LEYBORNE & g-d&h
of WILLIAM (-1309 or 10) from her mother, father & g-f she became entitled
to many estates in Kent including Leyborne castle and estate. Juliana m2
THOMAS le BLOUNT, m3 Sir WILLIAM de CLINTON of Maxtock.) 2) Margaret (dvp
bur 24 Mar 1275/6 Westminster Abbey) 3) Anne/Agnes m1 (no issue) MAURICE
FITZGERALD (Bn OFFALY fmly) m2 (no issue) HUGH de BALLIOL m3 (no issue)
JOHN de AVESNES After the death of her m2 it was proposed that she should
marry s of THOMAS de CLARE. 4) Joan/Johanna (c1273 Eng-) de Valence m c1298
at Badenoch JOHN COMYN (1269 Badenoch, Scotland-) s of JOHN COMYN by Mary
d of JOHN BALIOL Ld of Barnard Castle and sis of king JOHN BALIOL -> (i
Elizabeth (1299 Wyke-5 Oct 1356) m c1325 RICHARD TALBOT (1302 Wyke-23 Oct
1356) 2Ld TALBOT ancestor of Ers SHREWSBURY ii. JOHN (-1314 slain at Striveling
dsp) iii. Joane (1296-) m DAVID de STRATHBOLGIE Er ATHOL and iv. WILLIAM
who in 1314 was taken prisoner at Striveling dsp)
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EAST
AMALRIC II (bfr 1155-1 Apr 1205 Acre; Surfeit of white mullet)
of Lusignan; Arrived in Palestine shortly before 1179; Constable of Palestine
(1179-1191); King of Cyprus (1194-, crowned Sept 1197-); King of Jerusalem
(1198-); m1 Eschiva (-shortly before Sep 1197) d of BALDWIN of Ibelin;
m2 1198 in Acre, Isabell (1170- shortly after Apr 1205) (Queen of Jerusalem)
d of AMALRIC I by his m2 to Maria Comnena. Isabella had previously m1 (div
1190) HUMPHREY of Toron m2 24 Nov 1190 CONRAD of Montferrat (-c28 Apr 1192
murd) (-> Maria aka. La Marquise (1192-) Queen of Jerusalem (1205-)) m3
5 May 1192 HENRY of Champagne (-10 Sep 1197, Jaffa, fall from balcony whilst
addressing his men) -> (i Alice ii Philippa and other issue who d before
1197)]
GUY (c1160-May 1194); King of Jerusalem (1186-) Younger than
AMALRIC II; In c1180 came to Palestine; In 1183 GUY quarrelled with BALDWIN;
In 1187 he and his br AMALRIC were taken prisoner when defeated at Horns
of Hattin by Salidin; In 1188 both released on their promise to return
home, but GUY had a cleric release them from their oaths; In 1189-91 at
siege of Acre; In 1191 led K RICHARD's army in Cyprus conquest; In 1192
K RICHARD acceded to CONRAD's claim to kingdom of Jerusalem and in compensation
made GUY king of Cyprus; (CONRAD was immediately murdered) GUY m 1180 Sibylla
(-Autumn 1190 of disease outside Acre siege) (Queen) d of AMALRIC I by
his m1 Agnes of Courtenay d of JOSCELIN II of Edessa and sis of K BALDWIN
IV (-1185) Sibylla had m1 WILLIAM of Montferrat by whom she had a son later
the child king BALDWIN V (1177-1186 Acre)
1)d and 2)d both d 1190 young of decease just before their mother.
Burgundia m c1205 WALTER of MONTBELIARD; guardian of Cyprus until 1210
(-> Eschiva m1 WALTER of MONTAIGU and m2 BALIAN of Beirut, issue by both)
HUGH I (1195-10 Jan 1218 suddenly at Tripoli) king of Cyprus (1205-); m
1208 Alice (-1246) of Jerusalem d of Isabella (ALMALRIC II's 2nd wife)
by HENRY of Champagne. Alice m2 1223 in Tripoli BOHEMOND V of Antioch and
m3 RALPH of Soissons
Helvs m RAYMOND-ROUPEN s of RAYMOND (who was s of BOHEMOND II prince
of Antioch) by Alice of Armenia heir of Toron -> (Maria m PHILIP of MONTFORT
Ld TYRE)
Son (-2 Feb 1205 an infant)
Sibylla m LEO II of Armenia (no recorded issue)
Melisende m 1218 BOHEMOND IV (-Mar 1233) (his m2) of Antioch (-> Maria
(-aft 1307) who challenged HUGH III claim to the throne of Cyprus, then
sold her claim to CHARLES of Anjou) Maria (-young) m WALTER IV (-aft 1205)
Ct of LECCE and BRIENNE s of WALTER III (-aft 1205) c of LECCE and BRIENNE
by Alberia of Sicily of Brienne (-> HUGH of Brienne who moved to Athens)
HENRY I (mid 1216-18 Jan 1253); Corpulent; In 1225 crowned K
of Cyprus, but did not rule until he was 15; m1 Alice of Montferrat (no
issue) m2 Stephanie of Lampron (no issue) m3 Plaisance (-Sep 1261) of Antioch;
regent of Cyprus
Isabella (-1264 Cyprus) m HENRY s of BOHEMOND IV (-Mar 1233) Pr of Antioch
and Ct of TRIPOLI by Plaisance Embriaco of Jebail (his m1) -> (HUGH III
(see note) and Margaret m JOHN of MONTFORT)
The issue of Isabel and Henry of Antioch were also called LUSIGNAN and
were:
HUGH III (bfr 1252-) of Cyprus (crowned 25 Dec 1267) and I of
Jerusalem (crowned 24 Sep 1269) m Isabella of Ibelin d of GUY Constable
of Cyprus and left:
i. BOHEMOND;
ii. JOHN I of Jm & Cyp;
iii. HENRY I of Jm and II of Cyp m Constance of Aragon;
iv AMALRIC Ld Tyre m Isabella of Armenia (-> Royal House of Armenia)
v. GUY m Eschiva of Ibelin (see below);
vi. Maria m JAMES II of Aragon;
vii. Margaret m THOROS III of Armenia;
viii. Alice m Balian of Ibelin and
ix. Isabella m Oshin of Armenia.
Issue of GUY and Esciva
a. Isabella m EUDES of DAMPIERRE:
b. HUGH II of Jm and IV of Cyp m1 Maria of Ibelin and left GUY Pr of
Galilee who m Maria of Bourbon and left: HUGH Pr of Galilee.
HUGH II & IV m2 Alice of Ibelin and left:
A. PETER I of Jm & Cyp m1 Eschiva of Montfort leaving
PETER II and Margaret who m her cousin JAMES Ct of Tripoli.
PETER I m2 Eleanor of Aragon
B. JOHN Pr of Antioch who left JAMES Ct of Tripoli. JAMES m his cousin
Margaret
C. JAMES I of Jm & Cyp m Heloise of Brunswick (-> Royal House of
Jm & Cyp.)
HUGH II (1252-1267) of Cyprus m Isabella of Ibelin d of JOHN
II of Beirut by Alice de la Roche of Athens. Isabella m2 HAMO L'ESTRANGE,
m3 NICHOLAS L'ALEMAN and m4 WILLIAM BARLAIS
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QUERIES
In ca 10th century ALFONSO ct EU m Marie de Lusignan. How does this
Marie fit in?
History of Herefordshire by John Edwin Cussans states that: Peter de
Valance (l 1093) of Northaw manor, Herts. This manor was granted to him
by the Abbot (-1093) and Monks of St Albans, who had owned it in 1066,
limited to the life time of the Abbot but Peter refused to give it up on
the Abbots death as did his son Roger and grand-son Peter. How do these
de Valences fit in?
In O'Hart's Irish pedigrees, it is claimed that Geoffrey de Lusignan
was the ancestors of the Browne's of counties Galway and Mayo. I don't
know how much truth there is in this claim. The Pedigree given therein
starts as follows:
GEOFFREY (or Godfrey) left:
Sir HUGH le Brun one of the Lords of the Marches of Wales had:
Sir STEPHEN m Eva sister of GRIFFITH Pr of Wales. Sir Stephen and his
sons supported King STEPHEN against the Empress Maud, and left three sons:
I. Hugh the eldest son, having rendered important services to King Henry
II on his invasion of Wales, was permitted by that Monarch to inherit the
father's large estates, but
II. Philip and III. William having distinguished themselves in the Civil
Wars against Henry were, to escape his resentment, obliged to join in the
invasion of Ireland, in 1170, in which year Sir Philip, of Mulrankan, was
appointed Governor of Wexford. The Brownes of Mulrankan remained in Wexford
till their property was confiscated in the Commonwealth period, under the
pretence that WILLIAM of Mulrankan had joined in the War of 1641. Sir Philip
of Mulrankan is said to have been the ancestor of the Matthew Browne of
Mulrankan, from whose son, Sir John Browne, are descended Lord Kilmaine
and the Marquis of Sligo.
3. Sir William: youngest son of Sir Stephen; landed in Ireland with
the Earl Marshal; went against Dublin, then in possession of the Danes,
and settled near Clondalkin. One of his descendants Fromond le Brun, was
Chancellor of Ireland in 1230, 1259, and 1272 Sir William had two sons
I. Sir Nicholas and II. Walter, of whom presently. Sir William and his
son Sir Nicholas were witnesses to the foundation Charter of Dunbrody Abbey,
co. Wexford, in 1182. [In c1182 Hervey de Montmorency granted its charter
and his nephew Herlewin Bishop of Leighlin was a benefactor]
4. Walter; second son of Sir William; had:
5. Sir Stephen, who had two sons: I. Stephen, who settled in Meath:
and II. Sir David.
6. Sir David: second son of Sir Stephen, was companion-in-arms of Rickard
de Burgo, the Red Earl of Ulster, with whom he was connected by marriage,
and obtained extensive possessions near Athenry, the capital of the Anglo-Norman
settlers in Connaught. He died at David's Castle; having with his son Aymer
built the Castle of Carrabrowne, in Oranmore.
7. Stephen: son of Sir David; was at the Battle of Athenry in 1316;
and Dundalk in 1318, in which he was engaged under Richard, the fourth
Lord Athenry, and his brother Sir John Bermingham, the first Earl of Louth.
He m. Katherine de Bermingham, dau. of Lord Athenry, and with daughters
had four sons: I. Henry, of whom presently. II. John of Stradbally. III.
Robert. IV. William.
8. Henry, of Ballydavid: eldest son of Stephen; joined his relatives
the Berminghams in the Civil Wars between the Anglo-Irish Nobles, and subsequently
accompanied the Earl of Kildare to France, where he joined the Forces of
Edward III. On his return he m. Christian, dau. of Sir. Ambrose Browne,
of Kent, and had with other issue: .... etc.
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