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Geoffrey was obliged to take the Cross as penance for his rebellious behavior, after which he went to the Holy Land, which he reached in 1188.His brother, Guy of Lusignan, had meanwhile risen to become King of Jerusalem, an almost unheard-of career leap which, according to the Chronicle of Ernoul, Geoffrey mockingly commented: "Next, he wants to become God!"
Robert de Lusignan, died young c. 1150; Geoffrey of Lusignan (bef. 1150 – May, 1216), [2] Seigneur of Moncontour and Seigneur de Soubise, Seigneur de Vouvent, de Mervent by first marriage, Count of Jaffa and Ascalon on July 28, 1191 (he relinquished these titles upon his return from the Holy Land in 1193), who fought in the Siege of Acre.
The Duke of Aquitaine and Count of Poitiers William the Great practiced a policy of balance (with a lot of duplicity) between Raoul and the Sire de Lusignan to neutralize them. William wrecked a marriage between the daughter of Raoul and Hugh de Lusignan by offering the latter the widow of Parthenay Josselin I (who had left an infant son). But ...
The House of Lusignan (/ ˈ l uː z ɪ n. j ɒ n / LOO-zin-yon; French:) was a royal house of French origin, which at various times ruled several principalities in Europe and the Levant, including the kingdoms of Jerusalem, Cyprus, and Armenia, from the 12th through the 15th centuries during the Middle Ages.
Guy de Lusignan (d. 1264), seigneur of Couhé, Cognac, and Archiac in 1249, killed at the Battle of Lewes. [citation needed] [c] Geoffrey de Lusignan (d. 1274), seigneur of Jarnac, married in 1259 Jeanne de Châtellerault, Vicomtess of Châtellerault (d. 16 May 1315) and had issue: Eustachie de Lusignan (d.
Guy of Lusignan (c. 1225 – 1264), killed at the Battle of Lewes. (Tufton Beamish maintains that he escaped to France after the Battle of Lewes and died there in 1269.) Geoffrey of Lusignan (c. 1226 – 1274). Married in 1259 Jeanne, Viscountess of Châtellerault, by whom he had issue. Isabella of Lusignan (c. 1226/
Sibylla of Jerusalem, 1176–1186, with her husbands William of Montferrat (1176–1177) and Guy of Lusignan (1180–1186) Jaffa and Ascalon were occupied by the Ayyubids from 1187 to 1191. Geoffrey of Lusignan (1191–1193), brother of Guy of Lusignan; Aimery of Lusignan, brother of Guy of Lusignan, 1193–1198
996–1015: Geoffrey, also Count of Brionne, ... Arms of the Lusignan Counts of Eu. 1213–1217/19 Raoul I of Lusignan, Seigneur of Exoudun, husband of Alix, ...