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After the duke of Berry's death, Lusignan became briefly the property of John, Dauphin of France (died May 1417) and then passed to his brother, Charles, the future Charles VII. First the village, then the town of Lusignan, grew up beneath the castle gates, along the slope.
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.
Coat of arms of the lords of Lusignan. Hugh X of Lusignan (Hugh I of Angoulême) (1219–1249). [25] His father, Hugh IX of Lusignan, was married to Mathilde of Angoulême, daughter of Wulgrin III Taillefer (see above) Hugh XI of Lusignan (II of Angoulême) (1246–1250) Hugh XII of Lusignan (III of Angoulême) (1250–1270)
When Duke William VIII of Aquitaine, Hugh's suzerain, was at war with William IV of Toulouse, Almodis persuaded Hugh to join her son's side. [1] The duke besieged Lusignan and when Hugh tried to sortie for provisions, he was slain at the gate. [1] He was succeeded by his eldest son, also named Hugh.
Anne of Cyprus (or Anne de Lusignan) (24 September 1418 – 11 November 1462) was a Duchess of Savoy by marriage to Louis, Duke of Savoy.She was the daughter of King Janus of Cyprus [1] and Charlotte of Bourbon; [2] and a member of the Poitiers-Lusignan crusader dynasty.
Alice of Lusignan (died May 1290), [10] married in 1253 as his first wife, Gilbert de Clare, 6th Earl of Gloucester, by whom she had two daughters. Marie of Lusignan (1242- after 11 July 1266), married Robert de Ferrers, 6th Earl of Derby. [11] She died childless. Isabelle of Lusignan, Dame de Belleville (1248–1304), married Maurice de Belleville
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!"
Hugh VIII of Lusignan [2] William de Lusignan, Lord of Angles [3] Rorgo de Lusignan [2] Simon de Lusignan, Seigneur de Lezay, fl. 1144, married before 1173 NN, the parents of: Guillaume I de Lusignan, Lord of Lezay, who died unmarried and without issue; Simon II de Lusignan (Deux Sèvres, bef. 1180 – 1200), Lord of Lezay, [3] married before ...