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He was the fifth son of Hugh VIII of Lusignan and his wife, Burgundia of Rancon. [3] [4] His family had been noted for generations of crusaders in their native Poitou. His great-grandfather, Hugh VI of Lusignan, died in the Battle of Ramla in 1102; Aimery's grandfather, Hugh VII of Lusignan, took part in the Second Crusade. [5]
With his wife called Aremburge (or Ascelin), he had two children, Thibault Aimery and Aldegarde (Audéarde, Aldiarde), wife of Hugh IV of Lusignan. 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.
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.
Aimery of Poitiers-Lusignan (French: Aimery de Lusignan; (1275 – 1316), was a Cypriot nobleman. He was a member of the House of Poitiers-Lusignan , as he was the son of king Hugh III of Cyprus . He held the position of Constable of Cyprus in 1303.
Aimery I de Châtellerault ... Aimery was born to Boson II de Châtellerault and his wife, Aleanor de Thouars. ... Sidney (1955). "The Houses of Lusignan and ...
Galeran de Lusignan; Ænor or Aénor de Lusignan (b. c. 1130), married before 1144 Geoffrey or Geoffroy V de Thouars (c. 1120 – aft. 1176), Vicomte de Thouars, son of Aimery VI de Thouars, Vicomte de Thouars, and wife Agnes=Mathilde de Poitiers; He is mentioned by troubadour Jaufre Rudel in the envoi of "Quan lo rius de la fontana": [4]
Hugh was the youngest of the three sons of Aimery of Lusignan, Lord of Cyprus, and his first wife, Eschiva of Ibelin. [2] He was born between around 1194/1195 and 1199. [2] [3] Shortly after his birth, he lost his mother. [4]
Sibylla of Lusignan (or Sibylle de Lusignan) (October/November 1198 – c. 1230 or 1252) was a queen consort of Armenia. She was the daughter of King Aimery of Cyprus and Queen Isabella I of Jerusalem . [ 1 ]