Lady Sybil's Choice: A Tale of the Crusades

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by Emily Sarah Holt


  *III. HOUSE OF LUSIGNAN.*

  It will be perceived from the following table, that in the story, thethree Williams, sons of Count Geoffrey, have been made into one; andthat the sisters, Alix and Elaine, are fictitious characters.

  The House of Lusignan begins about A.D. 900, with Hugues I., surnamed_Le Veneur_. Eighth in descent from him we find--

  Hugues VIII., died 1164. _Married_--

  Bourgogne, daughter of Geoffroy de Rancon.

  _Issue_:--

  1. Hugues IX, _died_ 1206. _Married_--

  Mahaud, daughter of Wulgrain III., Count of Angouleme.

  2. GEOFFROY, COUNT DE LA MARCHE, living 1210. [Character imaginary.]_Married_--

  (A) Eustacie de Chabot.

  (B) Clemence, daughter of Hugues Viscount de Chatelherault. [Characterimaginary.]

  _Issue of Hugues IX. and Mahaud_:--

  Hugues X., le Brun: _killed_ at Massoura, 1249. _Married_--

  Isabelle, Countess of Angouleme, and widow of John King of England;_mar._ 1217-21; _died_ 1246.

  [From this marriage sprang the House of Valence, Earls of Pembroke,famous in English history.]

  _Issue of Count Geoffroy and Eustacie_:--

  1. GUILLAUME, surnamed _a la grande dent_, _died_ issueless before 1250._Married_--

  UMBERGE, daughter of the Viscount de Limoges. [Character imaginary.]

  2. GUILLAUME, Lord of Mairevant. _Married_--

  [Unknown.]

  3. GUILLAUME de Valence, _died_ 1170.

  4. GUY, Count of Jaffa and Ascalon: _crowned_ King of Jerusalem, Sept.1186; _died Sept._, 1193-6. [See the previous article.]

  5. AMAURY, _died_ 1205. _Married_--

  (A) ESCHINE, daughter of Beaudouin d'Ibellin, Lord of Rames; _died_1193. [Character imaginary.]

  (B) ISABEL I., Queen of Jerusalem. [See last article.]

  6. RAOUL d'Issoudun, _d._ 1218-9. _Married_, before Aug. 31, 1199.

  Alice, Countess of Eu: living Sept. 19, 1119.

  _Issue of Guillaume Lord of Mairevant_:--

  1. VALENCE, _mar._ Hugues, Lord of Parthenay.

  2. Elise, or Aline, _mar._ Bartholome, Lord de La Haye.

  _Issue of Amaury and Eschine_:--

  1. GUY, _died_ young.

  2. Jean, _died_ young.

  3. HUGUES, _died_ 1219. _Married_--

  Alix I., Queen of Jerusalem. [See last article]

  4. Bourgogne, _mar._ Gaultier de Montbelliard.

  5. HELOISE, _mar._ (1) Eudes de Dampierre; (2) Rupin, Prince of Antioch.

  [For issue of Amaury and Queen Isabel, see last article.]

 

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