Raoul, I of Lusignan

Abt 1164 - 1219  (~ 55 years)

• Name	Raoul , I of Lusignan  [1]
  Suffix	I of Lusignan
  Born	Abt 1164  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Died	01 May 1219	Melle   [2]
  Notes	Raoul d'Exoudun, 7th Comte d'Eu was the son of Hugues VIII de Lusignan, Sire de Lusignan and Orengarde. He married Alice d'Eu, Comtesse d'Eu, daughter of Henry d'Eu, 6th Comte d'Eu and Mahant de Warenne, before 1190. He gained the title of 7th Comte d'Eu. He was also known as Ralph d'Issoudun. Raoul I of Lusignan or Raoul I de Lusignan (1160 or 1164/1165 - Acre, Palestine, 1217 or Melle, May 1, 1219), was the second son of Hugues de Lusignan, Co-Seigneur de Lusignan in 1164 (c. 1141 - 1169), and wife, married before 1162, Orengarde N, who died in 1169, and grandson of Hugh VIII. He became Seigneur d'Issoudun before 1200, Count of Eu by marriage, Seigneur de Melle, de Chize, de Civray and de La Mothe. He was buried at the Priory of Fontblanche, in Exoudun. He married firstly c. 1210 (annulled before 1213) Marguerite de Courtenay (1194 - Marienthal, July 17, 1270 and buried there), Dame de Chateauneuf-sur-Cher and Margravine of Namur (1229-1237), daughter of Peter II of Courtenay and second wife Yolande of Namur, Margravine of Namur, without issue. He later married, in September 1213, Alix d'Eu, 8th Countess of Eu and 4th Lady of Hastings (c. 1191 - La Mothe-Saint-Heray, Poitou, May 14 or 15, 1246), daughter of Henri d'Eu (d. by March 17, 1183 or 1190/1191), 7th Comte d'Eu and 3rd Lord of Hastings and wife as her first husband Mathilde or Maud de Warenne (c. 1162 - c. 1212 or by December 13, 1228), and had at least two children: Mahaut or Maud de Lusignan (c. 1210 - August 14, 1241, buried at Llanthony, Gloucester), married c. 1236 as her first husband Humphrey de Bohun, 2nd Earl of Hereford and 1st Earl of Essex on April 28, 1228 and Constable of England (bef. 1208 - Warwickshire, September 24, 1275, buried at Llanthony, Gloucester), and had issue. Raoul II de Lusignan
  Person ID	I639	Bosdet Genealogy
  Last Modified	16 May 2013

  
  

  Father	Hugh, VIII of Lusignan,   b. Poitou, France ,   d. Aft 13 Aug 1165, Holy Land
  Relationship	Natural
  Mother	Orengarde,   d. 1169
  Relationship	Natural
  Family ID	F706	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Alice d'Eu, Comtesse d'Eu,   d. Between 13 and 15 May 1246, La Mothe-Saint-Heray, Poitou, France
  Married	Bef 1190  [2]
  Children	1. Guarin d'Eu   2. Maud de Lusignan,   b. Abt 1210,   d. 14 Aug 1241  (Age ~ 31 years)   3. Raoul d'Eu, 8th Comte d'Eu
  Family ID	F181	Group Sheet

  
  

• Sources

  [S174] Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raoul_I_of_Lusignan. [S202] Plantagenet Ancestry, Douglas Richardson, (Name: Genealogical Publishing Company; Location: Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A.; Date: 2004;).