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The House of Lusignan ( / ˈluːzɪn.jɒn / LOO-zin-yon; French: [lyziɲɑ̃]) 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.
Lusignan Family, noble family of Poitou (a province of western France) that provided numerous crusaders and kings of Jerusalem, Cyprus, and Lesser Armenia. A branch of the family became counts of La Marche and Angoulême and played a role in precipitating the baronial revolt in England against King.
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The Lusignans were among the French nobles who made great careers in the Crusades. An ancestor of the later Lusignan dynasty in the Holy Land, Hugh VI of Lusignan, was killed in the east during the Crusade of 1101. Another Hugh arrived in the 1160s and was captured in a battle with Nur ad-Din.
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Dec 19, 2020 · About Aymar of Lusignan, Bishop of Winchester. Aymer de Lusignan, Bishop of Winchester was born on 1222 in Lusignan, Vienne, Poitou-Chantres, France to Hugh X de Lusignan, Count de la March and Isabella D'Angouleme de Lusignan. Aymer never married as he became Bishop of Winchester.
Feb 17, 2011 · The crisis of 1204. John can be credited with both winning and losing his inheritance at least twice over. In both cases, the key lay with the family of Lusignan in Poitou. John's energetic ...
Aymer de Lusignan. views 1,890,884 updated. AYMER DE LUSIGNAN. Bishop of Winchester, one of King Henry III 's Poitevin favorites; d. Paris, Dec. 4, 1260. He was the younger son of Isabella, widow of King John, by Hugh X, Count of La Marche, and thus a half-brother of Henry III. Aymer went to England in 1247 and studied at Oxford.
the House of Lusignan. The House of Lusignan 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 twelth through the fifteenth centuries during the Middle Ages. It also had great influence in England and France.
