The Genealogy of the house of lusignan
the House of Lusignan
Les Très Riches Heures du duc de Berry, produced by John, Duke of Berry, featuring Melusine flying above the Castle 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. The family originated in Poitou, near Lusignan in western France, in the early tenth century. By the end of the 11th century, the family had risen to become the most prominent petty lords in the region from their castle at Lusignan. The caslte was constructed in the region of Poitou, occupying a natural strongpoint, a narrow promontory that overlooked steep valleys on either side. It was already so impressive in the twelfth century that a legend developed to the effect that its founder had faery aid, in the guise of the water spirit Melusine, who built it and its church through her arts, as a gift for her husband Raymondin. A similar legend of Melusine was adopted by the House of Luxembourg, which included John, Duke of Berry, who requested that Jean d’Arras write the Roman de Mélusine or the Chronique de Melusine part of Le Noble Hystoire de Lusignan.
In the late twelth century, through marriages and inheritance, a cadet branch of the family came to control the kingdoms of Jerusalem and Cyprus. In the early thirteenth century, the main branch succeeded in the Counties of La Marche and Angoulême. As Crusader kings in the Latin East, they soon had connections with the Hethumid rulers of the Kingdom of Cilicia, which they inherited through marriage in the mid-fourteenth century. The Armenian branch fled to France, and eventually Russia, after the Mamluk conquest of their kingdom. The claim was taken by the Cypriot branch, until their line failed. This kingdom was annexed by the Republic of Venice in the late fifteenth century. The kingdom of Cyprus and Jerusalem was afterwards claimed by the House of Savoy.
GUILLAUME OF GELLONE + Cunegonde
Bernard of Septimania + Dhuoda (possible daughter of Sancho I of Gascony)
William
Bernard Plantapilosa + Ermengard
William I of Aquitaine (founder of the ABBEY OF CLUNY)
Heribert of Toulouse
Cunigunda of Gellone + Bernard of Italy
Pepin, Count of Vermandoisfuilk + Cunigunde
Cunegundis + Guy de Senlis
Poppa of Bayeux + ROLLO THE VIKING
Herbert I, Count of Vermandois + Bertha
Beatrice + Robert I of France (succeeded the overthrown Carolingian king Charles the Simple, who had succeeded Robert’s brother, king Odo)
Hugh the Great + Hedwig of Saxony (see below)
Adele of France + Herbert II of Vermandois
Robert of Vermandois + Adelaide-Werra de Chalon
Adela of Vermandois + Geoffrey I, Count of Anjou (son of Fulk II of Anjou + Gerberge)
Ermengarde of Anjou + Conan I of Rennes (endowed Mont Saint-Michel and final resting place)
Geoffrey I, Duke of Brittany + Hawise of Normandy (see below)
Ermengarde of Anjou + William II of Angoulême
Fulk III of Anjou + Hildegarde of Sundgau
Ermengarde of Anjou + Geoffrey II, Count of Gâtinais (see above)
Fulk IV, Count of Anjou + Bertrade de Montfort
Fulk, King of Jerusalem + Ermengarde, Countess of Maine
Geoffrey V, Count of Anjou + Empress Matilda (see above)
Henry II of England + ELEANOR OF AQUITAINE
Henry the Young King
RICHARD LIONHEART + Berengaria of Navarre (d. of Sancho VI of Navarre and Sancha of Castile, d. of Alfonso VII of León and Castile)
Eleanor + ALFONSO VIII OF LEON AND CASTILE (see below)
Blanche of Castile + Louis VIII of France
Joan + William II of Sicily (g-s of Roger II of Sicily and Elvira of Castile, d. of Alfonso VI of Leon and Castile) and later Raymond VI, Count of Toulouse
John, King of England + Isabella of Angoulême
Henry III of England + Eleanor of Provence
Edward I of England + Eleanor of Castile
Eleanor of England, Countess of Bar + Henry III, Count of Bar
Isabella + Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor
Fulk, King of Jerusalem + Melisende (d. of Baldwin II of Jerusalem + Morphia of Melitene, of the SKULL OF SIDON LEGEND)
Bertha of Toulouse + Pepin of Italy (see above)
Aeda of Italy (step-sister of Bernard of Italy) + Billung of Thuringia
Oda Billung + Liudolf of Saxony
Otto I the Illustrious + Hedwig of Babenberg
Henry the Fowler + Saint Matilda
Hedwig of Saxony + Hugh the Great (see above)
Hugh Capet (elected as the successor of the last Carolingian king, Louis V. First king from the House of Capet, who ruled the Kingdom of France from 987 to 1328) + Adelaide of Aquitaine
OTTO THE GREAT, HOLY ROMAN EMPEROR (first of the Ottonian dynasty) + Eadgyth (see above)
Liutgard of Saxony + Conrad, Duke of Lorraine
Otto I, Duke of Carinthia + Judith of Carinthia
Pope Gregory V
Conrad I, Duke of Carinthia
Henry of Speyer + Adelaide of Metz
Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor (fisrt of Salian dynasty) + Gisela of Swabia
Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor + Agnes of Poitou (see above)
Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor (involved in Investiture Controversy with Pope Calixtus II) + Bertha of Savoy (see Genealogy of the House of Savoy)
Agnes of Waiblingen + Frederick I, Duke of Swabia
Frederick II, Duke of Swabia + Judith of Bavaria
Frederick Barbarossa (first of Hohenstaufen dynasty) + Beatrice I, Countess of Burgundy (see above)
Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor + Constance (d. of Roger II of Sicily and Rethel)
Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor (whose birth was confirmed by JOACHIM OF FIORE as the fulfillment of the prophecy of Merlin and the Erythraean Sibyl) + Isabella II of Jerusalem (see below)
Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor + Bianca Lancia
Manfred, King of Sicily + Beatrice of Savoy
Constance of Sicily + Peter III of Aragon (see below)
Bertha (sometimes called Judith) + Matthias I, Duke of Lorraine (see above)
Conrad III of Germany
Agnes of Waiblingen + Leopold III of Austria
Agnes of Babenberg + Wladyslaw II of Poland
Richeza of Poland + ALFONSO VII OF LEON AND CASTILE
Sancha of Castile + ALFONSO II OF ARAGON
PETER II OF ARAGON (killed at the BATTLE OF MURET supporting CATHARS, founder of the ORDER OF SAINT GEORGE OF ALFAMA) + Marie of Montpellier
JAMES I OF ARAGON (raised by TEMPLARS) + Violant of Hungary (see below)
Judith of Babenberg + Marquess William V of Montferrat (see Genealogy of Marquises and Dukes of Montferrat) (see below)
Conrad II of Italy
Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor (last of Salian dynasty) + Matilda of England (sister of David I of Scotland, later married Geoffrey V, Count of Anjou)
OTTO THE GREAT, HOLY ROMAN EMPEROR + Adelaide of Italy (close to Odilo of Cluny)
Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor + Theophanu (niece of Byzantine Emperor John I Tzimiskes)
Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor
Henry I, Duke of Bavaria + Judith, Duchess of Bavaria
Henry II, Duke of Bavaria + Gisela of Burgundy (daughter of Conrad I of Burgundy)
Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor (last of Ottonian dynasty) + Saint Cunigunde of Luxembourg
Gerberga of Saxony + Gilbert, Duke of Lorraine
Gilbert of Roucy + daughter of the Duke of Aquitaine, William III “Towhead”
Yvette de Roucy + Manasses II of Rethel
Manasses III of Rethel + Judith (see below)
Doda + Godfrey III, Duke of Lower Lorraine
Godfrey IV, Duke of Lower Lorraine
Ida of Lorraine + Eustace II, Count of Boulogne
GODFREY OF BOUILLON (leader of the PRINCES’ CRUSADE)
BALDWIN I, KING OF JERUSALEM
EUSTACE III + Matilda of Scotland (sister of David I of Scotland, patron of the TEMPLARS)
Matilda I, Countess of Boulogne + (see below)
Judith + Manasses III of Rethel
Hugh I of Rethel + Melisende
BALDWIN II OF JERUSALEM (authorized founding of TEMPLARS) + MORPHIA OF ARMENIA (SKULL OF SIDON LEGEND)
Melisende, Queen of Jerusalem + FULK, KING OF JERUSALEM
Baldwin III of Jerusalem + Theodora Komnene
Amalric of Jerusalem + Agnes of Courtenay
Baldwin IV of Jerusalem
Sibylla of Jerusalem + GUY OF LUSIGNAN (see below)
Amalric of Jerusalem + Maria Comnena (daughter of John Doukas Komnenos, grandson of Byzantine Emperor John II Komnenos. Doux (military governor) of Cyprus)
Isabella I of Jerusalem + Conrad of Montferrat
Maria of Montferrat + John of Brienne
Isabella II of Jerusalem + FREDERICK II, HOLY ROMAN EMPEROR
Conrad II of Jerusalem
Isabella I of Jerusalem + Henry II of Champagne
Isabella I of Jerusalem + AIMERY OF JERUSALEM (see below)
Alice, Princess of Antioch + Bohemond II, Prince of Antioch (descendant of Robert Guiscard)
Constance of Antioch + Raynald of Châtillon
Agnes of Antioch (associated with Pontigny Abbey) + Bela III Arpad
Andrew II, King of Hungary + Yolanda de Courtenay
Violant of Hungary + JAMES I OF ARAGON (raised by Templars, see above)
Violant, Queen of Castile + Alfonso X of Castile (el Astrologo)
Peter III of Aragon + Constance of Sicily (see above)
Alfonso III of Aragon
JAMES II OF ARAGON (founder of the ORDER OF MONTESA) + Mary of Lusignan (see below)
Elizabeth, Queen of Portugal + DENIS I OF PORTUGAL (founder of the ORDER OF CHRIST)
FREDERICK III OF SICILY (hired Templar Roger de Flor) + Eleanor of Anjou
Constance of Sicily + HENRY II OF LUSIGHAN (see below)
James II of Majorca (student of Raymond Llull) + Esclaramunda of Foix (her grandfather was a cousin of Raymond-Roger Trencavel, identified with Perceval)
Andrew II, King of Hungary + Gertrude of Merania
Béla IV of Hungary + Maria Laskarina
Stephen V of Hungary + Elizabeth the Cuman (shamanist)
Mary of Hungary, Queen of Naples + CHARLES II OF NAPLES (see below)
Constance of Antioch + Raymond of Poitiers (s. of William IX, Duke of Aquitaine + Philippa of Toulouse, sister of Raymond IV of Toulouse)
Bohemond IV of Antioch + Plaisance Embriaco de Giblet
Henry of Antioch + Isabelle de Lusignan (see below)
Gerberga of Saxony + Louis IV of France
Lothair of France + Emma of Italy (d. of Lothair II of Italy + Adelaide of Italy)
Louis V of France (died childless as last Carolingian monarch in West Francia. Succeeded by Hugh Capet) + Adelaide-Blanche of Anjou (daughter of Fulk II of Anjou and Gerberga. Also married William I of Provence)
Arnulf of Reims
Matilda of France + Conrad I of Burgundy
Bertha + Odo I, Count of Blois (brother of Emma of Blois)
Theobald III, Count of Blois + Gersent of Le Mans
STEPHEN, COUNT OF BLOIS (leader of the Princes’ Crusade) + Adela, Countess of Blois (d. of William the Conqueror)
Theobald II of Champagne + Matilda of Carinthia
Henry I of Champagne + MARIE OF FRANCE (patron of Chretien de Troyes)
Henry II of Champagne + Isabella I of Jerusalem (see above)
Alice of Champagne + Hugh I of Cyprus (see below)
Philippa + Erard de Brienne-Ramerupt
Melisende de Lusignan + Bohemond IV of Antioce (see below)
Adela of Champagne + Louis VII of France (also married Eleanor of Aquitaine)
Louis VIII of France + Blanche of Castile (see above)
Louis IX of France (founded Order of the Ship and the Double Crescent) + Margaret of Provence
Philip III of France + Isabella of Aragon
Philip IV “le Bel” of France (ordered arrest of Templars) + Joan I of Navarre (g-d of Theobald IV of Champagne)
Isabella of France + Edward II of England
Edward III of England (founder of the Order of the Garter)
CHARLES OF ANJOU + Beatrice of Provence (see the Genealogy of the Kingdom of Naples)
Beatrice of Sicily + Philip I, Latin Emperor
Catherine + Charles, Count of Valois (son of Philip III of France + Isabella of Aragon)
Philip VI of France + Joan of Burgundy
John II of France + Bonne of Bohemia (sister of Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor, father of EMPEROR SIGISMUND, founder of the ORDER OF THE DRAGON. See the Genealogy of the House of Luxembourg)
CHARLES II OF NAPLES (discovered remains of Mary Madgalene at Saint-Maximin) + Mary of Hungary (see above)
Charles Martel, Prince of Salermo
CHARLES I OF HUNGARY (founder of the ORDER OF SAINT GEORGE) + Elizabeth of Poland
Louis I of Hungary + Margaret of Bohemia (Sigismund’s half-sister)
Louis I of Hungary + Elizabeth of Bosnia
Mary, Queen of Hungary + SIGISMUND, HOLY ROMAN EMPEROR, founder of the ORDER OF THE DRAGON)
Agnes of Champagne + Reginald II, Count of Bar
Theobald I, Count of Bar + Ermesinde (Isabella) of Bar-sur-Seine
Agnes + Frederick II, Duke of Lorraine
Henry II, Count of Bar + Philippa de Dreux (see above)
Margaret of Bar + Henry V, Count of Luxembourg (see above)
Henry VII, Holy Roman Emperor (first emperor since the death of Frederick II in 1250, ending the Great Interregnum. First emperor of the House of Luxembourg)
John the Blind, King of Bohemia + Elizabeth of Bohemia
Bonne of Bohemia + John II of France (see below, and the Genealogy of the House of Luxembourg)
Charles V of France
Louis I, Duke of Anjou
JOHN, DUKE OF BERRY (requested that Jean d’Arras write the Roman de Mélusine or the Chronique de Melusine part of Le Noble Hystoire de Lusignan) + Joanna of Armagnac
Bonne of Berry + Amadeus VII, Count of Savoy
AMADEUS VIII, DUKE OF SAVOY (antipope Felix V, elevated duke of Savoy by EMPEROR SIGISUMND) + Mary of Burgundy
PHILIP THE BOLD + Margaret III, Countess of Flanders
John the Fearless + Margaret of Bavaria
PHILIP THE GOOD (founder of the ORDER OF THE GOLDEN FLEECE) + Isabella of Portugal (sister of Prince Henry the Navigator, Grand Master of the ORDER OF CHRIST)
Mary of Burgundy + AMADEUS VIII, DUKE OF SAVOY
LOUIS, DUKE OF SAVOY + Anne of Lusignan (see below)
Joan, Queen of Navarre
MARIE OF VALOIS, Duchess of Bar + Robert I, Duke of Bar (see above)
Henry of Bar + Marie de Coucy, Countess of Soissons (d. of Enguerrand VII de Coucy, possible author of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight)
Yolande of Bar + John I of Aragon (s. of Peter IV of Aragon + Eleanor of Sicily)
Yolande of Aragon + Louis II of Anjou (see above)
Louis III of Anjou
Marie of Anjou + Charles VII of France (see above)
Louis XI of France + Charlotte of Savoy (see above)
Charles VIII of France + Anne of Brittany
RENE OF ANJOU (Grand Master of PRIORY OF SION) + Isabella, Duchess of Lorraine
Theobald II, Count of Bar + Jeanne de Toucy
Henry III, Count of Bar + Eleanor of England, Countess of Bar (see above)
Edward I, Count of Bar (Grand Master of the Priory of Sion)
Joan of Bar, Countess of Surrey (Grand Master of the Priory of Sion)
Matilda of Blois-Champagne + Rotrou IV, Count of Perche
Stephen, King of England + Matilda I, Countess of Boulogne (see above)
HENRY OF BLOIS, Abbot of Glastonbuy, Bishop of Winchester (author of Perlesvaus, and used Geoffrey of Monmouth as a nom de plume to write Historia Regum Britanniae, which was largely responsible for formulating the image of Arthur)
Theobald III, Count of Blois + Adela
Odo V, Count of Troyes
HUGH OF CHAMPAGNE (Founder of the Templars, in contact with RASHI)
Odo II, Count of Blois + Ermengarde of Auvergne
Bertha of Blois + Alan III of Brittany + (see above)
Conan II, Duke of Brittany
Agnes de Blois + Geoffrey II of Thouars
Aimery IV of Thouars + Aremgarde
Hildegarde + Hugh VI of Lusignan (son of Hugh V of Lusignan and Almodis de la Marche)
Hugh VII of Lusignan + Sarrasine
Hugh VIII of Lusignan + Burgundia of Rancon
Hugh de Lusignan + Orengarde
Hugh X of Lusignan + Isabella of Angoulême
GUY OF LUSIGNAN + Sibylla of Jerusalem (see below)
AIMERY OF JERUSALEM + Isabella I of Jerusalem
Sibylla of Cyprus + Leo I of Armenia
Isabella, Queen of Armenia + Hethum I, king of Cilician Armenia
Euphemia + Julian of Sidon
Sybilla + Prince Bohemond VI of Antioch
Leo II, King of Armenia + Keran of Lampron
Oshin, King of Armenia
Melisende de Lusignan + Bohemond IV of Antioce
Marie of Antioch (sold title of King of Jerusalem to CHARLES I OF ANJOU)
AIMERY OF JERUSALEM + Eschiva of Ibelin
Hugh I of Cyprus + Alice of Champagne
Isabelle de Lusignan + Henry of Antioch (see above)
Hugh III of Cyprus + Isabella of Ibelin
HENRY II OF LUSIGNAN + Constance of Sicily (see above)
Amalric of Lusignan + Isabella of Armenia (d. of Leo II)
Guy of Lusignan
John of Lusignan + Soldane Bagrationi of Georgia
Leo V (last Latin king of the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia) + Marguerite de Soissons
Mary of Lusignan + JAMES II OF ARAGON (see above)
Guy, Constable of Cyprus + Eschiva of Ibelin, Lady of Beirut
Hugh IV of Cyprus + Alix of Ibelin
John of Lusignan
James I of Cyprus, + Helvis of Brunswick-Grubenhagen
Janus of Cyprus + Charlotte of Bourbon
John II of Cyprus + Helena Palaiologina (see genealogy of the Marquises and Dukes of Montferrat)
Charlotte, Queen of Cyprus (last of the line of Lusignan) + Louis of Cyprus
ANNE OF LUSIGNAN + LOUIS, DUKE OF SAVOY (see above)