Raoul I of Lusignan
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 (c. 1141 – 1169), and wife, Orengarde N, who died in 1169, and the 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 first married, c. 1210, Marguerite de Courtenay. They had no children and the marriage was annulled sometime before 1213.
In September 1213, he married Alix d'Eu, 8th Countess of Eu and 4th Lady of Hastings (c. 1191 – La Mothe-Saint-Heray, Poitou, May 14 or 15, 1246). They had at least two children:
- Mahaut or Maud de Lusignan (c. 1210 – August 14, 1241, buried at Llanthony, Gloucester), who married c. 1236 Humphrey de Bohun, 2nd Earl of Hereford, 1st Earl of Essex and Constable of England.
- Raoul II de Lusignan
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