Raoul I de Lusignan, Count of Eu^{[1, 2]}

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• Name	Raoul I de Lusignan
  Suffix	Count of Eu
  Born		France, 1180
  Gender	Male
  Title	Exoudun, Deux-Sèvres, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
  	Seigneur d'Exoudun
  Title	Mothe-Saint-Héray, Deux-Sèvres, Poitou-Charentes, France
  	Seigneur de la Mothe-Saint-Héray
  Title	Melle, Deux-Sèvres, Poitou-Charentes, France
  	Seigneur de Melle
  Title	Aug 1194	Eu, Seine-Maritime, Upper Normandy, France   [3]
  	Count of Eu
  Also Known As	Raoul d'Exoudun; Ralph
  Died	1 May 1219	Melle, Deux-Sèvres, Poitou-Charentes, France
  Person ID	I13325	Dickinson
  Last Modified	28 Jun 2019

  
  

  Father	Huges IX de Lusignan,   d. Before 16 Mar 1169
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Douce
  Relationship	Birth
  Family ID	F4563	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Alix d'Eu, Countess d'Eu, Lady Hastings,   d. May 1246, La Mothe Saint Héray, Poitou-Charentes, France
  Married	1194
  Children	+ 1. Raoul II de Lusignan, Count of Eu,   d. 1 Sep 1246 + 2. Mathilde de Lusignan, Countess Hereford and Essex,   d. 14 Aug 1241  [Birth]
  Last Modified	28 Jun 2019
  Family ID	F4000	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Title - Seigneur d'Exoudun - - Exoudun, Deux-Sèvres, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France Title - Seigneur de la Mothe-Saint-Héray - - Mothe-Saint-Héray, Deux-Sèvres, Poitou-Charentes, France Title - Seigneur de Melle - - Melle, Deux-Sèvres, Poitou-Charentes, France Title - Count of Eu - Aug 1194 - Eu, Seine-Maritime, Upper Normandy, France Died - 1 May 1219 - Melle, Deux-Sèvres, Poitou-Charentes, France  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S336463] Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families, Charles Cawley, (Online: The Foundation for Medieval Genealogy at http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/, 20XX), http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/NORMAN%20NOBILITY.htm#RaoulLusignanIssoudundied1219. [S336470] Wikipedia, (Online: https://en.wikipedia.org), "Raoul I of Lusignan", http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/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 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." [S422] Richard I (English Monarchs Series), John Gillingham, (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1999), 293.