Biography of Guy I King Jerusalem 1150-1194

Paternal Family Tree: Lusignan

1168 Eleanor Ambushed by Guy de Lusignan

1191 Richard I arrives Limasol

Around 1150 Guy I King Jerusalem was born to [his father] Hugh VIII of Lusignan and [his mother] Bourgogne Dame de Fontenay Taillebourg Countess Lusignan at Lusignan.

In 1151 [his father] Hugh VIII of Lusignan succeeded VIII Seigneur of Lusignan.

Eleanor Ambushed by Guy de Lusignan

On 27th March 1168 Eleanor of Aquitaine Queen Consort Franks and England and her party were ambushed by brothers Guy I King Jerusalem and Geoffrey Lusignan.

Patrick of Salisbury 1st Earl Salisbury was killed. He was buried at the Church of St Hilary, Poitiers. His son William succeeded 2nd Earl Salisbury.

William Marshal 1st Earl Pembroke held off the enemy, was wounded and captured whilst Eleanor escaped. Eleanor subsequently paid his ransom.

Around 1170 [his father] Hugh VIII of Lusignan died. His grandson Hugh succeeded IX Seigneur of Lusignan.

In August 1186 [his step-son] Baldwin V King Jerusalem died. His mother [his wife] Sibylla succeeded Queen Jerusalem.

In August 1186 [his brother-in-law] Baldwin IV King Jerusalem died at Jerusalem [Map]. He was buried in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre [Map]. His nephew [his step-son] Baldwin succeeded V King Jerusalem.

In August 1186 Guy I King Jerusalem was appointed I King Jerusalem.

In August 1186 Guy I King Jerusalem and Sibylla Anjou Queen Jerusalem were married. She the daughter of Almaric I King Jerusalem and Agnes Courtenay Queen Jerusalem.

Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke

Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson.

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In 1190 Conrad of Montferrat King of Jerusalem and [his sister-in-law] Isabella Anjou Queen Jerusalem were married; see Ralph of Coggeshall. The difference in their ages was 26 years. She the daughter of Almaric I King Jerusalem and Maria Komnenos Queen Jerusalem.

In 1190 [his wife] Sibylla Anjou Queen Jerusalem died. Her half sister [his sister-in-law] Isabella succeeded Queen Jerusalem.

Richard I arrives Limasol

On 1st May 1191 King Richard "Lionheart" I of England arrived in Limassol [Map] where he met with Guy I King Jerusalem.

On 18th July 1194 Guy I King Jerusalem died at Nicosia. His brother Almaric succeeded II King Jerusalem.

In or before 1177 William Montferrat and Sibylla Anjou Queen Jerusalem were married. She the daughter of Almaric I King Jerusalem and Agnes Courtenay Queen Jerusalem.

[his father] Hugh VIII of Lusignan and [his mother] Bourgogne Dame de Fontenay Taillebourg Countess Lusignan were married. She by marriage Seigneur of Lusignan. He the son of [his grandfather] Hugh "Brown" VII of Lusignan II Count of La Marche and [his grandmother] Saracine Lezay Countess Lusignan and La Marche.

Ancestors of Guy I King Jerusalem 1150-1194

Great x 2 Grandfather: Hugh "Fair and Pious" Lusignan

Great x 1 Grandfather: Hugh "Devil" VI of Lusignan I Count of La Marche

Great x 3 Grandfather: Bernard La Marche Count La Marche

Great x 2 Grandmother: Almodis La Marche Margrave Provence

GrandFather: Hugh "Brown" VII of Lusignan II Count of La Marche

Great x 3 Grandfather: Geoffrey Thouars

Great x 2 Grandfather: Aimery Thouars

Great x 1 Grandmother: Hildegarde Thouars Countess Lusignan and La Marche

Great x 2 Grandmother: Aremgarde Mauleon

Father: Hugh VIII of Lusignan

GrandMother: Saracine Lezay Countess Lusignan and La Marche

Guy I King Jerusalem

GrandFather: Geoffroy de Rancon Taillebourg

Mother: Bourgogne Dame de Fontenay Taillebourg Countess Lusignan