Raoul I of Lusignan

Who was Raoul I of Lusignan?

Raoul I of Lusignan or Raoul I de Lusignan, was the second son of Hugues de Lusignan, Co-Seigneur de Lusignan in 1164, 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.

He married firstly c. 1210 Marguerite de Courtenay, Dame de Chateauneuf-sur-Cher and Margravine of Namur, daughter of Peter II of Courtenay and second wife Yolande of Namur, Margravine of Namur, without issue.

He later married, in September 1213, Alix d'Eu, 8th Countess of Eu and 4th Lady of Hastings, daughter of Henri d'Eu, 7th Comte d'Eu and 3rd Lord of Hastings and wife as her first husband Mathilde or Maud de Warenne, and had at least two children:

Mahaut or Maud de Lusignan, married c. 1236 as her first husband Humphrey de Bohun, 2nd Earl of Hereford and 1st Earl of Essex on April 28, 1228 and Constable of England, and had issue.