Raoul II of Lusignan

Raoul II of Lusignan (c. 1200 – c. September 1, 1246, buried at the Abbey of Foucarmont) was the son of Raoul I of Lusignan and his wife Alix, Countess of Eu.[1] He became Seigneur d'Exoudun, Count of Eu and of Guînes upon his father death in 1219.[2]

Jeanne de Bourgogne, lithograph on wove paper by Achille Devéria (National Gallery of Art)

He was married firstly in 1222 to Jeanne de Bourgogne (1200 – 1223, buried at the Abbaye de Foncarmont), daughter of Odo III, Duke of Burgundy.[3]

His second wife, whom he married after 1223, was Yolande de Dreux (1196 – October 16, 1239);[4] their daughter was:

Raoul's third wife was Philippe of Dammartin.[5]

References
  1. Pollock 2015, p. 265.
  2. Painter 1955, p. 376.
  3. Adamo 2014, p. 60.
  4. Pollock 2015, p. 147.
  5. Pollock 2015, p. 145.

Sources
  • Adamo, Phillip C. (2014). New Monks in Old Habits: The Formation of the Caulite Monastic Order, 1193-1267. Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies.
  • Jourdain, Charles; Delisle, Léopold; Wailly, Natalis de, eds. (1894). Recueil des Historiens des Gaules et de la France. 23. Paris: H. Welter.
  • Painter, Sidney (1955). "The Houses of Lusignan and Chatellerault 1150-1250". Speculum. 30 (3): 374–384. doi:10.2307/2848076. JSTOR 2848076.
  • Pollock, Melissa A. (2015). Scotland, England and France After the Loss of Normandy, 1204-1296: Auld Amitie. Woodbridge: The Boydell Press.
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