Marie of Lusignan or Marie I de Lusignan (born 1223 in Eu, Seine-Maritime,

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, died in Poitou, 1 October 1260; buried at the Abbey of Foucarmont), was the only child of Raoul II of Lusignan and his second wife, Yolande de Dreux. She became Dame d' Exoudun, Countess of Eu on the death of her father in 1246. She was married around 1245 to

Alphonso of Brienne Alfonso of Brienne, called Alphonse d'Acre (c. 1220 – 14 September 1270), was the son of John of Brienne and Berengaria of León, born in Acre. Alfonso took part in the Seventh Crusade (1248) as a squire. By his marriage (before 1250) to ...

who became Count of Eu by this marriage. Marie and Alphonso had at least two children: *

John I of Brienne, Count of Eu John I of Brienne (born 1246 died 12 June 1294) was the son of Alphonso of Brienne and Marie de Lusigan. His mother was the heiress of Eu, Seine-Maritime, and he succeeded his father as Count of Eu in 1260. (both The Chronique des comtes d’E ...

* Blanche, Abbess of Maubuisson (died 1338)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Marie Of Lusignan 1260 deaths House of Brienne House of Lusignan Eu, Countess of, Marie of Lusignan 13th-century countesses regnant Counts of Eu