Guy of Lusignan, Count of Angoulême

Guy of Lusignan, Guy of La Marche or Guy of Angoulême or Guy I de Lusignan (c. 1260/1265 –

Angoulême Angoulême (; Poitevin-Saintongeais: ''Engoulaeme''; oc, Engoleime) is a communes of France, commune, the Prefectures of France, prefecture of the Charente Departments of France, department, in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of southwestern Franc ...

, 24 September/28 November 1308 and buried there), Seigneur de Couhé et de Peyrat c. 1282, succeeded his brother

Hugh XIII Hugh XIII of Lusignan, Hugh VIII of La Marche or Hugh IV of Angoulême (25 June 1259 – 1 November 1303 in Angoulême) succeeded his father Hugh XII as Seigneur de Lusignan, Count of La Marche and Count of Angoulême in 1270. He married at ...

as Seigneur de Lusignan,

Count of La Marche The County of La Marche (; oc, la Marcha) was a medieval French county, approximately corresponding to the modern ''département'' of Creuse. La Marche first appeared as a separate fief about the middle of the 10th century, when William III, D ...

and

Count of Angoulême Count (feminine: countess) is a historical title of nobility in certain European countries, varying in relative status, generally of middling rank in the hierarchy of nobility. Pine, L. G. ''Titles: How the King Became His Majesty''. New York: ...

on 1 November 1303. He died unmarried and childless, ending the senior male line of the

House of Lusignan The House of Lusignan ( ; ) was a royal house of French origin, which at various times ruled several principalities in Europe and the Levant, including the kingdoms of Jerusalem, Cyprus, and Armenia, from the 12th through the 15th centuries du ...

(a junior male line through Guy's great-uncle,

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, continued until the death of that man's son, Aymer, in 1324). In spite of this junior male line, Guy was succeeded by his sister Yolande I de Lusignan, except in

, since after his death it was sold to the French Crown by his sisters Jeanne and Isabelle. {{DEFAULTSORT:Lusignan, Guy I de 1260s births 1308 deaths Year of birth uncertain Counts of Angoulême Counts of La Marche Guy I de 13th-century French people 14th-century French people