• De Lusignan family

    From donna.hartley.france@gmail.com@21:1/5 to All on Wed Jun 15 10:42:05 2022
    Today I stumbled across an excellent thesis by Clément de Vasselot de Régné on the De Lusignan family, in French for anyone who is interested. Quite detailed interaction of their sphere of influence and family member interactions. 1300+ pages. You
    can download it here: https://www.theses.fr/2018NANT2060. The resume in English that is given is the following:

    The castellan family of Lusignan is a very good example of the French dynastic aristocracy's diaspora, with a lightning rise to power, at the turn of the 13th century. Its influence extended first to the Haut-Poitou and the Bas-Poitou and then members of
    the family successively seized the county of La Marche and the county of Angoulême and went on to impose their power in northern Aquitaine. Marriage alliances enabled them to add to their estates the county of Eu in Normandy, the county of Penthièvre
    and the lordships of Fougères and Porhoët, in Brittany, and, in the British Isles, the honours of Hastings and Tickhill, the bishopric of Winchester, the earldoms of Pembroke and Wexford. The crown of Jerusalem and its substitute the throne of Cyprus
    remain their biggest win, despite the fact that members of the dynasty were directly linked with the fall of the Holy City. This research looks at how this lineage rose and spread, and built both regional and transregional power bases. It explores the
    profound political solidarity which held together members of the various sublineages within the same familial group. This network of mutual support enhanced the potential of the family for domination and influence. The notion of « parentat » is created
    here, form a medieval latin term to refer to a political and territorial power grounded in the family connections which united several individuals into a group defined by its share identity and family markers, and the promotion of its, or its members',
    political and patrimonial interests.

    There is an excellent paper on this family by the same author (Clément de Vasselot de Régné) entitled: "A Crusader Lineage from Spain to the Throne of Jerusalem: The Lusignans Clément". It can be downloaded here: https://www.academia.edu/38075410/
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    I found both the thesis and the article to be full of information on my Lusignan ancestors.

    Donna Hartley

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