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He married Bourgogne de Rancon, dame de Fontenay, daughter of Geoffroi Fossessie, seigneur de Taillebourg: she died in 1169 . In 1164 he went on Pilgrimage to the Holy Land and participated in the Battle Of Harim , where he was taken prisoner. His children were: : Hugues, who died in 1169, leaving an infant son Hugues who was to become Hugh IX Of Lusignan . : Amalric , born about 1145, died 1205. He succeeded his younger brother Guy as ruler of Cyprus ; later he was crowned King Of Cyprus , the first of the Lusignan dynasty, and eventually also became King Of Jerusalem . : Guy , died 1194. He was regent and afterwards king of Jerusalem. After the loss of Jerusalem he became lord of Cyprus. : Raoul I of Issoudun, born 1160, died (at Acre, Palestine ) in 1217. : Pierre, born after 1162. : Guillaume, born after 1163. |
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