Peerage Record – 12004

     Tegrimo Guidi married Maria Albiria di Sicilia, Principessa di Sicilia, daughter of Tancredi di Sicilia, Re di Sicilia and Sibilla di Medania, Contessa dell’Acerra, after 1206.¹

     Walter IV, Comte de Brienne was born in 1205.¹ He was the son of Gauthier III de Brienne, Comte de Brienne and Maria Albiria di Sicilia, Principessa di Sicilia.¹ He married Mary of Lusignan, daughter of Hugh I, King of Cyprus, in 1233.¹ He died after 1244 at Cairo, Egypt^G, as a captive.¹
     Walter IV, Comte de Brienne also went by the nick-name of Walter ‘the Great’ (?)¹ He succeeded as the Comte de Brienne in 1205.¹ He was created Count of Jaffa in 1239.¹ He gained the title of Count of Ascalon, in the Holy Land.¹ He gained the title of Comte de Lecce.¹ He fought in the Battle of Gaza in 1244, where he was captured by the Mamelukes.¹

     Mary of Lusignan is the daughter of Hugh I, King of Cyprus.¹ She married Walter IV, Comte de Brienne, son of Gauthier III de Brienne, Comte de Brienne and Maria Albiria di Sicilia, Principessa di Sicilia, in 1233.¹

     Hugh I, King of Cyprus is the son of Amalric II de Lusignan, King of Jerusalem and Cyprus.²
     He succeeded as the King Hugh I of Cyprus in 1205.¹

     Jean II, Comte de Brienne was the son of Walter IV, Comte de Brienne and Mary of Lusignan.¹ He married Mary d‘Enghien, daughter of Siger d‘Enghien.¹ He died in September 1260, without issue.¹
     He gained the title of Comte de Brienne.¹

     Mary d‘Enghien is the daughter of Siger d‘Enghien.¹ She married, secondly, Jean II, Comte de Brienne, son of Walter IV, Comte de Brienne and Mary of Lusignan.¹ She married, firstly, Hugh de Rethel, Seigneur de Beaufort.¹

     Hugh de Rethel, Seigneur de Beaufort married Mary d‘Enghien, daughter of Siger d‘Enghien.¹
     He gained the title of Seigneur de Beaufort.¹

     Hugues, Comte de Brienne et Lecce was the son of Walter IV, Comte de Brienne and Mary of Lusignan.¹ He married, firstly, Isabel de La Roche, daughter of Guy I, Duke of Athens, after 1275.¹ He married, secondly, Helena Angelina Comnena, daughter of John Angelus Comnenos, Sebastocrator of Thessaly, in 1291.¹ He died on 9 August 1296 at Brindisi, Italy^G, from wounds received in action.¹
     He gained the title of Baron of Karytena, in Greece, in right of his first wife.¹ He succeeded as the Comte de Brienne in 1260.¹ In 1264 he unsuccesfully claimed, through his mother, the Regency of Jerusalem.¹ In 1267 he had the best claim to the Crown of Cyprus, but did not press the claim.¹ He gained the title of Comte de Lecce circa 1268.¹ Circa 1268 he recovered Lecce after taking part, with Charles d’Anjou, in the conquest of Naples.¹ He held the office of Regent of Athens in 1288, during wife’s nephew’s minority.¹ He fought in the defence of Brindisi on 9 August 1296, on behalf of the Angevins.¹

     Isabel de La Roche was the daughter of Guy I, Duke of Athens.¹ She married, firstly, Geoffrey, Baron of Karytena before 1275.¹ She married, secondly, Hugues, Comte de Brienne et Lecce, son of Walter IV, Comte de Brienne and Mary of Lusignan, after 1275.¹ She died in 1279.¹