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Birth:          ABT 1262 Lusignan, Vienne, France
Death:          14 Apr 1323 
Burial:         Abbaye de Valence

Notes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_of_Lusignan
Joan of Lusignan (1260 – 13 April 1323) was a French noblewoman. She succeeded 
her uncle, Guy de la Marche, Knt., sometime in the period, 1310/13, as Lady of 
Couche and Peyrat, but not as Countess of La Marche since after her sister, Yolande's 
death, it was annexed by Philip IV of France and given as an appanage to Philip's son 
Charles the Fair. Previously, in 1308, following the death of her brother Guy (or 
Guiard), Jeanne and her sister Isabelle, as co-heiresses, had sold the county of 
Angoulême to the King.[1]

She was married twice. Her first husband was Bernard Ezi III, Lord of Albret, by whom 
she had two daughters. By her second husband Sir Piers de Geneville, she had 
another three daughters; the eldest of whom was Joan de Geneville, 2nd Baroness 
Geneville, wife of Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March, the de facto ruler of England 
from 1327 to 1330.

She is sometimes referred to as Jeanne of Lusignan.
Family[edit]

Joan was a younger daughter of Hugh XII of Lusignan, Count of La Marche and 
Angoulême, lord of Lusignan and Fougères, and Jeanne de Fougères.[2]

Marriages[edit]

Joan married firstly Bernard Ezi III, Lord of Albret, by whom she had two daughters:
Mathe, Dame d'Albret (died 1283)
Isabelle, Dame d'Albret (died 1 December 1294), married Bernard VI, Count of 
Armagnac, as his first wife. Their marriage was childless.[3]

After the death of her first husband on 24 December 1280, Joan married secondly 
before 11 Oct. 1283 (date of charter), Sir Piers de Geneville, of Trim and Ludlow 
Castle (1256 – before June 1292), by whom she had another three daughters:
Joan de Geneville (2 February 1286 – 19 October 1356), in 1301 married Roger de 
Mortimer, 1st Earl of March (d. 29 November 1330), by whom she had twelve children.
Maud de Geneville, a nun at Aconbury Priory
Beatrice de Geneville, a nun at Aconbury Priory

Death and legacy[edit]

Joan died 13 April 1323 at the age of 63, and was buried at the Abbaye de Valence.

Parents
DE LUSIGNAN Hugh XII (ABT 1240 - AFT 25 Aug 1270)
DE FOUGERES Jeanne (ABT 1242 - 1274)

Siblings
DE LUSIGNAN Joan (ABT 1262 - 14 Apr 1323)

Marriage To DE GENEVILLE Piers (1256 - Jun 1292)
    m.  

Notes

Parents
DE GENEVILLE Geoffrey (ABT 1226 - 21 Oct 1314)
DE LACY Maud (Mahaut) (ABT 1232 - 11 Apr 1304)

Children by DE GENEVILLE Piers 1256 - Jun 1292
DE GENEVILLE Joan (2 Feb 1286 - 19 Oct 1356)

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