Category: Ancestors

A photo of the Mala Paga walls - Genoa, Italy

Helvis von Braunschweig-Grubenhagen

Posted on 2024-05-302026-03-28 by Antoine P. Borg

Helvis was a child-bride at 12 to her step-brother to keep things in the family.

A photo of Selimiye Camii Mosque (previously Santa Sophia Cathedral)

Alice Ibelin

Posted on 2024-05-232026-03-28 by Antoine P. Borg

Alice, Queen Consort of Cyprus, was miraculously cured of a speech impediment by a fragment of the True Cross that was in Cyprus.

A picture of the coat of arms of the Ibelin family crest

Eschiva Ibelin

Posted on 2024-05-172025-06-10 by Antoine P. Borg

Eschiva Ibelin inherited the Ladyship of Beirut and was a contender for Duchess of Athens. Married thrice, she mothered the future King Hugh IV of Cyprus.

An illustration of Ermengarde of Hesbaye

Enguerrand

Posted on 2024-03-12026-03-15 by Antoine P. Borg

Enguerrand, an obscure potential Count, may have come from modern Belgium. He’s my 33 x great-grandfather

The family crest for the de Lusignan family

Isabella Ibelin

Posted on 2024-01-112025-06-10 by Antoine P. Borg

Isabella of Ibelin, born in the 13th century is only known as the wife of Hugh III of Cyprus.

The coat of arms of the House of Poitiers

Isabelle de Lusignan

Posted on 2023-12-232026-03-28 by Antoine P. Borg

Isabelle of Cyprus, a regent of Jerusalem, was a Cypriot noble and the youngest daughter of King Hugh I. She appointed her husband and son as Bailiffs of Jerusalem before her death in 1264.

James I, King of Cyprus

Posted on 2023-11-232026-03-28 by Antoine P. Borg

James I of Cyprus served as regent for his nephew Peter II, before becoming King in 1382. He led a war against Genoese, was imprisoned, and later released in 1385. He is my 15 x great-grandfather

Charlemagne

Posted on 2023-10-172026-03-15 by Antoine P. Borg

Carlos Magnus, Charlemagne, or the ‘Father of Europe’, was the first western Holy Roman Emperor after the collapse of the Roman Empire.

He is my 33 x great-grandfather.

Plaisance of Jebail

Posted on 2023-07-212025-06-10 by Antoine P. Borg

Countess Plaisance was an independently wealthy Lebanese Countess who inherited lands across Lebanon and Israel from her parents.

Gauslin of Maine

Posted on 2023-06-222025-06-10 by Antoine P. Borg

At the limits of documented history, Gauslin of Maine is my 32nd x great-grand-father. Information is sparse because few records still exist.