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From: "Todd A. Farmerie" <>
Subject: Re: Saracena, Lusignan & Sanseverino (was: Muslim/Christian descents in
Date: Mon, 09 Jul 2001 18:50:36 -0600
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"Stewart, Peter" wrote:
>
> In the recent discussion of the name of Hugues VII of Lusignan's wife
> Saracena, someone suggested this might be a mistranscription for Sarafina.
> This didn't strike me as at all likely, but I wasn't thinking then of
> another contemporary instance of this name, which could conceivably belong
> to the same woman: the mother of Robert II of Sanseverino, count of Caserta
> & constable of Sicily (died 1182/3) was also Saracena. Her husband Robert I
> of Sanseverino died before 1114, and I suppose it's possible that his widow
> remarried Hugues VII of Lusignan afterwards. However, this is merely
> speculation from the co-incidence of a highly unusual name & the fitting
> chronology -- I don't know of any actual evidence, and of course there could
> have been two different Saracenas living in France and Italy at the same
> time.

Hmm. Any idea whether Hugh VII spent time in Sicily, or was
somehow in contact with the family (i.e. crusading together)?

taf

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