Background
Plaisance re-married to Balian d"Ibelin, Lord of Arsuf, the son of Jean d"Ibelin, Lord of Arsuf, but they divorced and had the marriage annulled in 1258.
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Plaisance Antioch
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She was firstly married in 1250 to Henry I de Lusignan, king of Cyprus, who died in 1253. Their son, the infant Hugh II, became King of Cyprus with Plaisance as regent. The position of regent belonged by birthright to the underage Hugh, who was Conradin"s immediate heir and hereditarily the next king if Conradin failed to have his own progeny.
In 1258, Plaisance"s brother Bohemund VI of Antioch brought Hugh and Plaisance to Acre and demanded that they be recognized as King of Jerusalem and regent, respectively.
The dispute, however, continued and Pope Alexander IV sent the Genoese to attempt to settle lieutenant John of Jaffa convinced Bohemund and Plaisance to unite Jerusalem, Antioch, and Tripoli against them.
In 1260 the high churchman (a future pope) Jacques Pantaleon arrived to take up the vacant patriarchate, hoping to solve the crisis. Around this time Plaisance apparently became John of Jaffa"s mistress, against the new patriarch"s wishes.
Pope Urban may have issued a papal bull to Plaisance expressing his disapproval of her relationship, Audi filia et.
However, Hugh II died in 1267 before reaching adulthood, and was succeeded by Hugh of Antioch who reigned until 1284.
