Eschiva, Lady of Beirut

[1] After Humphrey's death in 1284, in 1291 Eschive married Guy of Lusignan, constable of Cyprus (died 1302).

[2] They had: In 1291, Emir ‘Alam al-Din Sanjar al-Shuja‘i al-Mansuri, a Muslim general under al-Ashraf Khalil, marched on Beirut, which had only a small garrison.

In 1308, Eschive's cousin Guy II de la Roche, Duke of Athens, died without issue, leaving a succession crisis in the duchy.

The two referred the question to the High Court of Achaea in 1309, which met at Glarentza and declared Walter the heir on the pragmatic grounds that he was male and an active soldier, better suited to defend the Duchy.

[3] Eschive outlived Walter, who was killed at the Battle of Halmyros in 1311, but died the following year in Nicosia and was buried there.