An irreconcilable enmity was created between King John of England and the family of de Lusignan when the king humiliated Ralph's nephew, Hugh, Count of La Marche and later of Angouleme, by setting aside his own wife and marrying Hugh's fiancee, Isabella, heiress of the county of Angouleme. King John confiscated all Lusignan lands in England. He granted Ralph's lands to his wife's nephew, John. When John died in 1207, King John kept control of them until 1214, in which year he led an army into Poitou and attacked the Lusignans, but finally came to terms with them. Ralph was promised restoration of the estates of Hastings and Tickhill. He was also to receive an annual payment of money to recompense him for the loss of the county of Eu until such time as King John should win them back from the King of France. King Philip's victory at the battle of Bouvines in July of that same year ended the immediate prospect of this taking place. Ralph's widow recovered Eu from the French king shortly after Ralph's death by payment of a 15,000 marks of silver.