Sir Hugh of Lusignan, X, Knight, Count of La Marche

Sir Hugh of Lusignan, X, Knight, Count of La Marche

Male 1183 - 1249  (~ 66 years)

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  • Name Hugh of Lusignan 
    Title Sir 
    Suffix X, Knight, Count of La Marche 
    Birth ~ 1183  Angouleme, France Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Death 5 Jun 1249  Angouleme, France Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Person ID I45548  The Hennessee Family
    Last Modified 14 Mar 2016 

    Family Isabelle of Angouleme, Queen of England,   b. 1188, Angouleme, France Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 31 May 1246, Fontevrault L'abbe, Maine-Ete-Loire, France Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 58 years) 
    Marriage 10 May 1220  (Angouleme) France Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Children 
     1. Sir William de Valence, Knight, 1st Earl of Pembroke,   b. 1225-1230, Cistercian Abbey, Valence, France Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 May 1296, Bayonne, Gascony, France Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 66 years)
     2. Alice de Lusignan
    Family ID F16621  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 30 Apr 2023 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - ~ 1183 - Angouleme, France Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 10 May 1220 - (Angouleme) France Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 5 Jun 1249 - Angouleme, France Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos
    Hugh X de Lusignan (c. 1183 or c. 1195 - c. 5 June 1249, Angoulême)
    Hugh X de Lusignan (c. 1183 or c. 1195 - c. 5 June 1249, Angoulême)
    By Hugh's marriage to Isabella, he became Count of Angoulême until her death in 1246. Together they founded the abbey of Valence. They had nine children.

    Arms of Hugh X of Lusignan

  • Notes 
    • Hugh X de Lusignan, Hugh V of La Marche or Hugh I of Angoulãeme or Hugues X & V & I de Lusignan (c. 1183 or c. 1195 – c. 5 June 1249, Angoulãeme) succeeded his father Hugh IX as Seigneur de Lusignan and Count of La Marche in November 1219 and was Count of Angoulãeme by marriage.

      His father, Hugh IX de Lusignan was betrothed to marry 12-year-old Isabel of Angoulãeme in 1200,[2] when King John of England took her for his Queen, an action which resulted in the entire de Lusignan family rebelling against the English king. Following John's death, Queen Isabella returned to her native France, where she married Hugh X de Lusignan on 10 May 1220 [3]

      By Hugh's marriage to Isabella, he became Count of Angoulãeme until her death in 1246. Together they founded the abbey of Valence. They had nine children:

      Hugues XI & III & II de Lusignan, seigneur of Lusignan, Count of La Marche and Count of Angoulãeme (1221–1250)
      Aymer de Lusignan, Bishop of Winchester c. 1250 (c. 1222 – Paris, 5 December 1260 and buried there)
      Agathe de Lusignan (c. 1223 – aft. 7 April 1269), married Guillaume II de Chauvigny, seigneur of Chãateauroux (1224 – Palermo, 3 January 1271)
      Alice de Lusignan (1224 – 9 February 1256), married 1247 John de Warenne, 6th Earl of Surrey
      Guy de Lusignan (d. 1264), seigneur of Couhe, Cognac, and Archiac in 1249, killed at the Battle of Lewes.[citation needed] (Prestwich states he fled after the Battle of Lewes)[4]
      Geoffroi de Lusignan (d. 1274), seigneur of Jarnac, married in 1259 Jeanne de Chãatellerault, Vicomtess of Chãatellerault (d. 16 May 1315) and had issue:
      Eustachie de Lusignan (d. Carthage, Tunisia, 1270), married 1257 Dreux III de Mello (d. 1310)
      William (or Guillaume) de Valence (d. 1296)
      Marguerite de Lusignan (c. 1226/1228–1288), married (1st) 1240/1241 Raymond VII of Toulouse (1197–1249), married (2nd) c. 1246 Aimery IX de Thouars, Viscount of Thouars (d. 1256), and married (3rd) Geoffrey V de Chateaubriant, seigneur of Chateubriant
      Isabella of Lusignan (1224 – 14 January 1299), lady of Beauvoir-sur-Mer et de Mercillac, married (1st) Maurice IV de Craon (1224/1239 – soon before 27 May 1250/1277) (2nd) Geoffrey de Rancon, seigneur of Taillebourg.
      Hugh X was succeeded by his eldest son, Hugh XI of Lusignan.

      According to explanations in the manuscripts of Gaucelm Faidit's poems, this troubadour was a rival of Hugh X of Lusignan for the love of Marguerite d'Aubusson.

      He was buried at Angoulãeme. [2]

  • Sources 
    1. [S7966] "Isabella of Angouleme (~ 1188-1246)" biography, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabella_of_Angoul%C3%AAme.

    2. [S9225] "Hugh X of Lusignan" biography, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_X_of_Lusignan, downloaded March 13, 2016 by David A.