Hugh XII of Lusignan
Hugh XII de Lusignan, Hugh VII of La Marche or Hugh III of Angoulême (c. 1235/1240 – after 25 August 1270). He was the son of Hugh XI of Lusignan and Yolande of Brittany.[1] He succeeded his father as seigneur of Lusignan, Couhé, and Peyrat, Count of La Marche and Count of Angoulême in 1250.
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On 29 January 1253/4, at Fougères, he married Jeanne de Fougères (d. aft.1273), daughter of Raoul III, seigneur of Fougères, and Isabelle de Craon.[2] They had six children:
- Hugh XIII of Lusignan[2]
- Guy of Lusignan, Count of Angoulême[2]
- Yolande de Lusignan[2]
- Jeanne of Lusignan, married (1st) Bernard-Ezy I, seigneur of Albret; (2nd) Sir Peter de Geneville, Knt.[2]
- Marie de Lusignan (d. aft. 1312), married in 1288 Etienne II, Count of Sancerre (d. c. 1306)[2]
- Isabelle de Lusignan, married Jean of Vesci.[2]
Hugh XII is the most likely candidate to be the trouvère (poet-composer) known only as the Conte de la Marche.[3]
Death
Hugh XII de Lusignan died in 1270 while on Crusade with King Louis IX of France in an early battle of the Eighth Crusade.[4] His eldest son Hugh XIII de Lusignan succeeded him.
References
- ↑ Morvan 2009, p. 19.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Morvan 2009, p. table 19.
- ↑ Petersen Dyggve 1942, p. 134.
- ↑ Cinquième Série 1930, p. 127.
Sources
- Morvan, Frederic (2009). La Chevalerie bretonne et la formation de l'armee ducale, 1260-1341 (in French). Presses Universitaires de Rennes.
- Petersen Dyggve, Holger (1942). "Personnages historiques figurant dans la poésie lyrique française des XIIe et XIIIe siècles: Le comte de la Marche". Neuphilologische Mitteilungen. 43 (5): 121–141. JSTOR 43341309.
- Cinquième Série (1930). "BULLETIN DE L'ACADÉMIE DES INSCRIPTIONS". Revue Archéologique (in French). T. 32 JUILLET-DÉCEMBRE. Editions Belin.