Hugh III de Lusignan: NH genealogy

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Abt 948 - 1012 (~ 64 years)

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Generation: 1

Hugh III de Lusignan was born about 948; died in 1012.

Notes:

Seigneur of Lusignan.

Hugh married Arsendis in 967. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

2. Hugh IV de Lusignan was born about 970; died between 1025 and 1032.

Generation: 2

Hugh IV de Lusignan

(1.Hugh¹) was born about 970; died between 1025 and 1032.

Notes:

Called Brunus, "The Brown." Seigneur de Lusignan.

Family/Spouse: Audéarde. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

3. Hugh V de Lusignan was born about 1016; died on 8 Oct 1060.

Generation: 3

Hugh V de Lusignan

(2.Hugh², 1.Hugh¹) was born about 1016; died on 8 Oct 1060.

Notes:

Sire de Lusignan and Couhé.

"He married Almodis (990 or c. 1020 -- murdered October 16, 1071), daughter of Bernard I, Count of La Marche, through which future counts would claim La Marche. Almodis bore Hugh two sons and one daughter: Hugh VI of Lusignan and Jordan de Lusignan, and Mélisende de Lusignan (b. bef. 1055), married before 1074 to Simon I 'l'Archevêque', Vidame de Parthenay. He then repudiated her on the basis of consanguinity and she married Pons of Toulouse. When Duke William VIII of Aquitaine, Hugh's suzerain, was at war with William IV of Toulouse, Almodis persuaded Hugh to join her son's side. The duke besieged Lusignan and when Hugh tried to sortie for provisions, he was slain at the gate." [Wikipedia]

Hugh married Almodis de La Marche about 1038, and was divorced about 1040. Almodis (daughter of Bernard I and Amelie) was born about 1010; died on 16 Oct 1071. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

4. Hugh VI de Lusignan died between 1106 and 1110.

Generation: 4

Hugh VI de Lusignan

(3.Hugh³, 2.Hugh², 1.Hugh¹) died between 1106 and 1110.

Notes:

Called "The Devil." Sire de Lusignan; Count of La Marche. Participated in the Crusade of 1101.

From Wikipedia:

Despite his piety, Hugh was in constant conflict with the abbey of St. Maixent. On numerous occasions his disputes with the monks grew so violent that the duke of Aquitaine, the bishops of Poitiers and Saintes, and Pope Paschal II were forced to intervene. From these conflicts Hugh was dubbed "le diable", the devil, by the monks of St. Maixent.

In 1086 the Castilian army was destroyed in battle by the Almoravids. Hugh's Catalan half-brother, Berenguer Ramon II, Count of Barcelona was threatened by the Almoravids. Hugh VI undertook an expedition to Spain in 1087 along with another half-brother, Raymond IV of Toulouse, to assist the count of Barcelona.

Hugh married Hildegarde de Thouars before 1060. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

5. Hugh VII de Lusignan was born about 1065; died before 1151.