Nielsen Hayden genealogy
Hugh XI "le Brun" de Lusignan
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1. Hugh XI "le Brun" de Lusignan was born about 1221; died in 1250 in Egypt. Notes:
"Count of La Marche, (as Hugues III) Lord of Lusignan and Fougeres, and (as Hugues II) Count of Angoulême, 1246-1250. He agreed to serve Alphonso, Count of Poitiers, in the Seventh Crusade for one year and died in Egypt, most probably at the battle of El Mansûra, 7 Feb 1250, or else during the retreat to Damietta, 6 Apr 1250." [The Ancestry of Dorothea Poyntz]
Hugh married Yolande of Brittany in 1236. Yolande (daughter of Pierre de Braine and Alix de Thouars) was born in 1218 in Dreux, France; died on 16 Oct 1272 in Château Bouteville, Angoumois, France; was buried in Villeneuve near Nantes, Brittany, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 2. Mary de Lusignan
died before 1269.
- 3. Hugh XII de Lusignan
died after 25 Aug 1270.
- 4. Alice de Lusignan
was born after Oct 1236 in of Angoulême, Aquitaine, France; died in May 1290.
- 2. Mary de Lusignan
Generation: 2
2. Mary de Lusignan (1.Hugh1) died before 1269.
Mary married Robert de Ferrers after 26 Jul 1249. Robert (son of William de Ferrers and Margaret de Quincy) was born about 1239; died about 1279; was buried in St. Thomas Priory, Staffordshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. Hugh XII de Lusignan (1.Hugh1) died after 25 Aug 1270.
Notes:
Count of la Marche and Angoulême. In July 1270, he accompanied Louis IX of France on the Eighth Crusade, but he died shortly thereafter on the expedition to Tunis.
Hugh married Jeanne de Fougères on 29 Jan 1254 in Fougères, Brittany, France. Jeanne (daughter of Raoul de Fougères and Isabel de Craon) died after 18 Jun 1273; was buried in Sauvigny, Meuse, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 5. Joan de la Marche
died before 18 Apr 1323; was buried in Abbey of Valence, Vienne, Poitou-Charentes, France.
- 5. Joan de la Marche
4. Alice de Lusignan (1.Hugh1) was born after Oct 1236 in of Angoulême, Aquitaine, France; died in May 1290.
Notes:
Also called Alice de la Marche.
Alice married Gilbert de Clare in 1253. Gilbert (son of Richard de Clare and Maud de Lacy) was born on 2 Sep 1243 in Christchurch, Hampshire, England; died on 7 Dec 1295 in Monmouth Castle, Monmouthshire, Wales; was buried in Tewkesbury Abbey, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Generation: 3
5. Joan de la Marche (3.Hugh2, 1.Hugh1) died before 18 Apr 1323; was buried in Abbey of Valence, Vienne, Poitou-Charentes, France.
Notes:
Also called Joan of Lusignan, Joan d'Angouleme.
Joan married Peter de Geneville before 11 Oct 1283. Peter (son of Geoffrey de Geneville and Maud de Lacy) was born in of Ludlow, Shropshire, England; died before 8 Jun 1292. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 6. Joan de Geneville
was born on 2 Feb 1286; died on 19 Oct 1356.
- 6. Joan de Geneville
Generation: 4
6. Joan de Geneville (5.Joan3, 3.Hugh2, 1.Hugh1) was born on 2 Feb 1286; died on 19 Oct 1356.
Notes:
Also spelled Joinville.
Joan married Roger de Mortimer on 20 Sep 1301 in Pembridge, Herefordshire, England. Roger (son of Edmund de Mortimer and Margaret de Fiennes) was born on 3 May 1286 in of Wigmore, Herefordshire, England; died on 29 Nov 1330 in Tyburn, Middlesex, England; was buried in Church of the Greyfriars, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 7. Katherine de Mortimer
died on 4 Aug 1369; was buried in St. Mary's, Warwick, Warwickshire, England.
- 8. Joan de Mortimer
died after 1337.
- 9. Maud de Mortimer
died after Aug 1345.
- 10. Margaret de Mortimer
died on 5 May 1337; was buried in St. Augustine's, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England.
- 11. Edmund de Mortimer
was born between 1305 and 1306 in of Wigmore, Herefordshire, England; died before 21 Jan 1332 in Stanton Lacy, Shropshire, England.
- 7. Katherine de Mortimer