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Hugh X de Lusignan or Hugh V of La Marche (c. 1183 – c. 5 June 1249, Angoulême) was Seigneur de Lusignan and Count of La Marche in November 1219 and was Count of Angoulême by marriage. He was the son of Hugh IX .
Hugh was the son of Guy of Lusignan, heir to the throne of Cyprus and Prince of Galilee, and his wife Marie of Bourbon, daughter of Louis I, Duke of Bourbon. He was therefore, second in the line of succession of Cyprus until the death of his father in 1343. [1]
Born in Poitou, Hugh was the eldest son of Hugh VII and of Sarracena de Lezay. [1] He married Burgondie de Rancon, Dame de Fontenay, [2] daughter of Geoffroy de Rancon, Seigneur de Taillebourg and wife Fossefie (Falsifie), Dame de Moncontour, by whom Hugh also became Seigneur de Fontenay: she died on April 11, 1169. He renounced the land of ...
Guy of Lusignan (c. 1150 – 18 July 1194) was King of Jerusalem, first as husband and co-ruler of Queen Sibylla from 1186 to 1190 then as disputed ruler from 1190 to 1192. He was also Lord of Cyprus from 1192 to 1194. A French Poitevin knight, Guy was the youngest son of Hugh VIII of Lusignan and the younger brother of Aimery of Lusignan.
Most probably the son and successor of Hugh II.He confirmed the donation by one of his vassals of the church of Mezeaux to the abbey of Saint-Cyprien and himself granted the abbey the woodland and the public road between Lusignan and Poitiers.
Hugh married Almodis (990 or c. 1020 – murdered October 16, 1071), daughter of Bernard I, Count of La Marche, [1] through which future counts would claim La Marche. He then repudiated her on the basis of consanguinity and she married Pons of Toulouse. [1] Hugh and Almodis had: Hugh VI of Lusignan [2] Jordan de Lusignan
Galeran de Lusignan; Ænor or Aénor de Lusignan (b. c. 1130), married before 1144 Geoffrey or Geoffroy V de Thouars (c. 1120 – aft. 1176), Vicomte de Thouars, son of Aimery VI de Thouars, Vicomte de Thouars, and wife Agnes=Mathilde de Poitiers; He is mentioned by troubadour Jaufre Rudel in the envoi of "Quan lo rius de la fontana": [4]
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.