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Hugh X of Lusignan (Hugh I of Angoulême) (1219–1249). [25] His father, Hugh IX of Lusignan, was married to Mathilde of Angoulême, daughter of Wulgrin III Taillefer (see above) Hugh XI of Lusignan (II of Angoulême) (1246–1250) Hugh XII of Lusignan (III of Angoulême) (1250–1270) Hugh XIII of Lusignan (IV of Angoulême) (1270–1303) Guy ...
The House of Lusignan (/ ˈ l uː z ɪ n. j ɒ n / LOO-zin-yon; French:) was a royal house of French origin, which at various times ruled several principalities in Europe and the Levant, including the kingdoms of Jerusalem, Cyprus, and Armenia, from the 12th through the 15th centuries during the Middle Ages.
Les Très Riches Heures du duc de Berry, March: the Château de Lusignan. The Château de Lusignan (in Lusignan, Vienne département, France), of which hardly any traces remain, was the ancestral seat of the House of Lusignan, Poitevin Marcher Lords, who distinguished themselves in the First Crusade and became the royal family of the Kingdom of Jerusalem, the Kingdom of Cyprus and the Armenian ...
On numerous occasions his disputes with the monks grew so violent that the duke of Aquitaine and the bishops of Poitiers and Saintes had to intercede. At one point, Pope Paschal II threatened Hugh with excommunication. [3] From these conflicts Hugh was dubbed "le diable", the devilish, by the monks of St. Maixent. [4]
Mary of Lusignan (French: Marie de Lusignan; before March 1215 – 5 July 1251 or 1253), was the wife of Count Walter IV of Brienne and Countess of Brienne from the time of her marriage in 1233 to her husband's death while on Crusade in 1244.
Marie of Lusignan or Marie I de Lusignan (born 1223 in Eu, Seine-Maritime, France, died in Poitou, 1 October 1260; buried at the Abbey of Foucarmont), was the only child of Raoul II of Lusignan and his second wife, Yolande de Dreux. [1] She became Dame d'Exoudun, Countess of Eu on the death of her father in 1246.
Anne of Cyprus (or Anne de Lusignan) (24 September 1418 – 11 November 1462) was a Duchess of Savoy by marriage to Louis, Duke of Savoy. She was the daughter of King Janus of Cyprus [ 1 ] and Charlotte of Bourbon ; [ 2 ] and a member of the Poitiers-Lusignan crusader dynasty.
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. [1] The duke besieged Lusignan and when Hugh tried to sortie for provisions, he was slain at the gate. [1] He was succeeded by his eldest son, also named Hugh.