_Hugh V de LUSIGNAN Seigneur de Lusignan_ _Hugh VI de LUSIGNAN Seigneur de Lusignan_|_Almodis of la Marche____________________ _Hugh VII de LUSIGNAN Seigneur de Lusignan__| | | _Aimery IV Vicompte of Thouars___________ | |_Ildegarde of Thouars_____________________|_Aurengarde de Mauleon___________________ _Hugh VIII de LUSIGNAN Seigneur de Lusignan_| | | _________________________________________ | | __________________________________________|_________________________________________ | |_Sarazine __________________________________| | | _________________________________________ | |__________________________________________|_________________________________________ _Hugh de LUSIGNAN _| | | _________________________________________ | | __________________________________________|_________________________________________ | | _Geoffrey de Rancon Seigneur de Taillebourg_| | | | | _________________________________________ | | | |__________________________________________|_________________________________________ | |_Burgone de Taillebourg_____________________| | | _________________________________________ | | __________________________________________|_________________________________________ | |____________________________________________| | | _________________________________________ | |__________________________________________|_________________________________________ | |--Hugh IX de LUSIGNAN C of La Marche & Angouleme | | _________________________________________ | __________________________________________|_________________________________________ | ____________________________________________| | | | _________________________________________ | | |__________________________________________|_________________________________________ | ____________________________________________| | | | _________________________________________ | | | __________________________________________|_________________________________________ | | |____________________________________________| | | | _________________________________________ | | |__________________________________________|_________________________________________ |_Orengarde ________| | _________________________________________ | __________________________________________|_________________________________________ | ____________________________________________| | | | _________________________________________ | | |__________________________________________|_________________________________________ |____________________________________________| | _________________________________________ | __________________________________________|_________________________________________ |____________________________________________| | _________________________________________ |__________________________________________|_________________________________________
Count of La Marche & Angouleme. Called "Le Brun".
Mentioned in Cockayne's "Complete Peerage" (EU, p.160-165).
One reference states he was Count of Poitou; engaged to ISABELLA
TAILLEFEUR OF ANGOULEME (RIN 786), but in 1200, when she was in the
care of Hugh's uncle, RAOUL COUNT OF EU, she was taken by his feudal
lord KING JOHN OF ENGLAND (RIN 785), who wed her at Bordeaux in
August. Hugh formed an alliance with KING PHILIP II K of FRANCE
(RIN 3163) against KING JOHN, resulting in JOHN's loss of his
continental possessions. Hugh may have married AGATHA DE PREUILLY,
but most references show he married Matilda, daughter of Wulgrin III
Count of Angouleme & niece of AYMER COUNT OF ANGOULEME the father of
ISABELLA TAILLEFEUR. [i.e., he married a cousin of his first fiancee]. It
has been claimed that Matilda was his 2nd wife and that his issue were
by a previous wife, perhaps AGATHA?