Hugh of Lusignan IX

• Preferred Name: Hugh of Lusignan IX^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}
  
• Gender: M
  
• Birth: 1163 in Fontenay-le-Comte, Vendée, Pays de la Loire, France at LATI: N6.4658 LONG: E0.8051
  
• Title (Nobility): with note: Description: Count of La Marche
  
• Burial: in Couhé, Vienne, Poitou-Charentes, France at LATI: N6.2973 LONG: E0.2231
  
• Death: 5 NOV 1219 in Damietta, Damietta, Egypt at LATI: N1.4165 LONG: E1.8133
  
• FSID: M1G9-D88
  
• Title (Nobility): BET 1173 AND 1219 with note: Description: Seigneur (Lord) of Lusignan
  
• Military: with note: Description: Served in the 5th Crusade
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  Hugh IX "le Brun" of Lusignan (1163/1168 – 5 November 1219) was the grandson of Hugh VIII. His father, also Hugh (b. c. 1141), was the co-seigneur of Lusignan from 1164, marrying a woman named Orengarde before 1162 or about 1167 and dying in 1169. Hugh IX became seigneur of Lusignan in 1172, seigneur of Couhé and Chateau-Larcher in the 1190s, and Count of La Marche (as Hugh IV) on his grandfather's death. Hugh IX died on the Fifth Crusade at the siege of Damietta on 5 November 1219.
  
  Marriage and issue
  His first wife was possibly Agathe de Preuilly, daughter of Peter (Pierre) II de Preuilly and Aenor de Mauleon. Their marriage was annulled in 1189.
  1. Hugh X of Lusignan married Isabella of Angoulême
  2. Agathe of Lusignan, married c. 1220 Geoffroi V Seigneur de Pons
  
  His second wife, married c. 1200, was Mathilde of Angoulême (1181 – 1233), daughter of Wulgrin III of Angoulême, Count of Angoulême.
  
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_IX_of_Lusignan
  
  BIO
  BIO: from http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ANGOULEME.htm#HuguesIXLusignandied1219 as of 1/25/2016
  
  HUGUES [X] "le Brun" de Lusignan, son of HUGUES de Lusignan & his [first] wife Orengarde --- (-Damiet
  
  === #Générale# Comte de La Marche (à la mort ===
  #Générale# Comte de La Marche (à la mort de Richard Coeurd e Lion) Lusignan & Couh é
  
  === HUGH IX (-1219) de Lusignan; Ct LA MARCH ===
  HUGH IX (-1219) de Lusignan; Ct LA MARCHE; The Brown; One ref. states he was Ct Poitou; engaged to Isabella Taillefeur of Angouleme, but in 1200, when she was in the care of HUGH'S uncle, Ct of EU, she was taken by his feudal lord K JOHN of Eng who wed her at Bordeaux in Aug (subsequently 5 issue) HUGH formed an alliance with PHILIP II K of Fr against K JOHN resulting in JOHN's loss of his continental possessions. HUGH may have m Agetha de Preuilly, but most references show he m Matilda d of WULGRIM III ct ANGOULEME & sis to AYMER/AIMAR/AUDEMOR Ct ANGOULEME the father of Isabella Taillefeur. It has been claimed that Matilda was his 2nd wife and that his issue were by a previous wife, perhaps Agetha?
  
  === pseudonym Maracdes ("Emerald") ===
  Hugh IX is mentioned under the pseudonym Maracdes ("Emerald") in two poems by the troubadour Gaucelm Faidit, according to the Occitan razós to these poems.
  
  === !SOURCES: Ancestral Roots; pgs. 95, 105 ===
  !SOURCES: Ancestral Roots; pgs. 95, 105, 141 & 144 Magna Charta; pgs. 53, 1617, 1624 & 1625 NOTES: Sire (Lord) de Lusignan and Valence, Comte de la Marche, J.U.
  
  === !BIR-MAR-DEA: Bk, Medieval Knight by Ste ===
  !BIR-MAR-DEA: Bk, Medieval Knight by Stephen Turnbull.
  
  === #Générale# Comte de La Marche (à la mor ===
  #Générale# Comte de La Marche (à la mort de Richard Coeurd e Lion) Lusignan & Couh é
  
  === !Brown book 5, P C 634. !Turton's: Plant ===
  !Brown book 5, P C 634. !Turton's: Plantagenet Ancestry. Cokaynes Peerage: V: 632-4.
  
  === Hugh IX 'le Brun' (-1219) de Lusignan, ===
  Hugh IX 'le Brun' (-1219) de Lusignan, Count of La Marche. One reference states he was Count of Poitou. Engaged to Isabella Taillefeur of Angouleme, but in 1200, when she was in the care of Hugh's uncle, Count of Eu, she was taken by his feudal lord, King John of England who wed her at Bordeaux in August (subsequently 5 issue). Hugh formed an alliance with Philip II, King of France, against King John resulting in John's loss of his continental possessions. Hugh may have married Agetha de Preuilly, but most references show he married Matilda, daughter of Wulgrim III, Count of Angouleme, and sister to Aymer (Aimar or Audemor), Count of Angouleme, the father of Isabella Taillefeur. It has been claimed that Matilda was his 2nd wife and that his issue were by a previous wife, perhaps Agetha? [Internet source: http://www.genealogy.com/~brigitte/royal/lusignan.htm]
  
  === Hugh was Sire de Lusignan and Valence. A ===
  Hugh was Sire de Lusignan and Valence. Also called Hugh the Old. Attached himself to his suzerain Richard I Coeur-de-Lion, King of England. Hugh was granted La Marche by Richard's successor, John. John alienated Hugh by stealing his fiance, Isabella of Angouleme (who eventually married Hugh's son Hugh X).
  
  === My PAF Notes ===
  from thepeerage.com, 2/2009:
  Hugues IX de Lusignan
  M, #4572, d. circa 1219
  Hugues IX de Lusignan|d. c 1219|p458.htm#i4572|Hugues VIII de Lusignan, Sire de Lusignan|d. a 13 Aug 1165|p2567.htm#i25663|Bourgoyne de Rancon, Dame de Fontenay||p458.htm#i4575|||||||Geoffrey de Rancon, Sire de Taillebourg||p458.htm#i4576||||
  Last Edited=14 Jan 2003
  Hugues IX de Lusignan was the son of Hugues VIII de Lusignan, Sire de Lusignan and Bourgoyne de Rancon, Dame de Fontenay. He died circa 1219.
  Child of Hugues IX de Lusignan and Marie d'Angoulême
  Hugues X de Lusignan, Comte de La Marche + d. 1249
  
  === Hugh IX 'le Brun' (-1219) de Lusignan, C ===
  Hugh IX 'le Brun' (-1219) de Lusignan, Count of La Marche. One referencestates he was Count of Poitou. Engaged to Isabella Taillefeur of Angouleme, but in 1200, when she was inthe care of Hugh's uncle, Count of Eu, she was taken by his feudal lord,King John of England who wed her at Bordeaux in August (subsequently 5issue). Hugh formed an alliance with Philip II, King of France, againstKing John resulting in John's loss of his continental possessions. Hugh may have married Agetha de Preuilly, but most references show hemarried Matilda, daughter of Wulgrim III, Count of Angouleme, and sisterto Aymer (Aimar or Audemor), Count of Angouleme, the father of IsabellaTaillefeur. It has been claimed that Matilda was his 2nd wife and thathis issue were by a previous wife, perhaps Agetha? [Internet source: http://www.genealogy.com/~brigitte/royal/lusignan.htm]
  
  === SORLEY'S PEDIGREES (GS NUMBER Q929.242 S ===
  SORLEY'S PEDIGREES (GS NUMBER Q929.242 SO68) P.16, 21; THE PLANTAGENET ANCESTRY (GS NUMBER Q940 D2T) P.4, 81, 97; ANCESTRAL FILE, LDS GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY

1. Hugues de Lusignan - Comte de la Marche, b. in Lusignan, Vienne, Poitou-Charentes, France     d. 5 JUN 1249 in Damietta, Dumyat, Egypt

• m. in Lusignan, Vienne, Poitou-Charentes, France

1. Title: Foundation for Medieval Genealogy: HUGUES [X] "le Brun" de Lusignan
   Publication: Name: http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ANGOULEME.htm#HuguesIXLusignandied1219;
   Note: HUGUES [X] "le Brun" de Lusignan, son of HUGUES de Lusignan & his [first] wife Orengarde --- (-Damietta 5 Nov 1219). His parentage is confirmed indirectly by the Chronicle of Alberic de Trois-Fontaines names "Radulfum de Esselduno qui fuit comes Augi" as "Hugo Brunus fratrem natu maiorem" (presumably an error for "minorem"), adding that "horum pater Hugo de Lisegnen" had "fratres…Gaufridum, Henricum regem Cypri et Guidonem regem Ierosolimorum." He succeeded his grandfather in 1173 as Seigneur de Lusignan, de Couhé et de Château-Larcher. Comte de la Marche 1199: the Chronicle of Alberic de Trois-Fontaines records that, after the death of Richard I King of England, "Hugo…Brunus" captured "regina…Alienordis" and held her until she granted him "comitatum de Marchia Pictavie." The "Chronicon Bernardi Iterii" records that "Hugo de Lezina" seized "comitatum de Marcha" in 1199, noted in events after the record of the death of King Richard. "Hugo Brun com March et Rad com Augi" swore homage to John King of England, dated 28 Jan 1200. "Hugo Brunus comes Marchie, dominus Lezignaci et Coiaci" renounced rights over income belonging to Saint-Hilaire de Poitiers, claimed by "avus meus…dominus Hugo de Lezigniaco" but relinquished by him before leaving for Jerusalem, with the consent of "filio meo Hugone Bruno quem tunc unicum habebam," by charter dated 23 Feb 1200. "Hugo Brunus comes Marchie," on leaving for Jerusalem, recommended "R. comiti Augi et Hugoni filio meo" to take the abbey of Châtelliers under their protection by charter dated to [1200]. Ralph of Coggeshall records that in 1202 John King of England made war against "comitem de Marchis…Hugonem cognomento Brun et fratrem eius comitem de Eu" who had rebelled against him "pro filia comitis Engolismi, quam Hugo prædictus prius affidaverat." Ralph of Coggeshall records that "…Gaufridum de Lucinan et Hugonem Brunum et Andream de Caveni et vicecomitem de Castro-Eraldi et Reimundum Tuarz et Savarium de Mauleun et Hugonem Baugii" were captured, together with "Arturum nepotem nostrum" [Arthur Duke of Brittany] after they rebelled and attempted to capture "castellum de Mirabel" where "regina Alienor avia Arturi" was living, dated to 1202. "Comes Augi" pledged his lands for his homage to Philippe II King of France, and that of "fratres sui comes Marchie et vicecomes Castri Eraudi" dated (by Delisle) to [1209]. He made peace with the king of England, as confirmed by the betrothal of King John’s daughter to his son Hugues [XI], confirmed in a charter dated 29 Sep 1214 (see below). "Hugo Bruni dominus Lezigniaci et comes Marchie," on leaving on crusade, and "Hugo de Lezigniaco filius suus" donated half "molendino de Pooillet" to Saint-Maixent by charter dated 27 Jun 1218. "Hugo Brunus comes Marchie," on leaving for Jerusalem, confirmed the grant of rights to the abbey of Châtelliers made "in 1171" by "Hugo Lezenniaci castelli" by charter dated 1218. The "Historia Damiatina" by Oliverus Scholasticus records the deaths in 1218 at Damieta of "comes de Marcha et comes de Bar et filius eius, frater Guillelmus de Carnoto magister militiæ templi, Herveus de Virsione, Iterius de Tacci, Oliverus filius regis Anglie." m firstly ---. The name of Hugues’s first wife is not known. "Europäische Stammtafeln" names Agathe de Preuilly "daughter of Pierre [II] Sire de Preuilly dit de Montrabel" as the second wife of Bernard [III] Vicomte de Brosse, and also records that she married secondly, as his first wife, Hugues [X]. The mother of Gérard [II] Vicomte de Brosse was Agathe de Preuilly, as confirmed by his charter dated 1198 (after Sep) under which "Giraudus vicecomes Brucie, filius domne Agathe de Prullet" abandoned rights in favour of Saint-Benoît-du-Sault. However, there is no indication that Gérard was the son of Vicomte Bernard [III]. In addition, the chronology of the known marriage of Vicomte Bernard [III] appears to exclude the possibility of a second marriage which would be consistent with that second wife’s own second marriage to Hugues [X]. It is assumed, therefore, that the (first) husband of Agathe de Preuilly and father of Vicomte Gérard [II], was another --- de Brosse. The primary source that confirms her supposed second marriage has not yet been identified. Betrothed ([1199]) to ISABELLE d’Angoulême, daughter of AYMAR “Taillefer” Comte d’Angoulême & his wife Alix de Courtenay ([1187]-Fontevrault Abbey 31 May 1246, bur Fontevrault Abbey). This betrothal is confirmed by Ralph of Coggeshall who records that in 1202 John King of England made war against "comitem de Marchis…Hugonem cognomento Brun et fratrem eius comitem de Eu" who had rebelled against him "pro filia comitis Engolismi, quam Hugo prædictus prius affidaverat." She succeeded her father in 1202 as Ctss d’Angoulême, and later married Hugues [XI] de Lusignan, son of Hugues [X]. m secondly ([1200/01]) MATHILDE d'Angoulême, daughter of VULGRIN III Comte d'Angoulême & his wife Elisabeth d'Amboise (-after 29 Aug 1233). Painter cites a charter dated 29 Aug 1233 under which Juhel Archbishop of Tours confirmed an agreement between "Matilda daughter of Vulgrin once count of Angoulême and widow of Hugh once count of La Marche" and "Isabelle queen of England, countess of La Marche and Angoulême," the former abandoning to "Isabelle and her husband Hugh de Lusignan…her rights in the county of Angoulême and her dower rights in the county of La Marche" in return for an annuity. Painter highlights that the document in question makes no mention of any blood relationship between Mathilde and Hugues [XI] de Lusignan, which strongly suggests that the latter was born from an earlier marriage of his father. Comte Hugues [X] & his first wife had one child: ... ... The primary sources that confirm the parentage and marriages of the following members of this family have not yet been identified, unless otherwise stated below.
   
2. Title: wife to Hugh X De Lusignan
   Author: Hugh (Hugues) X De Lusignan (1183-1249)
   Publication: Name: http://www.mathematical.com/lusignanhugh10.html;
   Note: *Hugh (Hugues) X de Lusignan born about 1183 Lusignan, Vienne, France died 1249 Surrey, England father: *Hugh IX de Lusignan born about 1163 died 1219 Damietta mother: *Mathilde Taillefer born about 1158 died 1233/39 married about 1181
   
3. Title: Hugh Lusignan, "Find A Grave Index"
   Author: "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVG9-Q1TZ : 1 July 2020), De Valence, ; Burial, , ; citing record ID , Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
   Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVG9-Q1TZ;
   
4. Title: The Medieval Lands Project, "HUGUES [X] "le Brun" de Lusignan"
   Author: fmg.ac
   Publication: Name: http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ANGOULEME.htm#HuguesIXLusignandied1219;
   Note: HUGUES [X] "le Brun" de Lusignan, son of HUGUES de Lusignan & his [first] wife Orengarde --- (-Damietta 5 Nov 1219). His parentage is confirmed indirectly by the Chronicle of Alberic de Trois-Fontaines names "Radulfum de Esselduno qui fuit comes Augi" as "Hugo Brunus fratrem natu maiorem" (presumably an error for "minorem"), adding that "horum pater Hugo de Lisegnen" had "fratres…Gaufridum, Henricum regem Cypri et Guidonem regem Ierosolimorum"[704]. He succeeded his grandfather in 1173 as Seigneur de Lusignan, de Couhé et de Château-Larcher. Comte de la Marche 1199: the Chronicle of Alberic de Trois-Fontaines records that, after the death of Richard I King of England, "Hugo…Brunus" captured "regina…Alienordis" and held her until she granted him "comitatum de Marchia Pictavie"[705]. The Chronicon Bernardi Iterii records that "Hugo de Lezina" seized "comitatum de Marcha" in 1199, noted in events after the record of the death of King Richard[706]. "Hugo Brun com March et Rad com Augi" swore homage to John King of England, dated 28 Jan 1200[707]. "Hugo Brunus comes Marchie, dominus Lezignaci et Coiaci" renounced rights over income belonging to Saint-Hilaire de Poitiers, claimed by "avus meus…dominus Hugo de Lezigniaco" but relinquished by him before leaving for Jerusalem, with the consent of "filio meo Hugone Bruno quem tunc unicum habebam", by charter dated 23 Feb 1200[708]. "Hugo Brunus comes Marchie", on leaving for Jerusalem, recommended "R. comiti Augi et Hugoni filio meo" to take the abbey of Châtelliers under their protection by charter dated to [1200][709]. Ralph of Coggeshall records that in 1202 John King of England made war against "comitem de Marchis…Hugonem cognomento Brun et fratrem eius comitem de Eu" who had rebelled against him "pro filia comitis Engolismi, quam Hugo prædictus prius affidaverat"[710]. Ralph of Coggeshall records that "…Gaufridum de Lucinan et Hugonem Brunum et Andream de Caveni et vicecomitem de Castro-Eraldi et Reimundum Tuarz et Savarium de Mauleun et Hugonem Baugii" were captured, together with "Arturum nepotem nostrum" [Arthur Duke of Brittany] after they rebelled and attempted to capture "castellum de Mirabel" where "regina Alienor avia Arturi" was living, dated to 1202[711]. "Comes Augi" pledged his lands for his homage to Philippe II King of France, and that of "fratres sui comes Marchie et vicecomes Castri Eraudi" dated (by Delisle) to [1209][712]. He made peace with the king of England, as confirmed by the betrothal of King John’s daughter to his son Hugues [XI], confirmed in a charter dated 29 Sep 1214 (see below). "Hugo Bruni dominus Lezigniaci et comes Marchie", on leaving on crusade, and "Hugo de Lezigniaco filius suus" donated half "molendino de Pooillet" to Saint-Maixent by charter dated 27 Jun 1218[713]. "Hugo Brunus comes Marchie", on leaving for Jerusalem, confirmed the grant of rights to the abbey of Châtelliers made "in 1171" by "Hugo Lezenniaci castelli" by charter dated 1218[714]. The Historia Damiatina by Oliverus Scholasticus records the deaths in 1218 at Damieta of "comes de Marcha et comes de Bar et filius eius, frater Guillelmus de Carnoto magister militiæ templi, Herveus de Virsione, Iterius de Tacci, Oliverus filius regis Anglie"[715]. m firstly ---. The name of Hugues’s first wife is not known. Europäische Stammtafeln names Agathe de Preuilly "daughter of Pierre [II] Sire de Preuilly dit de Montrabel" as the second wife of Bernard [III] Vicomte de Brosse, and also records that she married secondly, as his first wife, Hugues [X][716]. The mother of Gérard [II] Vicomte de Brosse was Agathe de Preuilly, as confirmed by his charter dated 1198 (after Sep) under which "Giraudus vicecomes Brucie, filius domne Agathe de Prullet" abandoned rights in favour of Saint-Benoît-du-Sault[717]. However, there is no indication that Gérard was the son of Vicomte Bernard [III]. In addition, the chronology of the known marriage of Vicomte Bernard [III] appears to exclude the possibility of a second marriage which would be consistent with that second wife’s own second marriage to Hugues [X]. It is assumed, therefore, that the (first) husband of Agathe de Preuilly and father of Vicomte Gérard [II], was another --- de Brosse. The primary source which confirms her supposed second marriage has not yet been identified. Betrothed ([1199]) to ISABELLE d’Angoulême, daughter of AYMAR “Taillefer” Comte d’Angoulême & his wife Alix de Courtenay ([1187]-Fontevrault Abbey 31 May 1246, bur Fontevrault Abbey). This betrothal is confirmed by Ralph of Coggeshall who records that in 1202 John King of England made war against "comitem de Marchis…Hugonem cognomento Brun et fratrem eius comitem de Eu" who had rebelled against him "pro filia comitis Engolismi, quam Hugo prædictus prius affidaverat"[718]. She succeeded her father in 1202 as Ctss d’Angoulême, and later married Hugues [XI] de Lusignan, son of Hugues [X]. m secondly ([1200/01]) MATHILDE d'Angoulême, daughter of VULGRIN III Comte d'Angoulême & his wife Elisabeth d'Amboise (-after 29 Aug 1233). Painter cites a charter dated 29 Aug 1233 under which Juhel Archbishop of Tours confirmed an agreement between "Matilda daughter of Vulgrin once count of Angoulême and widow of Hugh once count of La Marche" and "Isabelle queen of England, countess of La Marche and Angoulême", the former abandoning to "Isabelle and her husband Hugh de Lusignan…her rights in the county of Angoulême and her dower rights in the county of La Marche" in return for an annuity[719]. Painter highlights that the document in question makes no mention of any blood relationship between Mathilde and Hugues [XI] de Lusignan, which strongly suggests that the latter was born from an earlier marriage of his father. Comte Hugues [X] & his first wife had one child: 1. HUGUES [XI] "le Brun" de Lusignan ([before 1188]-Damietta 1249 after 15 Jan, bur Abbaye de Valence).