LUSIGNAN's Part 1/4
Adrian Channing
I am flattered to find my e-mail of 24 July 1997 on the
LUSIGNAN's has found its way (verbatum) to Bridget Gastel Lloyds
web page, however if I had been forewarned, I could have supplied
my updated version, which I now give, no doubt it will find its
way to Mrs Lloyds web page.
I have not put sources here, some of which come from messages to
the ng, themselves not all sourced.
The traditional pedigree of the Lusignans was revised by Painter,
in which he argues the existence of an additional HUGH (HUGH
VIIIa here)
I hope I have not made too many errors.
Discussions please
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a)
HUGH I
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HUGH II (c910-?950)
of Lusignan
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HUGH III (c948-c1111) de Lusignan; ?JOCELIN (uncle to
Seigneur m Arsendis/Arsende (c959-) HUGH IV) -> The
| House of VIVONNE
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HUGH IV (c985-aft 1030) de Lusignan; 1)Yolande m AIMERIC
Seigneur; le Brun; m Adelarde or PERUSSE (-1027)
Aldegarde de Thouars (c990-) d of 2)Mahaut m GUILLAUME I
RAOUL I s of HERBERT I (s of AIMERY de Chabot
II by Aliemor) by Aldearde d'Aunay
d of CADELON III by Senegunde of
Marcillac
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|b)
HUGH V (c1015-8 Oct 1060);
seigneur de Lusignan; m
Almodis/Almode (-16 Oct 1071
murdered) de la Haute Marche d
of BERNARD I Ct La MARCHE
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HUGH VI (c1039-1102 or 1110) de Lusignan; Melisende
Seigneur; The Diable; In the Crusades; m m SIMON I
Ildegarde/Hildegarde (c1058-aft 7 Dec 1099) de a'bp of
Thouars d of AIMERY IV (s of GEOFFREY II by Ainor) Parthenay
by Aurengarde de Mauleon
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HUGH VII (c1090-1144 or aft 1151); Seigneur de Lusignan;
Followed LOUIS VII to the East; m Sarracena\Sarazine
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|c) |d) | |e) | |
HUGH VIII Aimee/Aenor WILLIAM RORGON SIMON I Ponce de la
(c1118-c1172) m de Lusignan seigneur m le Brun Lusignan m
Bourgogne/Berbone m GEOFFREY d'Angles Almodis m __ de WULGRIN de
(1120-aft 11 Apr V de Thouars m Denise Lezay la Marche-
1169) de Rancon d -> Dame | Angouleme
of GEOFFREY III Ld d'Angles |
of Tailebourg |
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|f) |g) |1) |2) SIMON II
HUGH VIIIa GEOFFREY (- AMALRIC II GUY (c1160-May (-1219)
(-1169) de aft 1202) (bfr 1155-1 1194) K of Jm de Lezay
Lusignan m m Mevrant Apr 1205) K of and Cyp m 1180 m _____
Orengarde or Umberge Cyp and Jm m1 Sibylla GILLART
| de Limoges Eschiva (-1190)
| ?Issue in (-1197) of |
| Ireland Ibelin m2 1198 |2)
| Q Isabell daus dy
| (1170-1205)
| m|1 m|2
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|h) |i) -------------------------- |
HUGH IX RAOUL/RALPH | |3) | |4) |
(-1219) de I (-1219) GUY & Burgundia HUGH I Helvs |5)
Lusignan; Ct Ct de Eu; JOHN m c1205 (1195- m 1)Sibylla
de la MARCHE de Lusignan dy WALTER of 1218) RAY- m LEO II
m Agetha de m Alice (- MONTBELIARD K of MOND of Armenia
Preuilly and/ 1246) -> and m Cyp m of 2)Melise-
or m Matilda (some refs show RAYMOND VI 1208 Ant- nde m 1218
of Angouleme him as uncle of (1156-1222) Alice ioch BOHEMOND
| HUGH IX) de Toulouse of Jm IV (-1233)
| | | of Antioch
| | | (left
| | | Maria)
| | | 3)Son dy
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|m) |n) |j) | | |6) |7)
HUGH X Agathe RAOUL II | | 1)Maria m WALTER HENRY I
(1183- | GAURIN | IV Ct LECCE and (1216-
1249) | (l 127) l)| BRIENNE -> (HUGH) 1253) K
Ct LA | Maud 2)Isabella (- of Cyp; m1 Alice
MARCH; |k) 1264) m HENRY of of Montferrat;
m 1220 Marie Antioch -> (HUGH m2 Stephanie of
Isabella III K of Cyp & Lampron m3
(1185-1246) Jm) Plaisance (-1261)
of Angouleme of Antioch
wdw of K JOHN m|3
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|o) | |s) |t) |u) |v) |w) |8)
HUGH XI HENRY GUY WILLIAM AYMER GEOFFREY 1)Alice HUGH II
(1221-1249) Ld (-1296) (-Dec (-bfr (-1255/6)(1252-
Ct la MARCH Cog- k/a Er 1260) 1275) Ld le Brun 1267) m
m Yolande nac PEMBROKE Bp of Jarnac m 1247 Isabella
d of PIERRE m 1247 Winch- m? JOHN DE of
MAUCLERK Dk Joan ester Jeanne WARENNE Iberlin
of BRITTANY (1222- Chaterl- (c1231-
| <1307) de lerault 1304) Er SURREY &
| Monchensy | WARREN ->
| | -------- 2)Margaret m1 1243
------------ | | RAYMOND VII de
|p) |r) | ?Eustachie de L de Toulouse; m2
HUGH XII 1)Isabelle | m DREUX II de AMAURY VIII Vt de
(-1270) or (c1240- | Mello THOUARS
(1238- 1297) m | 3)Agnes m WILLIAM
1282) MAURICE II | de CHAUVIGY,
Ct de la de | Seigneur d'Argenton
MARCHE m BELLEVILLE- | 4) Isabelle (c1230-
Jeanne MONTAIGU | 1299) m1 c1250
(1233- 2)Alice | GEOFFROI IV (c1175-
1274) (-1290) m | c1255) de Racon; m2
de 1252/3 | c1255 MAURICE de
Fougeres GILBERT de | CRAON (c1239-1277)
| CLARE Er |
---------- GLOUCESTER ---------------------------
|q) || & HEREFORD |x) |x) |y) |z)
Yollande|| (Some refs JOHN WILLIAM AYMER de 1)Isabel m
Jeanne| state Alice (- (-1282) VALENCE JOHN de HASTINGS
HUGH XIII was d of 1276) (1270-1324) 2)Margaret
HUGH XI's 1Er P; m1 dvp 1276
br GUY bfr 1312 Beatrice (-1320) 3)Anne/Agnes m1
de Clermont; m2 Mary MAURICE FITZGERALD
(-1377) de Chatillon m2 HUGH de BALLIOL
i|ll m3 JOHN de AVESNES
| 4)Joan (c1273-) m
HENRY c1298 JOHN COMYN
(1269-)
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abbreviations cyp = Cyprus Jm = Jerusalem dy = died young
K = King, Q = Queen, aft = after, bfr = before, -> = left issue
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MYTHOLOGY
The castle at Lusignan is said to be have been built by Raymond, a
relative of the Counts POITIERS and his mythical wife, the spirit of
the fountain of Lusignan. He broke his vow and spied her on a
Saturday, to find that she had turned into a serpent from the waist
down. She flew out of the castle window never to be seen again, but
on the death of a member of the Lusignan family, she is heard crying
out. Another source states she was a dau. of the fairy Pressine whom
she had shut up in a mountain to avenge his wrongs, but he caste a
spell that she should metamorphosed every Saturday, unless and until
she found an husband who would vow not to see her on Saturdays. This
history is related at length with the adventures of Melusine's
numerous progeny: by JEAN d'ARRAS, in his chronique de la princesse,
written in 1387 at the desire of JOHN Dk of BERRY, for the amusement
of the duke and of his sister Marie of France, duchess of Bar. Some
writers have supposed Melusine to be a corruption of mere Lucine, the
deity invoked in childbirth, widow of a king of Jerusalem, and with
Mevrant wife of GEOFFROI de Lusignan.
She has also been identified as Morphia dau of Gabriel of Melitene
and wife of Baldwin II of Jerusalem and mother of Melisende who was
the 2nd wife of Fulk (-1143) count of Anjou. Another version states
that the story arose because HUGH VIII's wife Sarracena\Sarazine was
a Saracen. I suppose half human and half serpent could be allegorical
for `of mixed blood'. The soubriquet "le Brun" applied to many members
of this family signifies a dark complexion, another indication of
eastern blood, although the term seems to have pre-dated Sarracena
a) HUGH I The Hunter; Sire of Lusignan in Poitiou and vassal of
Counts of Poitiers in the late 9th or 10th century. There is
no evidence supporting a link with the Merovingian dynasty as
shown in the book The Holy Blood and The Holy Grail.
b) HUGH V (c1015-8 Oct 1060); seigneur de Lusignan; m Almodis/
Almode (-16 Oct 1071 murdered by her step-s PIERRE RAMON/
RAYMANDE BARENGUER) de la Haute Marche dau of BERNARD I Ct de
la MARCHE, Perigord by Aina/Amelia de Montignac. This
Almodis m2 (div) PONS Ct TOULOUSE (-1060) (and had a. WILLIAM
IV Ct TOULOUSE and b. RAMON IV); m3 RAMON BERENGURE II Ct
BARCELONA (-1077) "El Viejo"
See Appendix for a tree of Counts de la Marche and a tree of
Counts of Toulouse.
c) HUGH VIII (c1118-c1172) de Lusignan; The BROWN; m Bergone/
Bourgogne/Burgone (c1120-aft 11 Apr 1169); Dame de Fontenayda
d of GEOFFREY de RANCON; Seigneur de Taillebourg. HUGH VIII
is sometimes known as "le Vieux" - The Old, so perhaps he was
born sometime before 1118 - he can not have died much after
1172.
In late 1163 NAR ED-DIN taking advantage of AMALRIC's absence
in Egypt, attacked Tripoli. He invaded the Buqaia in order to
lay siege to Krak castle. But HUGH de Lusignan, GEOFFREY
MARTEL, brother to Ct ANGOULEME and their followers, were
passing through Tripoli on return from Jerusalem. They
joined Ct RAYMOND and an urgent appeal to Antioch brought
BOHEMOND III and the Imperial general CONSTANTINE COLOMAN
down from the north. This united army marched swiftly
through the hills and surprised the Moslems at their camp
below Krak. After a short battle, in which COLOMAN and his
troops distinguished themselves, NAR ED-DIN fled in disorder
to Homs, regrouped his army and received reinforcement whence
the Christians abandoned the pursuit. However in 1164 HUGH
with BOHEMOND, RAYMOND of Tripoli and CONSTANTINE COLOMAN
were taken prisoners at the siege of Harenc and taken to
Aleppo. HUGH died in captivity.
d) WEIS _Ancestral Roots_ 7Ed
Aimee/Aenor de Lusignan m Vicomte GEOFFROY V (1120-1176) de
THOUARS (s of AIMERY V Vicomte de THOUARS by Agnes of
Aquitaine) -> Gui (-1213) de Thouars Ct of BRITTANY m1
Constance (-5 Sep 1201) de Bretagne; Cts Brittany; m2
Eustachie d'Argenton de Chemille -> (by m1) Alix (-21 Oct
1221) de Thouars; Duchess of BRITTANY m PIERRE (-May 1250) de
DREUX; de Braine -> Yolande de Dreux (1218-Oct 1272) m HUGH
XI
Aimme and Georroy also left
2. AIMERY VIII Vicomte de THOUARS m Sibylle de Laval
3. HUGES I Vicomte de THOUARS m Marguerite de Montaigu
4. Marguerita m GEOFFROY de CHAUSSERAY
Adrian (Surrey, UK) ACha...@CompuServe.Com
copernicusg...@gmail.com
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Peter Stewart
seigneury of Angles eventually passed to the heirs of his younger
brother Simon of Lezay. In the 13th century they sold it to the bishops
of Poitiers and the subsequent seigneurs at Angles were not Lusignans.
Peter Stewart