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Hugh VII DE LUSIGNAN (1065-bef1151)
Name: | Hugh VII DE LUSIGNAN 1 |
Sex: | Male |
Nickname: | "the Dark" |
Father: | Hugh VI DE LUSIGNAN ( -bef1110) |
Mother: | Hildegarde (Aldearde) DE THOUARS ( - ) |
Individual Events and Attributes
Birth | 1065 | |
Occupation (1) | Sire de Lusignan | |
Occupation (2) | frm 1110 to 1151 (age 44-86) | Count of La Marche |
Death | bef 1151 (age 85-86) |
Marriage
Spouse | Sarazine DE LEZAY (1067-bef1144) | |
Children | Hugh VIII DE LUSIGNAN ( -1173?) |
Individual Note
Hugh VII the Brown of Lusignan or Hugues II de La Marche or Hugues VII & II le Brun de Lusignan (1065 – 1151), Sire de Lusignan, Couhé and Château-Larcher and Count of La Marche, was the son of Hugh VI of Lusignan. He was one of the many notable Crusaders in the Lusignan family. In 1147 he took the Cross and followed King Louis VII of France on the Second Crusade.
Hugh married before 1109 Sarrasine or Saracena de Lezay (1067 – 1144), whose origins are unknown. She may have been identical to the Saracena who was widow of Robert I, Count of Sanseverino. Their children were:
Hugh VIII of Lusignan
William de Lusignan, Seigneur d'Angles
Rorgon de Lusignan
Simon I de Lusignan, Seigneur de Lezay, fl. 1144, married before 1173 NN, the parents of:
-- Guillaume I de Lusignan, Seigneur de Lezay, who died unmarried and without issue
-- Simon II de Lusignan (Deux Sèvres, bef. 1180 – 1200), Seigneur de Lezay, married before 1195 NN, the parents of:
-- Hugues I de Lezay, Seigneur de Lezay, married to NN, the parents of:
-- Jean I de Lezay, Seigneur de Lezay, married to NN, the parents of:
-- Claire I de Lezay, Dame de Lezay, married to Pons II d'Aulnay, Vicomte d'Aulnay
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
SOURCES:
Painter, Sidney. The Lords of Lusignan in the Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries, 19612
Sources
1 | Weis, Frederick Lewis & Sheppard, Walter Lee, Jr, "Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700: Lineages from Alfred the Great, Charlemagne, Malcolm of Scotland, Robert the Strong, and other Historical Individuals". p 265, 275-23. |
2 | "Wikipedia". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_VII_of_Lusignan. |