Hugh X de Lusignan, Hugh V of La Marche or Hugh I of Angoulême (c. 1183 – c. 5 June 1249,

Angoulême Angoulême (; Poitevin-Saintongeais: ''Engoulaeme''; oc, Engoleime) is a communes of France, commune, the Prefectures of France, prefecture of the Charente Departments of France, department, in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of southwestern Franc ...

) was Seigneur de Lusignan and

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in November 1219 and was

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by marriage. He was the son of Hugh IX and Agathe de Preuilly.

Background

Hugh's father, Hugh IX of Lusignan was betrothed to marry 12-year-old Isabel of Angoulême in 1200, when King

John of England John (24 December 1166 – 19 October 1216) was King of England from 1199 until his death in 1216. He lost the Duchy of Normandy and most of his other French lands to King Philip II of France, resulting in the collapse of the Angevin Emp ...

married her instead, an action which resulted in the entire de Lusignan family rebelling against the English king. Instead his father married Agathe de Preuilly. Hugh was born in 1183, the son of Hugh IX of Lusignan and Agathe de Preuilly. Following King John's death, Queen Isabella returned to her native France, where she married Hugh on 10 May 1220 By Hugh's marriage to Isabella, he became

until her death in 1246. Together they founded the abbey of Valence.

Marriage and issue

Hugh and Isabella had: * Hugh XI de Lusignan, seigneur of Lusignan,

and

(1221–1250) * Aymer de Lusignan, Bishop of Winchester c. 1250 (c. 1222 –

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, 5 December 1260 and buried there) * Agatha de Lusignan (c. 1223 – aft. 7 April 1269), married Guillaume II de Chauvigny, seigneur of Châteauroux (1224 –

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, 3 January 1271) * Alice de Lusignan (1224 – 9 February 1256), married 1247

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* Guy de Lusignan (d. 1264), seigneur of Couhé, Cognac, and Archiac in 1249, killed at the

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. * Geoffrey de Lusignan (d. 1274), seigneur of Jarnac, married in 1259 Jeanne de Châtellerault, Vicomtess of Châtellerault (d. 16 May 1315) and had issue: ** Eustachie de Lusignan (d.

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, 1270), married 1257 Dreux III de Mello (d. 1310) * Guillaume de Lusignan (d. 1296); known in English as

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married

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or Munchensy (c. 1230after 20 September 1307), the only surviving child of Warin de Munchensi, lord of Swanscombe, and his first wife

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, who was one of the five daughters of

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and

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''suo jure''. * Margaret de Lusignan (c. 1226/1228–1288), married (1st) 1240/1241

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(1197–1249), married (2nd) c. 1246 Aimery IX de Thouars,

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(d. 1256), and married (3rd) Geoffrey V de Chateaubriant, seigneur of Chateubriant *

Isabella of Lusignan Isabella of Lusignan (c.1224 – 14 January 1300) was a daughter of Hugh X of Lusignan and his wife Isabella of Angoulême, Dowager Queen of England. Isabella was half-sister to King Henry III of England. She was Dame de Beauvoir-sur Mer et ...

(1224 – 14 January 1299), lady of Beauvoir-sur-Mer et de Mercillac, married (1st)

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(1224/1239 – soon before 27 May 1250/1277) (2nd) Geoffrey de Rancon, seigneur of Taillebourg. Hugh X was succeeded by his eldest son,

Hugh XI of Lusignan Hugh XI de Lusignan, Hugh VI of La Marche or Hugh II of Angoulême (1221 – 6 April 1250) was a 13th-century French nobleman. He succeeded his mother Isabelle of Angoulême, former queen of England, as Count of Angoulême in 1246. He likewise suc ...

. According to explanations in the manuscripts of

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's poems, this troubadour was a rival of Hugh X of Lusignan for the love of Marguerite d'Aubusson. He was buried in

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