Hugh Lupin ( la, Hugo Lupinus; died 1190/5), called the Elder or Hugh I, was a nobleman of the

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. He was the count of

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from 1167 until his death.

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"The Career of ''Judex Tarentinus magne curie magister justiciarius'' and the Emergence of the Sicilian ''regalis magna curia'' under William I and the Regency of Margaret of Navarra, 1156–1172"
''Proceedings of the British Academy'', 53 (1967), pp. 289–344, at 336–37, n. 8. On the occasion of Hugh's creation as a count in the spring of 1167, the chronicler pseudo-Falcandus notes that he was "a man expert in every virtue who had recently arrived from France". He mentions that he was a cousin (or relative) of the queen-mother

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, then acting as regent for her son, William II, and of the chancellor,

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. Either shortly before or after he was invested with Catanzaro, Hugh married

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, the heiress of the last count,

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. The couple had twin sons: Hugh the Younger and

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. In 1169, Hugh was with his cousin Stephen when the group was violently attacked and forced to take refuge in a church in

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. Stephen negotiated his release by resigning his chancellorship and going into exile, while the rebels allowed Hugh to stay on in Sicily. It was thought that Hugh would not pose a danger to the rebels—described by pseudo-Falcandus as "the great men of the court"—and would ease the queen's anger. By February 1168 at the latest, Hugh had been appointed master justiciar and master constable of all

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, the Val di Crati,

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and the Valle del Mercure. It is not known how long he held this office, because there is no surviving source mentioning it between 1168 and December 1194. In February 1177, Hugh was one of the barons, churchmen and high officials present as witnesses when William II granted a

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to his queen, Joanna of England. Hugh was still living in November 1190, but he had died by April 1195. He was succeeded in Catanzaro by his eldest son Hugh.

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