Hugh III, Lord of Broyes ( 1120 – c. 1199) was

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at the end of the 11th century. He was the son of

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and his wife Félicité de Brienne, daughter of

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. Simon, Hugh's father, had three castles: at Broyes,

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, and

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. Hugh received the castles at Broyes and Chateauvillan, with the other going to his brother, who adopted the toponym of the lordship he received, and is known as Simon of Beaufort. Hugh III participated in the

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Marriage and children

Hugh III favored his residence at Châteauvillain. His first wife was Stephanie de Bar, Lady of Commercy, daughter of Renaud I Count de Bar et de Mousson and his second wife Gisèle of Vaudémont. His second wife was Elisabeth (Isabelle) de Dreux, Lady of Baudémont, daughter of

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and his third wife was Agnes de Baudemont. Elizabeth was in her mid-teens when they married, and their marriage lasted 21 years. She did not remarry and lived to at least 1228.Theodore Evergates, ''Aristocratic women in medieval France'', (University of Pennsylvania Press, 1999), p. 180. With his first wife, Hugh had four children: * Simon de Broyes (1145-after May 1208). Married Nicole of Salins. * Emmeline de Broyes * Sophie de Broyes * Agnes de Broyes, married first Simon of Brixey, Lord of Bourlémont, and second, Henry of Fouvent With his second wife, Hugh had two children: * Emmeline de Broyes (-d perhaps July 1248 or April 1249). Married

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and second

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* Simon de Broyes (−1260), married Alix of Luzy, daughter of Dalmas of Luzy and his wife Beatrix de Vignory (Beatrix later married

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