Hugh III (fl. late tenth century), called ''Albus'' (the White), was the third
Lord of Lusignan, probably the son and successor of
Hugh II. He confirmed the donation by one of his vassals of the church of
Mezeaux to the abbey of Saint-Cyprien and himself granted the abbey the woodland and the public road between Lusignan and
Poitiers
Poitiers (, , , ; Poitevin: ''Poetàe'') is a city on the River Clain in west-central France. It is a commune and the capital of the Vienne department and the historical centre of Poitou. In 2017 it had a population of 88,291. Its agglome ...
. He may have been intimate with the comital court of
Poitou
Poitou (, , ; ; Poitevin: ''Poetou'') was a province of west-central France whose capital city was Poitiers. Both Poitou and Poitiers are named after the Pictones Gallic tribe.
Geography
The main historical cities are Poitiers (historical c ...
, for the Duchess
Emma, wife of
William IV of Aquitaine, imposed a tax on the abbey of
Saint-Maixent
Saint-Maixent () is a commune in the Sarthe department in the region of Pays de la Loire in north-western France.
See also
*Communes of the Sarthe department
The following is a list of the 354 communes of the Sarthe department of France.
...
and gave him the proceeds. His own wife was Arsendis, and he was succeeded by his son
Hugh IV Brunus, not the last of that name in the family.
Sources
*
Painter, Sidney.
The Lords of Lusignan in the Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries. ''Speculum'', Vol. 32, No. 1. (Jan., 1957), pp 27–47.
House of Lusignan
10th-century French nobility
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