Hugh II (born c. 910-915 - died 967), called ''Carus'' (

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for ''the Kind''), was the second

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, the son and successor of Hugh I Venator. According to the ''Chronicle of Saint-Maixent'', he built the

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at Lusignan. Hugh III Albus, who emerges from historical obscurity in the next generation, was probably his son.

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 910s births 967 deaths Year of birth uncertain {{France-noble-stub