Hugh XII de Lusignan, Hugh VII of La Marche or Hugh III of Angoulême (c. 1235/1240 – after 25 August 1270). He was the son of Hugh XI of Lusignan and Yolande of Brittany. He succeeded his father as seigneur of Lusignan, Couhé, and Peyrat,

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and

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in 1250. On 29 January 1253/4, at

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, he married

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(d. aft.1273), daughter of Raoul III, seigneur of Fougères, and

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. They had six children: *

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* Yolande de Lusignan *

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, married (1st) Bernard-Ezy I, seigneur of Albret; (2nd) Sir Peter de Geneville, Knt. * Marie de Lusignan (d. aft. 1312), married in 1288 Etienne II, Count of Sancerre (d. c. 1306) * Isabelle de Lusignan, married Jean of Vesci.

Death

Hugh XII de Lusignan died in 1270 while on

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with King

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in an early battle of the

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. His eldest son Hugh XIII de Lusignan succeeded him.

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