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( 1240 – 9 August 1296) was the second surviving son of Count Walter IV of Brienne and Marie de Lusignan of
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.


Life

His father, Count of Jaffa and Ascalon in
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, was murdered in 1244 in
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, and was succeeded by his eldest son,
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. On John's death (c. 1260), Hugh inherited the County of Brienne in
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and the family's claims in
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, including the
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and the County of Lecce, which had been confiscated in 1205. He claimed the regency of the
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(and indirectly a place in the succession) in 1264 as senior heir to Alice of Jerusalem and
Hugh I of Cyprus Hugh I (; (Oúgos); 1194/1195 – 10 January 1218) succeeded to the throne of Cyprus on 1 April 1205, underage upon the death of his father Aimery, King of Cyprus and Jerusalem. His mother was Eschiva of Ibelin, heiress of that branch of Ibe ...
, being the son of their eldest daughter, but was passed over by the '' Haute Cour'' in favour of his cousin Hugh of Antioch and thereafter took little part in the affairs of
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. His first cousin, King Hugh II of Cyprus, died in 1267 and despite Hugh's rights as senior heir, Hugh of Antioch was crowned Hugh III of Cyprus. When his second cousin's son
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, King of Jerusalem, was killed in 1268, the succession passed again to his junior cousin Hugh III. Deciding to seek his fortune in
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rather than
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, Hugh entered the service of
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. Charles made him Captain-General of
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,
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and
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and Lord of
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, and he was an enthusiastic partisan of the Angevin cause in Italy. For this service he was restored to his family's County of Lecce. He was captured with
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in the Battle of the Gulf of Naples in 1284 and again in the Battle of the Counts in 1287, both times in naval battles against
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. After his second capture, the Sicilians demanded a very large ransom from Hugh; the Count of Brienne paid this, and also sent his son and heir
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as a hostage. In 1291 he married Helena Angelina Komnene, widow of William de la Roche,
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, and regent for her underage son Guy II de la Roche. He thus became ''
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'' of the Duchy of Athens until Guy II came of age in 1296.


Death

In late 1295, Hugh was given command of Angevin troops in Apulia and the port of Brindisi by
Charles II of Naples Charles II, also known as Charles the Lame (; ; 1254 – 5 May 1309), was King of Naples, Count of Provence and Forcalquier (1285–1309), Prince of Achaea (1285–1289), and Count of Anjou and Maine (1285–1290); he also was King of Albania ( ...
. In early 1296, the new king of Sicily, Frederick III, launched an offensive against the Angevins in lower Italy. As part of this offensive, a Sicilian fleet under Roger of Lauria raided Brindisi, during which Hugh was killed.Perry, Guy (2018) pg. 134


Marriages and issue

Hugh's first wife was
Isabella de la Roche Isabella de la Roche (died before 1291) was a daughter of Guy I de la Roche. She was married twice, firstly to Geoffrey of Briel, Lord of Karytaina and then secondly to Hugh, Count of Brienne, having children only with her second husband. Life ...
, heiress of Thebes. They had a son, Walter V (d. 1311), who succeeded Hugh, and a daughter, Agnes, who married Count John of Joigny. Hugh and his second wife, Helena Angelina Komnene, had a daughter, Joanna, who married Duke Nicholas I Sanudo of Naxos.


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