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Hugh X of Lusignan

Hugh X of Lusignan

13th-century French aristocrat

Hugh X de Lusignan, Hugh V of La Marche or Hugh I of Angoulême (c. 1183 – c. 5 June 1249, Angoulême) was Seigneur de Lusignan and Count of La Marche in November 1219 and was Count of Angoulême by marriage. He was the son of Hugh IX.

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Seal of Hugh X of Lusignan. Legend: "SIGILL(UM) HUGONIS DE LEZINIACO COMITIS ENGOLISM" (Seal of Hugh of Lusignan Count of Angoulême). On the reverse is added "COMITIS MARCHIE" (Count of La Marche). The hunting horn is clearly seen hanging from his neck. National Archives, Paris
Isabelle d'Angouleme

Background

Hugh's father, Hugh IX of Lusignan, was betrothed to marry 12-year-old Isabel of Angoulême in 1200,[2] but King John of England married her instead. As a result, the entire de Lusignan family rebelled against the English king.[3] Hugh IX married Agathe de Preuilly instead.[citation needed]

Hugh X was born in 1183.[lower-alpha 2] He married Isabella, widow of King John of England, on 10 May 1220.[5] By Hugh's marriage to Isabella, he became Count of Angoulême until her death in 1246. Together they founded the abbey of Valence.

Marriage and issue

Hugh and Isabella had:

Hugh X was succeeded by his eldest son, Hugh XI of Lusignan.

According to explanations in the manuscripts of Gaucelm Faidit's poems, this troubadour was a rival of Hugh X of Lusignan for the love of Marguerite d'Aubusson.

He was buried in Angoulême.

Notes

  1. Seal of Hugues X de Lusignan dated 1224. Sceau équestre: le comte à cheval, en costume de chasse, le cor au cou et tenant à la main un petit chien posé sur la croupe du cheval. Legend: * SIGILL' : HVGONIS : DE : LEZINIACO : COMITIS : ENGOLISME; Revers. Écu burelé. Le champ à arabesques. Legend: + SIGILL' “ HVGONIS : DE : LEZINIACO : COMITIS : MARCHIE.). Douet d’Arcq, Collection de Sceaux des Archives de l’Empire 1, 1 (1863), 397–398.
  2. Sidney Painter indicates Hugh IX's first wife as unknown.[4]
  3. Prestwich states he fled after the Battle of Lewes[6]

References

  1. [1]
    Wagner, Anthony (1972). Historic heraldry of Britain: an illustrated series of British historical arms, with notes, glossary, and an introduction to heraldry. London, Phillimore. p. 49. ISBN 978-0-85033-022-9. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
  2. [2]
    Vincent 1999, pp. 171, 177.
  3. [3]
    Painter 1955, pp. 376–377.
  4. [4]
    Painter 1955, p. 376.
  5. [5]
    Hallam 1990, p. 136.
  6. [6]
    Prestwich 1988, p. 46.

Sources

  • Hallam, Elizabeth M. (1990). Capetian France: 987–1328. Longman.
  • Painter, Sidney (1955). "The Houses of Lusignan and Chatellerault 1150-1250". Speculum. 30 (3 July). The University of Chicago Press: 374–384. doi:10.2307/2848076. JSTOR 2848076. S2CID 162997835.
  • Prestwich, Michael (1988). Edward I. University of California Press.
  • Vincent, Nicholas (1999). "Isabella of Angouleme: John's Jezebel". In Church, S.D. (ed.). King John: New Interpretations. The Boydell Press.

Further reading

  • Douet d’Arcq, Collection de Sceaux des Archives de l’Empire 1(1) (1863): 397–398 (seal of Hugues X de Lusignan dated 1224 – Sceau équestre. Le comte à cheval, en costume de chasse, le cor au cou et tenant à la main un petit chien posé sur la croupe du cheval. Legend: * SIGILL' : HVGONIS : DE : LEZINIACO : COMITIS : ENGOLISME; Revers. Écu burelé. Le champ à arabesques. Legend: + SIGILL' “ HVGONIS : DE : LEZINIACO : COMITIS : MARCHIE.).


Preceded by Count of La Marche
1219–1249		 Succeeded by
Preceded by
Aymer Taillefer
 Count of Angoulême
1220–1246
With: Isabel of Angoulême
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