94499124. Comte Hugh IX de Lusignan
1163, Hugh « the Brown » born in Lusignan, France;
s/o 188998248. Hugh VIII de Lusignan & 188998249. Orengarde ?.
3/15/1169, Hugh, age 6, heir to his father; his grandfather
still living.
1172, Hugh named Seigneur de Lusignan on the death of his paternal
grandmother.
9/18/1180, Philip Augustus succeeded as King of France.
11/3/1189, Richard I crowned king of England.
7/1190, Hugh in Lyons where English and French troops going
on crusade joined together. [Hugh uncles Geoffrey – viscount of Limoges, Guy
and Amauri also went on the crusade.]
2/1191, Hugh in the entourage of Richard I in Sicily, going
on crusade.
By 6/1191, Hugh and the crusaders had all arrived at Acre
and put the city under siege.
7/1191, King Philip of France left the crusade leaving his
10,000 french troops under the command of Richard I.
9/1191, The crusaders defeated Saladin at the battle of
Arsuf.
4/1192, Richard I named Hugh’s uncle Guy de Lusignan as Lord
of Cyprus.
8/1192, The crusaders conducted a sea assault on Jaffa.
9/9/1192, Richard I turned over command of the crusaders to
Henry of Champagne.
1193-94, Hugh visited King Richard I, who had been
imprisoned for ransom in Germany.
1194, Hugh’s 1st wife [unknown name] was likely
living [King Richard I married the heiress of Eu to Hugh’s younger brother.]
4/6/1199, at Chalus-Chabrol, King Richard died, attended by
his mother Queen Eleanor.
1199, Queen Eleanor of England was persuaded by Hugh to give
him the county of La Marche. [Sources indicate she may have been captured by
Hugh, and La Marche was her ransom.]
5/27/1199, John crowned king of England.
Bef. 1200, Isabella of Anglouleme pledged in marriage to
Hugh by her father Audemar, Count of Angouleme. Hugh and Audemar had contested
for the country. The marriage was arranged to settle the dispute.
1/28/1200, ‘Hugo Brun com March et Rad com Augi’ swore
homage to John King of England.
2/23/1200, Hugh le Brun, count of La Marche, lord of
Lusignan and Couhe, with consent of his only son Hugh, issued a charter to St
Hilaire of Poitiers renouncing rights to income.
8/24/1200 in Anglouleme, after having sent Hugh “out on
business” King John married Isabella at the time and place she was supposed to
marry Hugh. Hugh and his younger brother Ralph appealed to King Philip II of
France, who dispossed King John of all his lands in France. [John was a vassal
King to the King of France.]
1201, Hugh with his brother Ralph, Count of Eu, and his
uncle Geoffrey, viscount of Chatellerault, rebelled against King John.
By 1201, Hugh married 2nd Matilda, d/o Vulgrin
III, and cousin of Isabelle. [Her claim to Angouleme was stronger than that of
Isabelle.]
8/1/1202, Hugh, his brother Ralph, and his uncle Geoffrey
captured by King John in Mirebeau castle in Anjou, France. They were attempting
to capture King John’s mother, Eleanor of Aquitaine, who was holding the
castle. Hugh was imprisoned at Caen. Hugh’s uncle Geoffrey was imprisoned at
Falaise.
1202, Hugh was released after surrendering castles and
hostages and swearing allegiance to John.
1203–4, Hugh “the Brown” and King Philip II recaptured most
of King John’s lands in France.
By 1205, King John had again captured Hugh. (S) The Court
Lady’s Magazine, 1841, P388.
8/26/1206, “The King to Hugh de Neville … permit William
Baudud, clerk, to speak with Hugh le Brun, … if he be willing to follow, in all
things, the agreement made between us and the vicount of Thouars, … the
aforesaid Hugh be released from fetters.”
1206, Released from prison, Hugh accompanied King John at
the siege of Montauban.
1209, “Brothers” Hugh, Count of La Marche, [Hugh de
Surgeres] Viscount of Chatellerault, and Ralph, Count of Eu, guaranteed each
other’s fidelity to King Philip of France.
1213, 3 sons of Hugh: Hugh son of Count de la Marche; Raoul,
count of Eu; and Geoffrey, made a peace treat with King John. (S) Lives of the
Queen of England, Strickland, 1840, P57.
1214, By treaty, Hugh gave King John the county of
Angouleme.
1214, Hugh’s uncle, Geoffrey de Lusignan, viscount of
Limoges, supported King John’s unsuccessful invasion of Poitou.
9/1214 at Chinon, Aimery de Craon and Juhel de Mayenne
[Aimery’s half brother] were the two ranking barons to sign King Philip’s
5-year truce with the Poitevin barons. The English-supporting barons signing
included Hugh de Lusignan and the count of Eu.
1216, Rex dilectis … Hugoni de Lezenniaco, vicecomiti
Lemovicensi, … (S) CPRs.
10/18/1216, King John died.
10/28/1216, Henry III, age 9, crowned king of England.
6/27/1218, ‘Hugo
Bruni dominus Lezigniaci et comes Marchie’, on leaving on crusade, and ‘Hugo de
Lezigniaco filius suus’ donated half ‘molendino de Pooillet’ to Saint-Maixent.
[Hugh, Lord of Lusignan, and Count of Marche.]
11/1218, The
crusaders captured the port and occupied the city.
11/5/1219, Hugh died
at Damietta.
(S) The Houses of Lusignan and Chatellerault, Medieval
Academy of America, Painter, 1955. (S) Foundation for Medieval Genealogy.
Family notes:
·
Hugh IX mentions the departure for the holy
lands of his grandfather Hugh VIII in one of his charters.
·
A document of Juhel, archbishop of Tours,
describes an agreement between Matilda, daughter of Vulgrin, once count of
Angouleme, and widow of Hugh, once count of La Marche, and Isabelle, queen of
England, countess of La Marche and Angouleme, abandoning to Isabelle and her
husband Hugh de Lusignan the county of Angouleme and her dower rights in the
county of La Marche in return for an annuity.
·
1220, after Hugh’s death, Hugh’s son married
King John’s widow.
·
1205-18, a “Hugh of Lusignan”, s/o Aymeri and
Eschive d’Ibelin, married to Alice of Champange-Jerusalem, d/o Henry of
Champagne, was King of Cyprus. (S) Cristian Society and the Crusades, Peters,
1971, P51. [This is Hugh’s nephew, or cousin.]
Child of Hugh and ?:
i. Hugh X de Lusignan (47249562), born ~1183 in France.
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