Hugh XII of Lusignan
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Hugh XII of Lusignan, Hugh VII of La Marche or Hugh III of Angoulême or Hugues XII & VII & III de Lusignan (c. 1235/1240 – Aft. August 25, 1270) succeeded his father Hugh XI as Seigneur de Lusignan, de Couhe et de Peyrat, Count of La Marche and Count of Angoulême in April, 1250.
Married between January 29 1253-1254 to Jeanne de Fougeres (d. Aft.1273), daughter of Raoul III de Fougeres, Seigneur de Fougeres, and Isabelle de Craon. They had seven children:
- Hugues XIII & V & IV de Lusignan
- Guy I & I & I de Lusignan
- Yolande I & I de Lusignan
- Jeanne I de Lusignan
- Marie de Lusignan (d. aft. 1312), married in 1288 Etienne II, Comte de Sancerre (d. c. 1306)
- Isabelle de Lusignan, married John de Vesci
- a child de Lusignan, died young
[edit] Death
Hugh died in 1270 while on Crusade with King Louis IX of France. His eldest son Hugh XIII de Lusignan succeeded him.
[edit] Sources
- Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists who Came to America Before 1700 by Frederick Lewis Weis, Lines: 135-31, 214A-30, 275-29.
- Magna Charta Sureties 1215 by Frederick Lewis Weis, Page: 12-5.
