Hugh XI of Lusignan

Hugh XI de Lusignan, Hugh VI of La Marche or Hugh II of Angoulême or Hugues XI & VI & II de Lusignan (1221 – 6 April 1250). He succeeded his mother Isabelle of Angoulême, former queen of England, as Count of Angoulême in 1246. He likewise succeeded his father Hugh X as Count of La Marche in 1249. Hugh XI de Lusignan was uterine half-brother of Henry III of England.

Hugh XI married in January 1236 Yolande of Brittany (1218 – 10 October 1272, buried at Villeneuve-lez-Nantes), daughter of Pierre de Braine (nicknamed Mauclerc), Knt., Duke of Brittany, Earl of Richmond, by his 1st wife, Alix, daughter of Guy de Thouars. Yolande's maritagium included the comté of Penthièvre and the seigneuries of Fère en Tardenois, Chilli, and Longjumeau. They had seven children.

Children

• Hugues XII & IV & III de Lusignan. Married Jeanne de Fougères
• Guy de Lusignan (died 1288/89)
• Geoffrey de Lusignan (died 1264)
• Alice (or Alix) de Lusignan ( after October 1236- May 1290). Married Gilbert de Clare, 7th Earl of Gloucester
• Mary (or Marie) de Lusignan (1242-after 11 July 1266). Married Robert de Ferrers, 6th Earl of Derby
• Isabelle de Lusignan, lady of Belleville (1248–1304). Married Maurice de Belleville
• Yolande de Lusignan (died 10 November 1305). Married Pierre I, seigneur of Préaux

Death

In 1249 he agreed to serve Alphonse, Count of Poitiers, for a year on crusade. Hugh XI was killed 6 April 1250 in battle in Faruskur, Egypt. He was on Crusade with King Louis IX. His son Hugh XII succeeded him as Count of La Marche and Angoulême.

References

• Bibliothèque de l’École des Chartes 4th Ser. 2 (1856): 537–545.
• Douet d’Arcq, Collection de Sceaux des Archives de l’Empire 1(1) (1863): 398 (seal of Hugues XI de Lusignan dated 1246 — Sceau équestre. Costume de chasse comme au sceau précédent. Legend: ……..VGONIS ……..; Revers. Écu burelé, à six lions rampants faisant l’orle brochant sur le tout. Legend: ……..M . HVGON……..), 398–399 (seal of Yolande, Countess of La Marche & Angoulême dated 1250 — La comtesse debout, vue de face et tenant un oiseau au poing. Legend: S. YOLENDIS : VXORIS : [D]NI : HVGONIS : .RVN; Contre-sceau. Écu burelé, à cinq lionceaux en orle brochant sur le tout. Legend: + SECRETVM . DNE . YOLENDIS :).
• Delisle “Chronologie Hist. des Comtes de la Marche” (Bull. Société Archéologique et Hist. de la Charente) 4th Ser. 4 (1867): 3–16.
• Duval, Cartulaire de l’Abbaye royale de Notre-Dame des Châtelliers (1872): 82–85 (testament of Hugues [X] de Lusignan dated 1248).
• Inventaire Sommaire des Archives départmentales antérieures à 1790: Haute Vienne, Série H. Supp. (1884–7): 58.
• La Porta, Les Gens de Qualité en Basse-Marche 1(2) (1886): 1–60 (Généalogie de Lusignan).
• Cal. Charter Rolls, 1 (1903): 438–439.
• Genealogist n.s. 21 (1905): 78–82, 163–171, 234–243.
• Cal.Patent Rolls, 1247–1258 (1908): 35 (Hugh le Brun, Count of Angoulême, styled “king’s brother” by King Henry III of England in 1249), 130, 175, 317 (Hugh, Count of La Marche, styled “king’s brother”).
• Recueil des Docs. de l’Abbaye de Fontaine-le-Comte (Société des archives historiques du Poitou 61) (1982): 82 (testament of Hugues [X] de Lusignan dated 1248).
• Schwennicke Europäische Stammtafeln n.s. 3(4) (1989): 816 (sub Lusignan).
• Jackson Seventh Crusade, 1244–1254 (2009) 34–35.