Hugues XII (Lusignan) de la Marche
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Hugues (Lusignan) de la Marche (abt. 1240 - aft. 1270)

Hugues (Hugues XII) "Count de La Marche" de la Marche formerly Lusignan
Born about in Angouleme, Francemap
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Son of and
Brother of , and
Husband of — married 29 Jan 1254 [location unknown]
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Father of , and
Died after after about age 30 in Tunis, Tunisia, North Africamap
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Biography

Father Sir Hugh XI de Lusignan, 11th Seigneur de Lusignan, Count Ponthieu, 3rd Count de La Marche, Angouleme[1] b. c 1221, d. a 20 Jul 1264

Mother Yolande de Dreux[2] b. b 19 Oct 1216, d. 10 Oct 1272

Hugh XII de Lusignan, 4th Count de la Marche, 12th Seigneur de Lusignan, & Count d'Angouleme was born circa 1240 at of Angouleme, France. [3]

He married Jeanne de Fougéres, daughter of Raoul III de Fougéres, Seigneur de Fougéres and Isabel de Craon, on 29 January 1254 at Fougères, Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany, France.[4]

They had 2 sons (Hugues 'le Brun' XIII, Comte de la Marche & Angouleme, Seigneur de Fougeres; & Guy, Comte de la March & Angouleme) and 4 daughters (Yoland, wife of Helie Ridel I, Seigneur de Pons, & of Robert de Matha, Seigneur de Matha; Marie, wife of Etienne II, Comte de Sancerre; Joan/Jeanne, wife of Bernard-Ezi d'Albret, & of Sir Peter de Geneville, Lord Geneville; & Isabel, a nun at Fontevrault).[5]

Hugh XII de Lusignan, 4th Count de la Marche, 12th Seigneur de Lusignan, & Count d'Angouleme left a will on 1 February 1270.

He died in August 1270 at Tunis, Tunisia.[6]

Family

  • Jeanne de Fougéres b. c 1235, d. a 18 Jun 1273

Children

  • Hugues 'le Brun' XIII, Comte de la Marche & Angouleme, Seigneur de Fougeres
  • Guy, Comte de la March & Angouleme
  • Yoland, wife of Helie Ridel I, Seigneur de Pons, & of Robert de Matha, Seigneur de Matha
  • Marie, wife of Etienne II, Comte de Sancerre
  • Joan/Jeanne, wife of Bernard-Ezi d'Albret, & of Sir Peter de Geneville, Lord Geneville
  • Isabel, a nun at Fontevrault


Sources

  1. ↑ Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry: 2nd Edition, Vol. II, p. 481.
  2. ↑ Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. III, p. 676.
  3. ↑ Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. III, p. 13.
  4. ↑ Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry: 2nd Edition, Vol. II, p. 481-482.
  5. ↑ Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. III, p. 187-188.
  6. ↑ Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. III, p. 677.

Research Notes

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Error 723 (prefix in 1st name) corrected, according to guidance @ https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Help:Name_Fields_for_European_Aristocrats

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Preferred FNHugues XIIok
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