Hugh IX of Lusignan

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Seal of Hugh IX of Lusignan, damaged but probably depicts the hunting attire usually shown on the family's seals, usually showing the holding of a small hunting dog behind the croup of the saddle

Hugh IX "le Brun" of Lusignan (1163/1168 – 5 November 1219)[1] was the grandson of Hugh VIII. His father, also Hugh (b. c. 1141), was the co-seigneur of Lusignan from 1164, marrying a woman named Orengarde before 1162 or about 1167 and dying in 1169. Hugh IX became seigneur of Lusignan in 1172, seigneur of Couhe and Chateau-Larcher in the 1190s, and Count of La Marche (as Hugh IV) on his grandfather's death. Hugh IX died on the Fifth Crusade at Damietta on 5 November 1219.[1]

Hugh IX is mentioned under the pseudonym Maracdes ("Emerald") in two poems by the troubadour Gaucelm Faidit, according to the Occitan razós to these poems.

Marriage and issue

His first wife was Agathe de Preuilly, daughter of Peter (Pierre) II de Preuilly and Aenor de Mauleon. Their marriage was annulled in 1189. His second wife, married c. 1189, was Mathilde of Angoulême (1181 – 1233), daughter of Wulgrin III of Angoulême, Count of Angoulême and Count of La Marche.[2] They had two known children:

Fictional portrayals

Hugh was portrayed by actor James Cossins in the 1978 BBC TV drama series The Devil's Crown.

Ancestry

Family of Hugh IX of Lusignan
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 16. Hugues de Lusignan, Count of La Marche
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 8. Hugues de Lusignan, Count of La Marche
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 17. Hildegarde de Thouars
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 4. Hugues de Lusignan, Count of La Marche
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 9. Saracena de Lezay
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 2. Hugues de Lusignan
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 20. Aimery de Rançon
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 10. Geoffroy de Rançon
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 21. Bourgogne de Nevers
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 5. Bourgogne de Rançon
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 11. Fossilia de Moncontour
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1. Hugues de Lusignan, Count of La Marche
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 3. Orengarde
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 M. A. Pollock, Scotland, England and France After the Loss of Normandy, 1204-1296, (The Boydell Press, 2015), 96.
  2. ↑ Jean d'Arras, Melusine; or, The Noble History of Lusignan, transl. Donald Maddox and Sara Sturm-Maddox, (The Pennsylvania State University Press, 2012), 239 note55.
  3. ↑ M. A. Pollock, Scotland, England and France After the Loss of Normandy, 1204-1296, 98.

Sources

  • Biographies des troubadours ed. J. Boutière, A.-H. Schutz (Paris: Nizet, 1964) pp. 187–191.
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