Hugh X of Lusignan
Hugh X de Lusignan or Hugh V of La Marche was Seigneur de Lusignan and Count of La Marche in November 1219 and was Count of Angoulême by marriage. He was the son of Hugh [IX of Lusignan|Hugh IX].
Background
Hugh's father, Hugh IX of Lusignan, was betrothed to marry 12-year-old Isabel of Angoulême in 1200, but King John of England married her instead. As a result, the entire de Lusignan family rebelled against the English king. Hugh IX married Agathe de Preuilly instead.Hugh was born in 1183. He married Isabella, widow of King John of England, on 10 May 1220. By Hugh's marriage to Isabella, he became Count of Angoulême until her death in 1246. Together they founded the abbey of Valence.
In 1224, Hugh joined with King Louis VIII of France against the Angevins, being promised the city of Bordeaux. By 1226, he had become embittered against Louis' lack of support in conquering Gascony.
Marriage and issue
Hugh and Isabella had:- Hugh XI de Lusignan, seigneur of Lusignan, Count of La Marche and Count of Angoulême
- Aymer de Lusignan, Bishop of Winchester c. 1250
- Agatha de Lusignan, married Guillaume II de Chauvigny, seigneur of Châteauroux
- Alice de Lusignan, married 1247 John de Warenne, 6th Earl of Surrey
- Guy de Lusignan, seigneur of Couhé, Cognac, and Archiac in 1249, killed at the Battle of Lewes.
- Geoffrey de Lusignan, seigneur of Jarnac, married in 1259 Jeanne de Châtellerault, Vicomtess of Châtellerault and had issue:
- * Eustachie de Lusignan, married 1257 Dreux III de Mello
- Guillaume de Lusignan ; known in English as William de Valence married Joan de Munchensi or Munchensy, the only surviving child of Warin de Munchensi, lord of Swanscombe, and his first wife Joan Marshal, who was one of the five daughters of William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke and Isabel de Clare, 4th Countess of Pembroke suo jure.
- Margaret de Lusignan, married 1240/1241 Raymond VII of Toulouse, married c. 1246 Aimery IX de Thouars, Viscount of Thouars, and married Geoffrey V de Chateaubriant, seigneur of Chateubriant
- Isabella of Lusignan, lady of Beauvoir-sur-Mer et de Mercillac, married Maurice IV de Craon Geoffrey de Rancon, seigneur of Taillebourg.
According to explanations in the manuscripts of Gaucelm Faidit's poems, this troubadour was a rival of Hugh X of Lusignan for the love of Marguerite d'Aubusson.
He was buried in Angoulême.