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 Couhé 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 the siege of
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
Occitanrazós to these poems.
Marriage and issue
Hugh's first wife was possibly Agathe de Preuilly, daughter of Peter (Pierre) II de Preuilly and Aenor de Mauleon. Their marriage was annulled in 1189.
d'Arras, Jean (2012). Melusine; or, The Noble History of Lusignan. Translated by Maddox, Donald; Sturm-Maddox, Sara. The Pennsylvania State University Press.
Church, S. D., ed. (1999). King John: New Interpretations. The Boydell Press.