Hugh XI de Lusignan, Hugh VI of La Marche or Hugh II of Angoulême (1221 – 6 April 1250) was a 13th-century French nobleman. 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 was the half-brother of King
Henry III of England.[1]
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
Hugh XI's wife Yolande never remarried.
Death
In 1249 he agreed to serve the count of Poitiers for a year on the
Seventh Crusade. Hugh was killed on 6 April 1250 during the
Battle of Fariskur, which was the last major battle of the Seventh Crusade. He was on crusade with Louis IX of France. His son Hugh XII succeeded him as
Count of La Marche and
Angoulême. [b]
Notes
^After Isabelle broke the betrothal to Hugh XI she broke a subsequent betrothal to
Conrad IV of Germany.
^Hugh XI's wife Yolande survived him. Upon her death, her Breton entitlements reverted to the
House of Dreux in the name of her brother,
John I, Duke of Brittany. This effectively ended any significant future interaction of Hugh's XI's family with the
Duchy of Brittany.
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Further reading
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.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).