377996496. Seigneur Hugh VII de Lusignan & 377996497. Dame Burgundia de Racon.
~1115, Hugh
born in Poitou, France, son of §§Hugh VI de Lusignan.
~1120,
Burgundia born in France, d/o §§Geoffrey de Racon.
8/1/1137, Louis VII succeeded as king of France.
~1138, Hugh
VII “le Brun”, lord of Lusignan, married Burgundia [receiving Vouvant as part
of her portion.]
1148, Hugh’s
father died on crusade.
1151, Hugh
succeeded as seigneur de Lusignan, Couhe and Chateau-Larcher.
1154, Hugh
became a vassal to the Henry II, King of England. (S) Kingdom of Cyprus,
Edbury, 1993, P23.
1163, Hugh
joined the crusades and left for Palestine from Poitou.
8/1164, Hugh
captured at the battle of Harim, on the plain of Artah, in the service of
Bohemond III, prince of Antioch. (S) History of the Crusades, Setton, 2006,
P524. [Bohemond III, Raymond III of Tripoli, and Joscelin III of Edessa were
also captured.]
1164, Hugh
died in the Holy Land; his son Hugh succeeding.
[––Burgundia––]
Bef. 1169,
Hugh le Brun, lord of Lusignan, frees the monks [of the abbey of Becheron] from
paying tolls in his lands; witnessed by his brother Geoffrey and his mother
Lady Burgundia, and [uncles] Simon Brunus, Rorgo, and Galeran.
3/15/1169, Hugh, the son and heir, died.
3/16/1169,
Geoffrey’s mother Burgundia consented to a grant by Geoffrey to the abbey of
Absie for the soul of his brother Hugh [the day after Hugh’s death.]
4/11/1169,
Burgundia died.
(S) The Houses of Lusignan and Chatellerault, Medieval Academy of
America, Painter, 1955.
Family notes:
5/19/1102, Guy of Lusignan [grandfather of Hugh]
fought at the Battle of Ramla. (S) Kingdom of Cyprus, Edbury, 1993, P23.
Hugh VII had brothers Geoffrey, Simon, Brunus, Rorgo,
and Galeran.
Children
of Hugh and Burgundia:
i. Hugh VIII de Lusignan (188998248), born ~1140 in
Lusignan, France.
ii. Geoffrey de Lusignan, born ? in Lusignan,
France.
Geoffrey,
lord of Vouvant, married Humberga, d/o Ademar IV, viscount of Limoges.
1170-1188,
Geoffrey led revolts against King Henry II of England [and Duke of Aquitaine].
1188,
Geoffrey went on crusade where he distinguished himself.
Geoffrey,
lord of Vouvant, married 2nd Eustachia,lady of Moncontour.
1219,
Geoffrey “lo Prodome” died.
Children:
Hugh (d.by1224). Geoffrey (d.by1248), lord of Vouvant, viscount of Chatellerault;
married Clemence (d.1238); Ameri (d.by1242), lord of Soubise [Lords of
Parthenay.]
iii. Guy de Lusignan, born ? in Lusignan, France.
Guy married
Sibylle, Queen of Jerusalem, widow of William de Montferrat, d/o King Amauri I
of Jerusalem.
1186–90, Guy,
King of Jerusalem.
1190,
Sibylle died.
4/1192, Guy,
lord of Cyprus, acquired from Richard I, as compensation for giving up
Jerusalem to Conrad de Montferrat.
1194, Guy
died.
iv. Amauri de Lusignan, born ? in Lusignan, France.
Amauri
married Eschive d’Ibelin. [Descendants ruled Cyprus until 15th
century.]
1186–90,
Amauri, Constable of Jerusalem under his brother Guy.
1194-96,
Amauri, lord of Cyprus.
1196-1205,
Amauri, King of Cyprus by grant of Emperor Henry VI.
1197, Amauri
married 2nd Isabelle, Queen of Jerusalem, widow of Henry of
Champagne.
1197-1205,
Amauri, King of Jerusalem.
Children: Hugh, King of Cyprus.
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