Seal of Hugh X of Lusignan, showing him in hunting costume holding a small hunting dog behind the croup of his saddle, following the usual imagery in the seals of his family[a]
Hugh X de Lusignan or Hugh V of La Marche (c. 1183 – c. 5 June 1249,
Angoulême) 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.
Hugh was born in 1183.[b] He married Isabella, widow of King
John of England, on 10 May 1220.[5] 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.[6] By 1226, he had become embittered against Louis' lack of support in conquering Gascony.[7]
Geoffrey de Lusignan (d. 1274), seigneur of Jarnac, married in 1259 Jeanne de Châtellerault, Vicomtess of
Châtellerault (d. 16 May 1315) and had issue:
Eustachie de Lusignan (d.
Carthage,
Tunisia, 1270), married 1257 Dreux III de Mello (d. 1310)
Margaret de Lusignan (c. 1226/1228–1288), married (1st) 1240/1241
Raymond VII of Toulouse (1197–1249), married (2nd) c. 1246 Aimery IX de Thouars,
Viscount of Thouars (d. 1256), and married (3rd) Geoffrey V de Chateaubriant, seigneur of Chateubriant
Isabella of Lusignan (1224 – 14 January 1299), lady of Beauvoir-sur-Mer et de Mercillac, married (1st)
Maurice IV de Craon (1224/1239 – soon before 27 May 1250/1277) (2nd) 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.
^Seal of Hugues X de Lusignan dated 1224. Sceau équestre: le comte à cheval, en costume de chasse, le cor au cou et tenant à la main un petit chien posé sur la croupe du cheval. Legend: * SIGILL' : HVGONIS : DE : LEZINIACO : COMITIS : ENGOLISME; Revers. Écu burelé. Le champ à arabesques. Legend: + SIGILL' “ HVGONIS : DE : LEZINIACO : COMITIS : MARCHIE.). Douet d’Arcq, Collection de Sceaux des Archives de l’Empire 1, 1 (1863), 397–398.
^Sidney Painter indicates Hugh IX's first wife as unknown.[4]
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Further reading
Douet d’Arcq, Collection de Sceaux des Archives de l’Empire 1(1) (1863): 397–398 (seal of Hugues X de Lusignan dated 1224 – Sceau équestre. Le comte à cheval, en costume de chasse, le cor au cou et tenant à la main un petit chien posé sur la croupe du cheval. Legend: * SIGILL' : HVGONIS : DE : LEZINIACO : COMITIS : ENGOLISME; Revers. Écu burelé. Le champ à arabesques. Legend: + SIGILL' “ HVGONIS : DE : LEZINIACO : COMITIS : MARCHIE.).