Hugues VII “le Brun”, lord of Lusignan

Events

Date of Birth: unknown.

Place of Birth: unknown.

Date of Death: before 1151.

Place of Death: unknown.

The date is given by Cawley.

Relationships

Father: Hugues VI “le Diable”, lord of Lusignan.

This relationship is given by père Anselme (3:76), by van Eickels, and by Painter (p. 38).

Mother: Hildegarde, daughter of Aimery (IV) de Thouars.

This relationship is given by père Anselme (3:76), van Eickels, and by Painter (p. 38).

Spouse: unknown.

This relationship is given by Cawley.

Spouse: Sarrazine.

This relationship is given by père Anselme (3:76), van Eickels, and by Painter (p. 38).

Children (by Hugues’s first wife):

(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project. Most information below comes from Cawley.)

Hugues VIII “le Brun”, lord of Lusignan, married Bourgogne, daughter of Geoffrey de Rancon.

Guillaume married Denise.

Children (mother uncertain):

Simon “le Brun”, lord of Lezay.

Rorgon.

Galeran.

Aimée married Guillaume, vicomte of Thouars.

References

Anselme de Sainte-Marie. Histoire Généalogique et Chronologique de la Maison Royale de France, des Pairs, Grands Officiers de la Couronne, de la Maison du Roy et des Anciens Barons du Royaume. 9 Volumes (Paris: 1726-1733).

Cawley, Charles. “HUGUES [VII] "le Brun" de Lusignan” in Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families.

Eickels, Karl van. Lusignan I genealogical table in volume 9 of Lexikon des Mittelalters. Munich: LexMA-Verlag, 1980-1998.

Painter, Sidney. “The Lords of Lusignan in the Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries” in Speculum Vol. 30, No. 1, Jan., 1957. (pp. 27-47)