Biography of Hugh Lusignan X Count Lusignan V Count La Marche 1183-1249
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Hugh Lusignan X Count Lusignan V Count La Marche succeeded V Count La Marche.
Around 1170 Hugh Lusignan VIII Count Lusignan (age 62) died. His grandson [his father] Hugh Lusignan IX Count Lusignan (age 7) succeeded IX Count Lusignan.
Around 1183 Hugh Lusignan X Count Lusignan V Count La Marche was born to Hugh Lusignan IX Count Lusignan (age 20).
On 24 Aug 1200 King John "Lackland" of England (age 33) and [his future wife] Isabella of Angoulême Queen Consort England (age 12) were married at . She had been engaged to [his father] Hugh Lusignan IX Count Lusignan (age 37) who subsequently appealed to King Philip II of France (age 35), their feudal overlord, who used the position to justify a war against John. The difference in their ages was 21 years. She the daughter of Aymer Angoulême I Count Angoulême (age 40) and Alice Courtenay Countess Angoulême. He the son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England and Eleanor of Aquitaine Queen Consort Franks and England (age 78).
Annals of Margam. 01 Aug 1202. Rex Johannes (age 35) apud castrum Mirabel cepit Arthurum (age 15) nepotem suum in festum Sancti Petri ad vincula, et cum eo Galfridum de Lizanan1 et Hugonem de Brun2, et Andream de Chavenny, et vice-comitem de castro Haraldi3, et Reymundnm de Troarde, et Savaricum de Maulyon, et Hugonem de Banchai, et omnes alios inimicos suos Pictaviæ, qui ibi erant circiter cc. milites et plures. Ex quibus xxii. nobilissimos et strenuissimos in armis fame interfecit in castello de Corf [Map]; ita quod nec unus ex illis evasit.
King John (age 35) took his nephew Arthur (age 15) in chains at the castle of Mirabel on the feast of Saint Peter, and with Geoffrey de Lusignan1, Hugo the Brown2 and Andream de Chavenny, and Hugh III, viscount of Chastelleraud3, and Reymundnm de Troarde, and Savaricum de Maulyon, and Hugonem de Banchai, and all his other enemies of Poitou, who were around 200 soldiers and more. Of which 22 he killed the noblest and bravest men in arms by starvation in the castle of Corfe [Map]; so that not one of them escaped.
Note 1. Geoffrey de Lusignan (age 52).
Note 2. Hugh de Lusignan (age 19), surnamed le Brun, count de la Marche.
Note 3. Hugh III, viscount of Chastelleraud.
On 01 Aug 1202 King John "Lackland" of England (age 35) defeated the army of his nephew Arthur Plantagenet 3rd Duke Brittany (age 15) and Hugh Lusignan X Count Lusignan V Count La Marche (age 19) which was besieging John's mother Eleanor of Aquitaine Queen Consort Franks and England (age 80) at Mirebeau Castle. King John "Lackland" of England (age 35) took Arthur Plantagenet 3rd Duke Brittany 1187-1203's army by surprise capturing most. Arthur Plantagenet 3rd Duke Brittany (age 15) and, probably, his sister Eleanor "Fair Maid of Britanny" 4th Countess of Richmond (age 18), both of whom arguably had better claims to the throne than King John "Lackland" of England (age 35) were captured.
On 05 Nov 1219 [his father] Hugh Lusignan IX Count Lusignan (age 56) died. His son Hugh Lusignan X Count Lusignan V Count La Marche (age 36) succeeded X Count Lusignan.
Letters. 1220To her dearest son [his future step-son] Henry (age 12), by the grace of God king of England, lord of Ireland, duke of Normandy and Aquitaine, earl of Anjou, [his future wife] Isabella (age 32), by the same grace queen of England, lady of Ireland, duchess of Normandy and Aquitaine, countess of Anjou and Angoulême, sends health and her maternal benediction.
We hereby signify to you that when the [his father] Earls of March and [his uncle] Eu departed this life, the lord Hugh de Lusignan (age 37) remained alone and without heirs in Poitou, and his friends would not permit that our daughter should be united to him in marriage, because her age is so tender, but counselled him to take a wife from whom he might speedily hope for an heir; and it was proposed that he should take a wife in France, which if he had done, all your land in Poitou and Gascony would be lost. We, therefore, seeing the great peril that might accrue if that marriage should take place, when our counsellors could give us no advice, ourselves married the said Hugh earl of March (age 37); and God knows that we did this rather for your benefit than our own. Wherefore we entreat you, as our dear son, that this thing may be pleasing to you, seeing it conduces greatly to the profit of you and yours; and we earnestly pray you that you will restore to him his lawful right, that is Niort, the castles of Exeter [Map] and Rockingham [Map], and 3500 marks, which your father, our former husband, bequeathed to us; and so, if it please you, deal with him, who is so powerful, that he may not remain against you, since he can serve you well - for he is wdl-disposed to serve you faithfully with all his power; and we are certain and undertake that he shall serve you well if you will restore to him his rights, and, therefore, we advise that you take opportune counsel on these matters; and, when it shall please you, you may send for our daughter, your sister, by a trusty messenger and your letters patent, and we will send her to you.
On 10 May 1220 Hugh Lusignan X Count Lusignan V Count La Marche (age 37) and Isabella of Angoulême Queen Consort England (age 32) were married. She by marriage Countess Lusignan, Countess La Marche. She the daughter of Aymer Angoulême I Count Angoulême and Alice Courtenay Countess Angoulême. He the son of Hugh Lusignan IX Count Lusignan.
In 1221 [his son] Hugh Lusignan XI Count Lusignan VI Count La Marche II Count Angoulême was born to Hugh Lusignan X Count Lusignan V Count La Marche (age 38) and [his wife] Isabella of Angoulême Queen Consort England (age 33).
On 21 Jun 1221 Alexander II King Scotland (age 22) and [his step-daughter] Joan Plantagenet Queen of Scotland (age 10) were married. She by marriage Queen Consort Scotland. She the daughter of King John "Lackland" of England and Isabella of Angoulême Queen Consort England (age 33). He the son of William "Lion" I King Scotland and Ermengarde Beaumont Sarthe Queen Consort Scotland (age 51). They were half third cousins. He a great x 2 grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England. 
Around 1222 [his son] Bishop Aymer de Valence was born to Hugh Lusignan X Count Lusignan V Count La Marche (age 39) and [his wife] Isabella of Angoulême Queen Consort England (age 34).
Around 1223 [his daughter] Agatha Lusignan was born to Hugh Lusignan X Count Lusignan V Count La Marche (age 40) and [his wife] Isabella of Angoulême Queen Consort England (age 35).
In 1224 [his daughter] Isabella Lusignan was born to Hugh Lusignan X Count Lusignan V Count La Marche (age 41) and [his wife] Isabella of Angoulême Queen Consort England (age 36).
In 1224 [his daughter] Alice Lusignan Countess of Surrey was born to Hugh Lusignan X Count Lusignan V Count La Marche (age 41) and [his wife] Isabella of Angoulême Queen Consort England (age 36).
On 23 Apr 1224 William "The Younger" Marshal 2nd Earl Pembroke (age 34) and [his step-daughter] Eleanor Plantagenet Countess Pembroke and Leicester (age 9) were married. She by marriage Countess Pembroke. The difference in their ages was 25 years. She the daughter of King John "Lackland" of England and Isabella of Angoulême Queen Consort England (age 36). He the son of William Marshal 1st Earl Pembroke and Isabel Clare Countess Pembroke.
In 1225 [his step-son] Richard of Cornwall 1st Earl Cornwall (age 15) was created 1st Earl Cornwall.
In 1226 [his daughter] Margaret Lusignan Countess Toulose was born to Hugh Lusignan X Count Lusignan V Count La Marche (age 43) and [his wife] Isabella of Angoulême Queen Consort England (age 38).
On 30 Mar 1231 [his step-son] Richard of Cornwall 1st Earl Cornwall (age 22) and Isabel Marshal Countess Cornwall, Gloucester and Hertford (age 30) were married at Fawley, Lambourn. She by marriage Countess Cornwall. She the daughter of William Marshal 1st Earl Pembroke and Isabel Clare Countess Pembroke. He the son of King John "Lackland" of England and Isabella of Angoulême Queen Consort England (age 43).
Before 1235 [his son] Hugh Lusignan XI Count Lusignan VI Count La Marche II Count Angoulême (age 14) and [his daughter-in-law] Yolande Capet Countess Lusignan, La Marche and Angoulême (age 15) were married. She the daughter of Peter of Dreux aka Mauclerc Duke Brittany (age 47) and Alix Thouars Duchess of Brittany. He the son of Hugh Lusignan X Count Lusignan V Count La Marche (age 51) and Isabella of Angoulême Queen Consort England (age 46). They were third cousins. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England.
On 20 Jul 1235 Frederick I King Jerusalem II Holy Roman Emperor (age 40) and [his step-daughter] Isabella Plantagenet Holy Roman Empress (age 21) were married at Worms Cathedral. She the daughter of King John "Lackland" of England and Isabella of Angoulême Queen Consort England (age 47). He the son of Henry Hohenstaufen VI Holy Roman Emperor.
On 14 Jan 1236 or 24 Jan 1236 [his step-son] King Henry III of England (age 28) and Eleanor of Provence Queen Consort England (age 13) were married at Canterbury Cathedral [Map] by Archbishop Edmund Rich (age 61). She the daughter of Raymond Berenguer Provence IV Count Provence (age 38) and Beatrice Savoy Countess Provence (age 38). He the son of King John "Lackland" of England and Isabella of Angoulême Queen Consort England (age 48). They were fourth cousins.
Chronica Majora. Apr 1236. In the spring of the same year, many of the nobles rose in insurrection, to make war against the kingdom of France, for it excited their indignation that France, the kingdom of kingdoms, was governed by a woman's counsel. Men of rank and renown, and who had been trained to arms from their early youth, joined in the insurrection; the king of Navarre (age 34), that is, the count of Champagne; the count de la Marche (age 53), the count of Brittany (age 18), and a great many other nobles, allied themselves together by treaty and oath.
In 1238 Simon de Montfort 6th Earl of Leicester 1st Earl Chester (age 30) and [his step-daughter] Eleanor Plantagenet Countess Pembroke and Leicester (age 23) were married at Westminster Palace [Map]. She by marriage Countess of Leicester. She the daughter of King John "Lackland" of England and Isabella of Angoulême Queen Consort England (age 50). He the son of Simon "Elder" Montfort 5th Earl of Leicester and Alix Montmorency. They were half third cousins. He a great x 2 grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England.
On 04 Mar 1238 [his step-daughter] Joan Plantagenet Queen of Scotland (age 27) died at Havering atte Bower [Map]. She was buried at Tarrant Abbey, Dorset [Map].
On 01 Dec 1241 [his step-daughter] Isabella Plantagenet Holy Roman Empress (age 27) died at Foggia. She was buried at Andria Cathedral, Andria.
In 1243 [his son-in-law] Raymond Rouerge VII Count Toulose (age 45) and [his daughter] Margaret Lusignan Countess Toulose (age 17) were married. She by marriage Countess Toulose. The difference in their ages was 28 years. She the daughter of Hugh Lusignan X Count Lusignan V Count La Marche (age 60) and Isabella of Angoulême Queen Consort England (age 55). He the son of Raymond Rouerge Marquess Provence and Joan Plantagenet Queen Consort Sicily. They were second cousin once removed. He a grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.
On 23 Nov 1243 [his step-son] Richard of Cornwall 1st Earl Cornwall (age 34) and Sanchia Provence Queen Consort Germany (age 15) were married at Westminster Abbey [Map]. She by marriage Countess Cornwall. She the daughter of Raymond Berenguer Provence IV Count Provence (age 45) and Beatrice Savoy Countess Provence (age 45). He the son of King John "Lackland" of England and Isabella of Angoulême Queen Consort England (age 55). They were fourth cousins.
On 04 Jun 1246 [his wife] Isabella of Angoulême Queen Consort England (age 58) died at Fontevraud Abbey [Map]. Her son [his son] Hugh Lusignan XI Count Lusignan VI Count La Marche II Count Angoulême (age 25) succeeded II Count Angoulême. [his daughter-in-law] Yolande Capet Countess Lusignan, La Marche and Angoulême (age 27) by marriage Countess Angoulême.
In 1247 [his son-in-law] John Warenne 6th Earl Surrey (age 16) and [his daughter] Alice Lusignan Countess of Surrey (age 23) were married. She by marriage Countess Surrey. She the daughter of Hugh Lusignan X Count Lusignan V Count La Marche (age 64) and Isabella of Angoulême Queen Consort England. He the son of William Warenne 5th Earl Surrey and Maud Marshal Countess Norfolk and Surrey (age 53).
In 1247 [his son] William de Valence 1st Earl Pembroke and [his daughter-in-law] Joan Munchensi Countess Pembroke (age 17) were married. He the son of Hugh Lusignan X Count Lusignan V Count La Marche (age 64) and Isabella of Angoulême Queen Consort England.
On 05 Jun 1249 Hugh Lusignan X Count Lusignan V Count La Marche (age 66) died. His son [his son] Hugh Lusignan XI Count Lusignan VI Count La Marche II Count Angoulême (age 28) succeeded XI Count Lusignan, VI Count La Marche. [his daughter-in-law] Yolande Capet Countess Lusignan, La Marche and Angoulême (age 30) by marriage Countess Lusignan, Countess La Marche.
Effigy of William de Valence, Earl of Pembroke. [his son] WILLIAM DE VALENCE, son of Hugh de Brun, Earl of March, and half-brother by his mother, Isabel d'Angouleme, to Henry III, in 1247, came to England. Soon after his arrival he was with great state and solemnity knighted by the king at Westminster, who continuing to lavish favours on him and his brothers, and also giving himself too much to their counsels, the indignation and hatred of the barons was raised against them. In consequence William de Valence was obliged to quit the kingdom, but returning three or four years after, commanded in the king's army at the battle of Lewes, 1264. On seeing the day lost he fled to Pevensey, and from thence to France; but it appears he did not remain there any time, being at the battle of Evesham, 1265, which restored to Henry III. his regal authority. William de Valence, 10th of Edward I, 1283, was in the expedition against the Welsh, and in 1296 being at Bayonne, was there slain by the French.
His monument is composed of an altar tomb of stone, on which is raised a superstructure of oak, bearing the effigy of the deceased, formed of the same material: the whole of this wood-work was once covered with plates of copper enamelled and gilt; but of these splendid decorations, there is scarcely any thing left but what is to be found on the figure, which has also suffered in parts. The human form is rudely expressed, a costly display of materials and workmanship appears to have been the principal object of the artist who executed it; and it indeed gives a very high idea of the goldsmith's art at that early period. William de Valence is represented entirely in mail. On his head is a rich circle, once adorned with stones or glass, but the empty collets now only remain. The surcoat has been powdered with a number of little escutcheons bearing the arms of De Valence, only three of these are left; the situation and number of those gone may be easily traced. The rich lacing about the surcoat and arms, appears to have been used for the purpose of concealing the unsightly joinings of the plates which cover the figure. In the spurs it is remarkable that they have been fastened on with cloth, in form of straps of an extraordinary thickness; of these, as might be expected, but a small portion remains. The table of the tomb has been covered with a fret of the arms of England and De Valence; it is possible that on the raised border which surrounded it, was the inscription, perfect in Weever's time, who says, "about the verge or side of his monument these verses are inlayed with brasse."
[his son] William de Valence 1st Earl Pembroke was born to Hugh Lusignan X Count Lusignan V Count La Marche and Isabella of Angoulême Queen Consort England.
[his son] Geoffrey Lusignan was born to Hugh Lusignan X Count Lusignan V Count La Marche and Isabella of Angoulême Queen Consort England.
[his son] Guy Lusignan was born to Hugh Lusignan X Count Lusignan V Count La Marche and Isabella of Angoulême Queen Consort England.
[his father] Hugh Lusignan IX Count Lusignan and Mathilde Angoulême Countess Lusignan were married. She by marriage Countess Lusignan. She the daughter of Wulgrin "Taillefer" Angoulême III Count Angoulême.
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Great x 4 Grandfather: Hugh "Fair and Pious" Lusignan
Great x 3 Grandfather: Hugh "Devil" Lusignan VI Count Lusignan I Count La Marche
Great x 4 Grandmother: Almodis La Marche Margrave Provence
Great x 2 Grandfather: Hugh "Brown" Lusignan VII Count Lusignan II Count La Marche
Great x 4 Grandfather: Aimery Thouars
Great x 3 Grandmother: Hildegarde Thouars Countess Lusignan and La Marche
Great x 4 Grandmother: Aremgarde Mauleon
Great x 1 Grandfather: Hugh Lusignan VIII Count Lusignan
Great x 2 Grandmother: Saracine Lezay Countess Lusignan and La Marche
GrandFather: Hugh Lusignan
Great x 2 Grandfather: Geoffroy de Rancon Taillebourg
Great x 1 Grandmother: Bourgogne Dame de Fontenay Taillebourg Countess Lusignan
Father: Hugh Lusignan IX Count Lusignan