Hugh XI of Lusignan

Hugo XI. of Lusignan, called the Brown (Le Brun ) (* 1221, † April 6, 1250 at Fariskur, Egypt) was lord of Lusignan, Count of La Marche and Angoulême and Regent of the counties Penthièvre and Porhoët.

He was the son of Hugo X of Lusignan and Isabella of Angoulême. He was the half-brother of King Henry III. of England. In January 1236 he married Yolande of Dreux (* 1218, † 1272 ), Countess of Penthievre and Porhoët, daughter of Peter of Dreux and Braine, Duke of Brittany. From the right of his wife he was Count of Penthièvre and Porhoët.

In August 1248, his father broke a crusade to Egypt (sixth crusade ) under King Louis IX. of France on, he himself did not accompany him. The father was killed on June 5, 1249 during the battle of Damietta, which is why Hugo XI. succeeded him as lord of Lusignan, Count of La Marche and Count of Angoulême. It is unlikely, however, that he knew at that time of his father's death. For of him, a letter is obtained, which is dated to the June 29, 1249 in Paris, where Hugo XI. his own crusade preparation documented, but the death of his father did not mention. Together with eleven knights in his entourage Hugo XI concluded. Prince Alfons of Poitiers, with whom he reached the Egyptian port city of Damietta in October 1249 and here probably learned from his father's death.

Hugo XI. then took part in another crusade, during which he also fell when the army was overwhelmed on his withdrawal of al- Mansura on April 6, 1250 at Fariskur of the Mamelukes.

Progeny

With his wife Yolande he had seven children:

  • Hugo XII. († 1270), the successor to Hugo's XI. as lord of Lusignan, Count of La Marche and Angoulême, Lord of Couhé and Peyrat
  • Adelheid ( Alix ) ( * after October 1236, † May 1290 ) ∞ Gilbert de Clare, 6th Earl of Hertford († 1295)
  • Marie ( * 1242, † by July 11, 1266 ) Robert de Ferrers ∞, Earl of Derby
  • Isabella ( * 1248, † 1304) ∞ Moritz of Belleville (* 1252, † 1271), Lord of Commerquiers and La Garnacha.
  • Yolande († 1305) ∞ Peter I, Lord of Preaux
  • Guido († 1288/89 ), Lord of Cognac, Archiac, and La Fere -en Couhé -Tardenois
Lusignan (Vienne) Hugh X of Lusignan Henry III of England Peter I, Duke of Brittany Alphonse, Count of Poitiers Mansoura, Egypt Hugh XII of Lusignan Gilbert de Clare, 7th Earl of Gloucester
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