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Hugh V Seigneur de Lusignan et de Couhé
(Abt 1016-1060)
Contess Almodis DE LA MARCHE
(1020-1071)
Hugues VI DE LUSIGNAN
(1039-1102)
Hildegarde DE THOUARS
(Abt 1048-1099)
Hugh VII "Le Brun" DE LA MARCHE Seigneur de La Marche
(1065-1151)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Sarrazine LEZAY

Hugh VII "Le Brun" DE LA MARCHE Seigneur de La Marche 2381

  • Born: 1065, Lusignan, Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France 2381
  • Marriage (1): Sarrazine LEZAY before 1090 in , , , France 2384
  • Died: 2 February 1151, Lusignan, Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France at age 86 2381
  • Buried: 23 February 1151, Angoulême, Charente, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France 2381

   Another name for Hugh was Hugh VII "the Brown" DE LA MARCHE.

   FamilySearch ID: <a HREF="https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/9WPP-1XL">9WPP-1XL</a>

  General Notes:

LifeSketch
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Hugues "le Brun" de Lusignan, seigneur de Lusignan (1065 - 1151)
French: Hughes VII de Lusignan, Le Brun
Also Known As:"Le Brun", "le Brun", "o Moreno", ""le /Brun"/", "Hughues le Brun", "Hugh VII of Lusignan"
Birthdate:circa 1065
Birthplace:Lusignan, Poitou-Charentes, France
Death:February 02, 1151 (81-90)
Angoulême, Poitou-Charentes, France
Immediate Family:
Son of Hugues VI "le Diable", seigneur de Lusignan and Hildegarde de Thouars, Vicomtesse de Thouars
Husband of Sarrasine NN and First wife de Lusignan
Father of Hugues VIII de Lusignan, comte de La Marche; Simon I de Lusignan, seigneur de Lezay; Aenor (Aimée) de Lusignan; Valeran de Lusignan; Rorgon de Lusignan; and Guillaume de Lusignan, Seigneur d'Angles< less
Brother of Mahaud de Lusignan; Yolande de Lusignan, Dame consorte de Pérusse; Rorgon de Lusignan and Odo de La Marche

Occupation:Sire de Lusignan, Couhé and Château-Larcher and Count of La Marche, Senhor de Lusignan, Comte, de la Marche, Sieur, de Lusignan
rom Medieval Lands:
HUGUES [VII] "le Brun" de Lusignan (-before 1151). . "Ugone de Liziniaco et filiis eius Ugone videlicet Bruno atque Rorgone" consented to the donation of "medietatem terre mee de Spanias…et apud Turgoniacum" made to Nouaillé by "Guido Arembertus et uxor mea Iescenda…" by charter dated to [1077/91][315]. "Ugo Liziniacensis…contra Saracenos in Hispaniam iturus" donated "terram de Faiduneino" to Nouaillé, with the consent of "uxore mea Aldearde et filiis meis Ugone Bruno atque Rorgone", by charter dated to [1077/91][316]. Seigneur de Lusignan. "Hugo Brunus de Liziniaco" recognised himself as the vassal of Saint-Maixent for the lands held from the abbey with the consent of "uxore mea Sarracena et filiis meis Hugone et Guillelmo" by charter dated 1106[317]. The Historia Pontificum et Comitum Engolismensis records that "Iterio de Villaboe, Bardone de Coniaco, Gaufredo de Rancono, Hugone Bruno de Leziniaco" defended the castle of Montignac-Charente, besieged by Vulgrin II Comte d'Angoulême (dated to [1120/35])[318]. "Ugo Brunus" renounced rights "apud Fronteniacum" in favour of Nouaillé, with the consent of "uxoris mee Saracene et filiorum meorum", by charter dated to [Jul 1115/Sep 1140][319]. A charter dated to [1143] records that "Hugo Brunus et filii eius Hugo…de Lezeign." renounced rights which they had usurped from Saint-Hilaire de Poitiers, subscribed by "Willelmus quoque de Lezeign, P. Fortis, et Sarrazina uxor Hugo Bruni, Dyonisia filia eius, uxoris Willelmi de Lezeign."[320]. "Ugo Brunus de Liziniaco…filii mei Ugo de Liziniaco, Willelmus de Englia, Rorgo, Simo de Lozaico, Walerannus" were forgiven for their injustices against "ecclesiam S. Petri Pictavensis" (La Celle, outside Poitiers) by charter dated 1144[321]. The History of Louis VII King of France names "…Hugo de Lizeniaco…" among those who accompanied King Louis VII on crusade in 1147[322]. It is not known whether this entry refers to Hugues [VII] or his son Hugues [VIII] de Lusignan. m firstly ---. This first marriage is indicated by the charter dated to [1143] which indicates that the daughter of Hugues [VII]'s known wife Sarrazine was married to his son Guillaume (see below), who could not therefore have been Sarrazine's son. m secondly as her second husband, SARRAZINE, widow of ---, daughter of --- (-before 1144). "Ugo Brunus et uxor sua Sarracena infantesque illorum" donated property to St Cyprien by charter dated [1120][323]. Her second marriage is confirmed, and her first marriage indicated, by the charter dated to [1143] which records that "Hugo Brunus et filii eius Hugo…de Lezeign." renounced rights which they had usurped from Saint-Hilaire de Poitiers, subscribed by "Willelmus quoque de Lezeign, P. Fortis, et Sarrazina uxor Hugo Bruni, Dyonisia filia eius, uxoris Willelmi de Lezeign."[324]. "Ugo Brunus" renounced rights "apud Fronteniacum" in favour of Nouaillé, with the consent of "uxoris mee Saracene et filiorum meorum", by charter dated to [Jul 1115/Sep 1140].
[Source: The Medieval Lands Project, "HUGUES [VII] "le Brun" de Lusignan", downloaded 10 September 2018, dvmansur; see link in Sources.]
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Hugues [VII] & his first wife had two children:
a) HUGUES [VIII] "le Brun" de Lusignan (-[in Palestine after 1164]). "Hugo Brunus de Liziniaco" recognised himself as the vassal of Saint-Maixent for the lands held from the abbey with the consent of "uxore mea Sarracena et filiis meis Hugone et Guillelmo" by charter dated 1106[331]. Seigneur de Lusignan.
b) GUILLAUME (-after 1144). "Hugo Brunus de Liziniaco" recognised himself as the vassal of Saint-Maixent for the lands held from the abbey with the consent of "uxore mea Sarracena et filiis meis Hugone et Guillelmo" by charter dated 1106[332]. Seigneur d'Angles." http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/AQUITAINE%20NOBILITY.htm#HuguesVILusignandied11061110B


Hugh married Sarrazine LEZAY before 1090 in , , , France.2384 (Sarrazine LEZAY was born in 1067 in Lusignan, Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France 2381 and died in 1144 in Lusignan, Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France 2381.)