Hugues VI DE LUSIGNAN 2384
- Born: 1039, Lusignan, Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France 2384
- Christened: 1039, Lusignan, Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France 2384
- Marriage (1): Hildegarde DE THOUARS in 1065 in Thouars, Deux-Sèvres, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France 2391
- Died: 9 June 1102, Ramla, Jaffa Kaza, Mutasarrifate of Jerusalem, Ottoman Empire at age 63 2384
- Buried: 9 June 1102 2384
FamilySearch ID: <a HREF="https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/9Z8M-TYY">9Z8M-TYY</a>
Find A Grave ID: <a HREF="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/270176167">270176167</a>
General Notes:
LifeSketch
Hugh VI (c. 1039/1043 \endash c. 1102), called the Devil, was the Lord of Lusignan and Count of La Marche (as Hugh I), the son and successor of Hugh V of Lusignan and Almodis de la Marche.[1]
Despite his piety, Hugh was in constant conflict with the abbey of St. Maixent.[2] On numerous occasions his disputes with the monks grew so violent that the duke of Aquitaine and the bishops of Poitiers and Saintes had to intercede. At one point, Pope Paschal II threatened Hugh with excommunication.[3] From these conflicts Hugh was dubbed "le diable", the devil, by the monks of St. Maixent.[4]
In 1086 the Castilian army was destroyed at the Battle of Sagrajas by the Almoravids.[5] Hugh's Catalan half-brother, Berenguer Ramon II, Count of Barcelona was threatened by the Almoravids.[5] Hugh VI undertook an expedition to Spain in 1087 along with another half-brother, Raymond IV of Toulouse, to assist the count of Barcelona.[5]
Hugh took the cross for the First Crusade, along with his brothers Raymond and Berenguer.[5] He participated in the Crusade of 1101 and was killed at the battle of Ramla in 1102.[6]
Marriage
Hugh married in c. 1065, Hildegarde of Thouars, daughter of Aimery IV of Thouars, Viscount of Thouars, and Aurengarde de Mauleon.[7] They had:
Hugh VII of Lusignan
Death Notes:
Lost at War. Specifically: Killed in the Battle of Ramla
Hugues married Hildegarde DE THOUARS in 1065 in Thouars, Deux-Sèvres, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France.2391 (Hildegarde DE THOUARS was born about 1048 in Thouars, Deux-Sèvres, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France 2384, christened in 1058 in Thouars, Deux-Sèvres, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France,2384 died on 7 December 1099 in Lusignan, Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France 2384 and was buried in December 1099 in Poitiers, Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France 2384.)
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