Lord of Lusignano

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The title of Lord of Lusignano was a French noble title linked to the town of Lusignano, Vienne.

He was held by the Lusignano family who took his name from the possessions that belonged to him by virtue of this title.

History

Origins

The House of Lusignano originated in the Poitou region, near Lusignano in western France. From the beginning of the 10th century they had the lordship of Lusignano Castle, which was one of the most important medieval castles in France, according to the legend founded by the fairy Melusina.

XII and XIII century
In the 12th and 13th centuries the Lusignano grew in power, obtaining, thanks to marriage succession, the Counts of La Marche and Angoulême, as vasals of the Dukes of Aquitaine, until their ambitions were crushed in the conflicts that opposed the kings of France to the rulers Plantageneti.

In the East

A cadet branch of the Lusignano had much more luck in the Christian states that emerged in the eastern Mediterranean following the crusades. In fact, at the end of the 12th century the Kingdom of Jerusalem and the Kingdom of Cyprus and, during the 14th century, also the Kingdom of Armenia in Cilicia.

Gentlemen of Lusignano
First half of the 10th century: Ugo I the Hunter, Lord of Lusignano.
? (X century): Ugo II said Caro, son of Ugo I.
? -1012: Ugo III said White, son of Ugo II; he married to 967 a certain Arsende.
1012-1030 about: Ugo IV said the Bruno, son of Ugo III; he married Aldiarde de Thouars.
1030 about-1060: Ugo V il Buono, son of Ugo IV; he married Almodis de La Marche.
1060-1102: Ugo VI the Devil, son of Ugo V; married in 1065 about Ildégarde de Thouars.
1102-1151: Ugo VII the Bruno, son of Ugo VI; married Sarrasine de Lezay.
1151-1173: Ugo VIII the Elder, son of Ugo VII; he married Bourgogne de Rançon.
1173-1219: Ugo IX il Bruno, (died in 1219 in Damietta), also Count de La Marche and d'Angoulême, son of Ugo il Bruno di Lusignano, regent of the lordship on behalf of his father Ugo VIII, from 1163 to his death (1169); married first Agathe de Preuilly, then in 1189 Mathilde d'Angoulême.
1219-1249: Ugo X, also Count of La Marche and Angoulême, son of Ugo IX; married in 1220 Isabella d'Angoulême, widow of John Without Earth.
1249-1250: Ugo XI, also Count of La Marche and Angoulême, son of Ugo X; married Iolanda of Brittany.
1250-1282: Ugo XII, also Count of La Marche and Angoulême, son of Ugo XI; married Jeanne de Fougères.
1282-1303: Ugo XIII, also count of La Marche and Angoulême, son of Ugo XII; he married Beatrice of Burgundy, daughter of Ugo IV of Burgundy.
1303-1309: Guido, also Count of La Marche and Angoulême, brother of Ugo XIII.
1309: the lordship of Lusignano and the counties of La Marche and Angoulême returned to the Crown of France, to King Philip IV the Beautiful.

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