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Hugh X de Lusignan, Hugh V of La Marche or Hugh I of Angoulême (c. 1183 – c. 5 June 1249, Angoulême) was Seigneur de Lusignan and Count of La Marche in November 1219 and was Count of Angoulême by marriage. He was the son of Hugh IX.
John, in an attempt to pacify Hugh, gave his daughter Joan as fiancée to Hugh X (d. 1249), but the marriage never took place. Instead, after John’s death, Hugh X married his widow, Isabella, in 1220.
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Contents. Hugh X. lord of Lusignan. Learn about this topic in these articles: member of Lusignan family. In Lusignan Family. …daughter Joan as fiancée to Hugh X (d. 1249), but the marriage never took place. Instead, after John’s death, Hugh X married his widow, Isabella, in 1220.
Hugh X was betrothed to 12 year-old Isabella of Angoulême when, in 1200, King John of England took her for his Queen, an action which resulted in the entire de Lusignan family rebelling against the English king. Following John's death, Isabella returned to France.
Hugh XIII died in 1303. His sisters, Jeanne and Isabelle, sold the county of Angoulême to Philip IV of France. Hugh was succeeded by his brother, Guy I, who died in 1308, making their sister Yolande Countess of La Marche.
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Louvre Museum. The Lusignan family originated in the Poitou near Lusignan in western France in the early tenth century. By the end of the eleventh century, they had risen to become the most prominent petty lords in the region from their castle at Lusignan.
Hugh X of Lusignan (c. 1195 – June 5, 1249, Angoulême) succeeded his father Hugh IX as Count of La Marche in 1219. By his marriage to Isabella of Angoulême in 1220, he also became Count of Angoulême, until her death in 1246. They had nine children; see Isabella of Angoulême for his issue. He was succeeded by his eldest son, Hugh XI of Lusignan.
