Hugh VIII "le Brun" de Lusignan, Sire de Lusignan and Bourgogne: Roy Family Genealogy

Generation: 1

1.	Hugh VIII "le Brun" de Lusignan, Sire de Lusignan and Bourgogne (son of Hugh le Brun de Lusignan and Sarazine). Hugh married [no first name] de Rancon, Dame de Fonenay in 1140 in France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] Children: Raoul I de Lusignan, Count d'Eu died on 1 May 1219.

Generation: 2

2.	Hugh le Brun de Lusignan (son of Hugh VI "le Diable" de Lusignan and Ildegarde, Countess of Thouars); died in 1151. Hugh married Sarazine. Sarazine died in 1144 in France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

3.
Sarazine died in 1144 in France.
Children:

1. Hugh VIII "le Brun" de Lusignan, Sire de Lusignan and Bourgogne

Generation: 3

4.	Hugh VI "le Diable" de Lusignan (son of Hugh V of Lusignan "the Fair" and Almodis de la Marche, Countess of Limoges); died in 1110. Hugh married Ildegarde, Countess of Thouars. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Ildegarde, Countess of Thouars (daughter of Aimery, Viscount of Thouars and Auremgarde Moulcon).
Children:

2. Hugh le Brun de Lusignan died in 1151.

Generation: 4

Hugh V of Lusignan "the Fair" (son of Sire Hugh and Aldearde); died on 8 Oct 1060.

Other Events and Attributes:

Title(s): About 1026; About 1026 he succeeded his father as the 5th Lord of Lusignan and Lord of Couhé.
Last Full Review: 7 Aug 2020

Notes:

Name:

Died:
When Duke William VIII of Aquitaine, Hugh's suzerain, was at war with William IV of Toulouse, Almodis persuaded Hugh to join her son's side.[1] The duke besieged Lusignan and when Hugh tried to sortie for provisions, he was slain at the gate.

Hugh married Almodis de la Marche, Countess of Limoges about 1038, and was divorced about 1039. Almodis (daughter of Bernard I, Count de la Haute Marche and Perigord and Amelia, Countess of Aubnay) was born about 1020; died on 16 Oct 1071; was buried in Barcelona Cathedral, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Almodis de la Marche, Countess of Limoges was born about 1020 (daughter of Bernard I, Count de la Haute Marche and Perigord and Amelia, Countess of Aubnay); died on 16 Oct 1071; was buried in Barcelona Cathedral, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.

Other Events and Attributes:

General Information: She was famed for her marriage career, in particularly for her third marriage to Ramon Berenguer I, Count of Barcelona, with whom she committed double bigamy, for which the Pope had them excommunicated. William of Malmesbury reflected that she was, "sad, [of] unbridled lewdness". Her name was also spelt Arlette or Almode.
Religion: 1054; In 1054 Pope Victor II excommunicated Almodis and Ramon for this illegal marriage until 1056.
Travel: 1066/67, Toulouse, Haute-Garonne, Occitanie, France; In 1066/67 she traveled to Toulouse for her daughter's wedding.
Last Full Review: 7 Aug 2020

Notes:

Name:

Died:
Peter Raymundi resented Almodis' influence and was concerned she was trying to replace him with her own two sons, his consanguinous nephews, both who had claims through their father, Count La Marche. He murdered her.

Notes:

Divorced:
Almodis and Hugh of Lusignan divorced due to consanguinity.

Children:

4. Hugh VI "le Diable" de Lusignan died in 1110.
Jordan de Lusignan
Mélisende de Lusignan was born before 1055.

10.	Aimery, Viscount of Thouars was born in 1015 in Thouars, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France (son of Geoffroi, Viscount of Thouars and Aenor); died in 1093 in La Chèze, Brittany, France. Aimery married Auremgarde Moulcon. Auremgarde was born about 1017 in France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Auremgarde Moulcon was born about 1017 in France.
Children:

5. Ildegarde, Countess of Thouars