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Birth:          ABT 1163 of Limoges, Haute-Vienne, France
Death:          5 Nov 1219 Damietta

Notes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_IX_of_Lusignan
Hugh IX "le Brun" of Lusignan (1163/1168 – 5 November 1219)[1] was the grandson 
of Hugh VIII. His father, also Hugh (b. c. 1141), was the co-seigneur of Lusignan from 
1164, marrying a woman named Orengarde before 1162 or about 1167 and dying in 
1169. Hugh IX became seigneur of Lusignan in 1172, seigneur of Couhe and 
Chateau-Larcher in the 1190s, and Count of La Marche (as Hugh IV) on his 
grandfather's death. Hugh IX died on the Fifth Crusade at Damietta on 5 November 
1219.[1]

Hugh IX is mentioned under the pseudonym Maracdes ("Emerald") in two poems by the 
troubadour Gaucelm Faidit, according to the Occitan razós to these poems.
Marriage and issue[edit]

His first wife was Agathe de Preuilly, daughter of Peter (Pierre) II de Preuilly and 
Aenor de Mauleon. Their marriage was annulled in 1189. His second wife, married c. 
1189, was Mathilde of Angoulême (1181 – 1233), daughter of Wulgrin III of 
Angoulême, Count of Angoulême.[2] They had:
Hugh X of Lusignan married Isabella of Angoulême[3]
Raoul I of Lusignan, married Alix of Eu[4]
Agathe of Lusignan, married c. 1220 Geoffroi V Seigneur de Pons

Fictional portrayals[edit]

Hugh was portrayed by actor James Cossins in the 1978 BBC TV drama series The 
Devil's Crown.

Parents
DE LUSIGNAN Hugh (ABT 1141 - 1169)
____ Orengarde ()

Siblings
DE LUSIGNAN Hugh IX (ABT 1163 - 5 Nov 1219)

Marriage To TAILLEFER Mathilde (1173 - 1233)
    m. ABT 1189 

Notes

Parents
TAILLEFER Wulgrim III (ABT 1153 - )
----- ----- ()

Children by TAILLEFER Mathilde 1173 - 1233
DE LUSIGNAN Raoul (ABT 1190 - 1 May 1219)
DE LUSIGNAN Hugh (Hugues) X (ABT 1195 - ABT 5 Jun 1249)

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