Hugh XII de Lusignan, Hugh VII of La Marche or Hugh III of Angoulême or Hugues XII & VII & III de Lusignan (c. 1235/1240 – after August 25, 1270). He succeeded his father Hugh XI

Hugh XI of Lusignan

Hugh XI de Lusignan, Hugh VI of La Marche or Hugh II of Angoulême or Hugues XI & VI & II de Lusignan . He succeeded his mother Isabelle of Angoulême, former queen of England, as Count of Angoulême in 1246. He likewise succeeded his father Hugh X as Count of La Marche in 1249...

 as seigneur of Lusignan, Couhe, and Peyrat, Count of La Marche and Count of Angoulême in 1250.

He married at Fougères 29 January 1253/4 Jeanne de Fougères

Jeanne de Fougères

Jeanne de Fougères, suo jure Lady of Fougères, Countess of La Marche and Angoulême , was a Breton noblewoman and heiress. She was the wife of Hugh XII of Lusignan, Count of La Marche and Count of Angoulême...

 (d. Aft.1273), daughter of Raoul III, seigneur of Fougères, and Isabelle de Craon

Isabelle de Craon

Isabelle de Craon, Dame de Fougères , was a French noblewoman, being the daughter of Amaury I, Sire de Craon, a wealthy baron who was the possessor of many lordships in Anjou and Maine...

. They had six children:

• Hugues XIII & VIII & IV de Lusignan
  Hugh XIII of Lusignan
  Hugh XIII of Lusignan, Hugh VIII of La Marche or Hugh IV of Angoulême or Hugues XIII & VIII & IV de Lusignan succeeded his father Hugh XII as Seigneur de Lusignan, Count of La Marche and Count of Angoulême in 1270.He married at Pau on July 1, 1276 Beatrix de Bourgogne, Dame de Grignon Hugh XIII of...
  
  
• Guy I & I & I de Lusignan
  Guy of Lusignan, Count of Angoulême
  Guy of Lusignan, Guy of La Marche or Guy of Angoulême or Guy I & I & I de Lusignan , Seigneur de Couhe et de Peyrat c...
  
  
• Yolande I & I de Lusignan
• Jeanne of Lusignan
  Jeanne of Lusignan
  Joan of Lusignan was a French noblewoman. She succeeded her uncle, Guy de la Marche, Knt., sometime in the period, 1310/13, as Lady of Couhe and Peyrat, but not as Countess of La Marche since after her sister, Yolande's death, it was annexed by Philip IV of France and given as an appanage to...
  
  , married (1st) Bernard-Ezy I, seigneur of Albret; (2nd) Sir Peter de Geneville, Knt.
• Marie de Lusignan (d. aft. 1312), married in 1288 Etienne II, Count of Sancerre (d. c. 1306)
• Isabelle de Lusignan, nun at Fontevrault.

Death

Hugh XII de Lusignan died in 1270 while on Crusade with King Louis IX of France

Louis IX of France

Louis IX , commonly Saint Louis, was King of France from 1226 until his death. He was also styled Louis II, Count of Artois from 1226 to 1237. Born at Poissy, near Paris, he was an eighth-generation descendant of Hugh Capet, and thus a member of the House of Capet, and the son of Louis VIII and...

. His eldest son Hugh XIII de Lusignan succeeded him.

Sources

• Baluzii, Miscellaneaorum, Liber II: Collectio Veterum (1679): 320 (Chronicon Savigniacense sub A.D. 1253: “IV Kal. Februarij [29 Jan.] Hugues Comes Marchiæ desponsavit Iohannam unicam filiam Radulfi Domini Filgeriarum in dicto castro”).
• Fonteneau, Tables des Manuscrits, 1 (Mémoires de la Société des Antiquaires de l’Ouest 4) (1839): 240, 244–245, 249–254.
• Douet d’Arcq, Collection de Sceaux des Archives de l’Empire 1(1) (1863): 399 (seal of Hugues XII de Lusignan dated 1257 — Sceau équestre. Costume de chasse. Legend: + S. HVGONIS : DE : LEZIGNE : COMITIS : MARCHIE : ET : ENGOLISME; Contre-sceau. Écu burelé. Legend: + SECRETVM MEUM).
• Delisle “Chronologie Hist. des Comtes de la Marche” (Bull. Société Archéologique et Hist. de la Charente) 4th Ser. 4 (1867): 3–16.
• La Porta, Les Gens de Qualité en Basse-Marche 1(2) (1886): 1–60 (Généalogie de Lusignan).
• Richard, Chartes et Documents pour servir a l’Histoire de l’Abbaye de Saint-Maixent (Archives Hist. du Poitou 18) (1886): 92–93.
• Genealogist n.s. 21 (1905): 78–82, 163–171, 234–243.
• C.P. 12(2) (1959): 280, footnote b (sub Vescy).
• Schwennicke Europäische Stammtafeln n.s. 3(4) (1989): 816 (sub Lusignan).