Hugh VI de Lusignan b abt 1039, d abt 1102. He md Hildegarde de Thouars abt 1074, daughter of Aimery IV, Vicomte de Thouars, and Aurengarde de Mauleon.
Child of Hugh VI de Lusignan and Hildegarde de Thouars was:

Hugh VII de Lusignan b abt 1080, d 1144/aft 1151. He md Sarazine abt 1108. She was b abt 1088.
Child of Hugh VII de Lusignan and Sarazine was:

Hugh de Lusignan [b] b abt 1136, d abt 1169. He md Orengarde abt 1160. She was b abt 1143.
Children of Hugh de Lusignan and Orengarde were:

• Hugh IX de Lusignan, Count of la Marche and Angouleme, b abt 1162. See LINE A
• Raoul I de Lusignan b abt 1168. See LINE B

Hugh X de Lusignan, Count of La Marche and Angouleme, b abt 1186, Lusignan, Vienne, France, d 1249, Surrey, England. He md Isabella d'Angouleme 10 May 1220, daughter of Aymer (Taillefer) de Valence, Count of Angouleme, and Alice de Courtenay.
Children of Hugh X de Lusignan and Isabella D'Angouleme were:

• Hugh XI de Lusignan, "le Brun", Count of La Marche, Ponthieu, Angouleme, b 1221. See LINE A1
• Sir William de Valence, Earl of Pembroke, b aft 1224. See LINE A2
• Alice de Lusignan b abt 1228, Lusignan, Vienne, France, d 2 Feb 1289/90, Warren, Sussex, England. She md [1] Sir John de Warenne, Earl of Surrey and Warren, Aug 1247, son of Sir William IV de Warenne, Earl of Surrey and Warren, and Maud Marshal, and [2] Sir Gilbert de Clare, Knight, Earl of Gloucester, 1253.

LINE A1
Hugh XI de Lusignan, "le Brun", Count of La Marche, Ponthieu, and Angouleme, b 1221, Lusignan, Vienne, France, d 1250, prob Egypt. He md Yolande de Dreux abt 1234, daughter of Pierre de Dreux, "Mauclerc", Count of Brittany, and Alix de Thouars.
Child of Hugh XI de Lusignan and Yolande de Dreux was:

Hugh XII de Lusignan b abt 1240, Angouleme, Charente, France, d 1282, Tunis. He md Jeanne de Fougeres 29 Jan 1253/54, daughter of Raoul de Fougeres and Isabel de Craon.
Child of Hugh XII de Lusignan and Jeanne de Fougeres was:

Jeanne de Lusignan b abt 1262, Lusignan, Vienne, France, d abt Sep 1322. She md Sir Piers de Geneville, Knight, abt 1283, Ludlow, Shropshire, England, son of Sir Geoffrey de Geneville, Justiciar of Ireland, Lord Geneville, Seigneur de Vaucouleurs, Lord of Trim, and Maud de Lacy.

LINE A2
Sir William de Valence [a], Knight, Earl of Pembroke, b aft 1224, Valence, Lusignan, France, d bef 18 May 1296. He md Joan de Munchensy 13 Aug 1247, daughter of Sir Warin de Munchensy, Lord of Swanscombe, and Joan Marshal.
Children of William de Valence and Joan de Munchensy were:


• Joan de Valence b abt 1258, of Badenoch, Invernesshire, Scotland. She md Sir John Comyn, Lord of Badenoch, abt 1285, Scotland, son of Sir John Comyn and Eleanor de Baliol.
• Isabel de Valence b abt 1265, of Badenoch, Invernesshire, Scotland, d 5 Oct 1305. She md Sir John de Hastings, Lord Hastings, Seneschal of Gascony, abt 1282, son of Sir Henry de Hastings and Joan de Cantelou.

LINE B
Raoul I de Lusignan b abt 1168, of La Marche, Poitou, France, d 1 May 1219, Shenton, Leicestershire, England. He md Alice d'Eu abt 1194, Wales, daughter of Sir Henry d'Eu, Count d'Eu, Lord of Hastings, and Maud de Warenne.
Child of Raoul I de Lusignan and Alice d'Eu was:

Maud d'Eu b abt 1208, of La Marche, Poitou, France, d 14 Aug 1241, Gloucestershire, England. She md Sir Humphrey V de Bohun, Earl of Hereford and Essex, abt 1225, France, son of Sir Henry de Bohun, Magna Charta Surety, 5th Earl of Hereford, Sheriff of Kent, and Maud Fitz Geoffrey de Mandeville.

NOTES:
a. Lord of Valence, Montignac, Bellac, Rancon, and Champagnac, he was the fourth son of Hugh X de Lusignan. In 1247, William, along with his brothers, Guy and Aymer, and sister, Alice, came to England upon the invitation of their half-brother, Henry III, and on 31 Jul the King granted William 500 marks until he should be able to give him lands of equal value and also ordered the delivery of Goodrich Castle to William. On 7 Aug he issued an order for delivery of Pembroke Castle and on 13 Aug William was married to Joan de Munchensi, a coheir, through her mother, of the Earls of Pembroke. Henry also granted him the Lordship of Wexford, and knighted him on 13 Oct, and William continued to be the recipient of lavish grants from the King. He was appointed Ambassador to France 2 Oct 1249, and in March of the following year, William took the Cross. From Oct 1253 to Sep 1254, he was with the King in Aquitaine. Then, in 1258, when William, his two brothers, and his brother-in-law, were chosen by the King as 4 of his 12 representatives on the committee of 24 appointed under the Provisions of Oxford, they refused to swear observance to the Provisions, and fled towards the coast. They were eventually besiged by the Barons at Wolvesley Castle, and compelled to capitulate, but were then allowed to leave England, the King granting them safe conduct. In 1262, William was again with the King in France, and in 1264 was in arms for the King, serving with him at the siege of Northampton in April, and at the battle of Lewes on 14 May, from whence he escaped to Pevensey and then to France. In May 1265 he landed in Pembrokeshire with an armed force and joined Edward the Confessor, taking part in the siege of Gloucester in June, the attack on Kenilworth 1 Aug, and the battle of Evesham 4 Aug. From 1273 to 1279 he constantly acted for Edward I in Aquitaine, and on 12 May 1275 he was appointed Constable of Cilgerran Castle and Warden of St. Clears. In Jul 1282 he was appointed Commander of the army of West Wales, the following year forcing David ap Griffith to surrender. On 4 Jun 1285 he was appointed Guardian and Lieutenant of England, during the King's absence. In 1294, he and the Earl of Norfolk suppressed a revolt in South Wales. He and his wife were benefactors to Pembroke Priory, and founded a hospital at Tenby. While sometimes styled Earl of Pembroke, he was never actually created Earl. He and Joan had three sons and four daughters, the sons being John and William (both died v.p. and s.p.), and Aymer, who succeeded his parents. The daughters were (1) Isabel, married John de Hastings; (2) Margaret, died v.p.; (3) Agnes, married firstly, Maurice Fitz Gerald of Offaly, secondly, Hugh de Baliol, and thirdly, John de Avesnes; and (4) Joan, married the Lord of Badenoch, John Comyn.

b. While he should be called Hugh IX, he bears no such designator as he was a more recent discovery, and rather than renumber the succession of Hughs, and cause undue additional confusion, he is simply identified as Hugh, son of Hugh VIII, and father of Hugh IX.

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SOURCES:
CP: Vol X[377-382]; AR: Line 117[27-29], Line 123[28-29], Line 135[30-32], Line 154[28-30].

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