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Birth:          ABT 1106 Poitou, France
Death:          ABT 1170 Palestine

Notes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_VIII_of_Lusignan
Hugh VIII the Old of Lusignan or Hugh III of La Marche (French: Hugues le Vieux) was 
the eldest son of Hugh VII and of Sarrasine or Saracena de Lezay. He became 
Seigneur de Lusignan, Couhé, and Château-Larcher and Count of La Marche on his 
father's death in 1151. Born in Poitou, 1106–1110 or some time after 1125, he died in 
the Holy Land in 1165 or 1171.

He married in 1140/1141 Bourgogne or Burgondie de Rancon, Dame de Fontenay, 
daughter of Geoffroi or Geoffroy de Rancon, Seigneur de Taillebourg and wife 
Fossefie (Falsifie), Dame de Moncontour, by whom he also became Seigneur de 
Fontenay: she died on April 11, 1169. In 1163 or 1164 he went on pilgrimage and on 
crusade to the Holy Land and participated in the Battle of Harim, where he was taken 
prisoner.

His children were:
Hugh de Lusignan, Co-Seigneur de Lusignan in 1164 (c. 1141–1169), married before 
1162 Orengarde N, who died in 1169, leaving two sons who were infants at the time of 
his death Hugh IX of Lusignan
Raoul I de Lusignan, Count of Eu

Robert de Lusignan, died young c. 1150
Geoffrey I de Lusignan (bef. 1150 – May, 1224), Seigneur of Moncontour and Seigneur 
de Soubise, Seigneur de Vouvent, de Mervent by first marriage, Count of Jaffa and 
Ascalon on July 28, 1191 (he relinquished these titles upon his return from the Holy 
Land in 1193), who fought in the Siege of Acre. According to the Chronicle of Ernoul, 
when told that Guy had become king of Jerusalem Geoffrey said: "He'll be God next!". 
Married firstly before 1200 Eustache de Chabot, Dame de Vouvent et Dame de 
Mervent (d. after 1200), and secondly c. 1202 Humberge de Limoges, daughter of 
Aimar VI, Vicomte de Limoges and wife Sarra de Cornouailles, and had one son by 
each marriage:

Geoffrey II de Lusignan, Seigneur de Vouvent, de Mevent et de Montcontour, married 
1223 Clémence de Chattellerault, Dame de Chattellerault, without issue
William de Lusignan, married c. 1226 Margaret de Mauléon, and had one daughter: 
Valence de Lusignan, married aft. 1247 Hugues III de Parthenay (d. 1271)


Peter de Lusignan (bef. 1155 – aft. December, 1174), witnessed a charter in Antioch in 
1174, but is otherwise not documented. He died probably as a Priest.
Amalric de Lusignan, born about 1145, died 1205. He succeeded his younger brother 
Guy as ruler of Cyprus; later he was crowned King of Cyprus, the first of the Lusignan 
dynasty, and eventually also became King of Jerusalem.
Guy of Lusignan, died 1194. He was regent and afterwards King of Jerusalem. After 
the loss of Jerusalem he became Lord of Cyprus.
William de Lusignan or de Valence, born after 1163, betrothed to Beatrix de 
Courtenay, daughter of Joscelin III of Edessa, in 1186. The marriage does not seem to 
have taken place. He died before 1208.

Parents
DE LUSIGNAN Hugh VII (ABT 1065 - AFT 2 Feb 1151)
DE LEZAY Sarazine (ABT 1067 - 1144)

Siblings
DE LUSIGNAN Hugh VIII "Le Brun" (ABT 1106 - ABT 1170)

Marriage To DE RANCON Bourgogne (ABT 1110 - 11 Apr 1169)
    m. ABT 1140 

Notes

Parents
DE RANCON Geoffrey ()
____ Fossefie (Falsifie) ()

Children by DE RANCON Bourgogne ABT 1110 - 11 Apr 1169
DE LUSIGNAN Hugh (ABT 1141 - 1169)

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