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Hugh X of Lusignan

Type Figure Region France Time 1183–1249 Also known as Hugh X of Lusignan、Hugh de Lusignan、休·德·吕西尼昂

Hugh X of Lusignan (1183–1249), lord of Lusignan in Poitou, France, later Count of La Marche;…

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  1. 1183–1219Lusignan · PoitouHe inherited his father Hugh IX's core lands in Poitou, expanded his influence amid French civil wars and local disputes, and took part in military action against the Albigensians.
  2. 1220–1230Angoulême · AquitaineIn 1220 he married Isabella of Angoulême, gaining La Marche and extensive fiefs in Aquitaine and the English marches, becoming a major lord spanning England and France in the 1220s.
  3. 1230–1249London · EnglandIn the 1230s he opposed Henry III and the regent William Marshal's faction over fiefs and inheritance, repeatedly taking up arms in defiance and appealing to the French king, until his death in 1249.

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