Hugh VIII the Old of Lusignan or (French: Hugues le Vieux) was the lord of Lusignan, Couhé, and Château-Larcher on his father's death in 1151. He went on a crusade, was captured at battle of Harim, and died in captivity.
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Biography
Born in Poitou, Hugh was the eldest son of Hugh VII and of Sarracena of Lezay. He married Burgundia of Rancon, lady of Fontenay, daughter of Geoffrey of Rancon, lord of Taillebourg, and wife Fossefie (Falsifie), lady of Moncontour, by whom Hugh also became lord of Fontenay: she died on April 11, 1169. He renounced the land of Jouarenne, stating by charter that it was the property of the abbey of Nouaille.
In 1163, Hugh went on crusade to the Holy Land, leaving his lands to his eldest son, Hugh Brunus, and participated in the Battle of Harim, where he was taken prisoner. He died in captivity.
Children
Hugh and Burgundia had:
Hugh Brunus (c. 1141–1169), married before 1162 Orengarde N, who died in 1169, leaving two sons 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 of Lusignan (bef. 1150 – May, 1216), 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. Married firstly Humberge de Limoges, daughter of Aimar V of Limoges and wife Sarra de Cornouailles, with whom he had a son named Hugo, and who probably died young. He married Eustache de Chabot, Dame de Vouvent et Dame de Mervent (d. after 1200).
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.
Guy of Lusignan, born about 1150, died 1194. He was regent and afterwards King of Jerusalem. After the loss of Jerusalem he became Lord of Cyprus.
Aimery of Lusignan, born about 1153, died 1205. He succeeded his older brother Guy as ruler of Cyprus; later he was crowned King of Cyprus, the first of the Lusignan dynasty, and also eventually became King of Jerusalem.
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.
