Biography of Hugh Lusignan XI Count Lusignan VI Count La Marche II Count Angoulême 1221-1250
Paternal Family Tree: Lusignan
Maternal Family Tree: Helene du Donjon 1095-1189
On 24 Aug 1200 King John "Lackland" of England (age 33) and [his mother] Isabella of Angoulême Queen Consort England (age 12) were married at . She had been engaged to [his grandfather] Hugh Lusignan IX Count Lusignan (age 37) who subsequently appealed to King Philip II of France (age 35), their feudal overlord, who used the position to justify a war against John. The difference in their ages was 21 years. She the daughter of Aymer Angoulême I Count Angoulême (age 40) and Alice Courtenay Countess Angoulême. He the son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England and Eleanor of Aquitaine Queen Consort Franks and England (age 78).
On 05 Nov 1219 [his grandfather] Hugh Lusignan IX Count Lusignan (age 56) died. His son [his father] Hugh Lusignan X Count Lusignan V Count La Marche (age 36) succeeded X Count Lusignan.
On 10 May 1220 [his father] Hugh Lusignan X Count Lusignan V Count La Marche (age 37) and [his mother] Isabella of Angoulême Queen Consort England (age 32) were married. She by marriage Countess Lusignan, Countess La Marche. She the daughter of Aymer Angoulême I Count Angoulême and Alice Courtenay Countess Angoulême. He the son of Hugh Lusignan IX Count Lusignan.
In 1221 Hugh Lusignan XI Count Lusignan VI Count La Marche II Count Angoulême was born to Hugh Lusignan X Count Lusignan V Count La Marche (age 38) and Isabella of Angoulême Queen Consort England (age 33).
Before 1235 Hugh Lusignan XI Count Lusignan VI Count La Marche II Count Angoulême (age 14) and Yolande Capet Countess Lusignan, La Marche and Angoulême (age 15) were married. She the daughter of Peter of Dreux aka Mauclerc Duke Brittany (age 47) and Alix Thouars Duchess of Brittany. He the son of Hugh Lusignan X Count Lusignan V Count La Marche (age 51) and Isabella of Angoulême Queen Consort England (age 46). They were third cousins. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England.
Around 1235 [his son] Hugh Lusignan XII Count Lusignan VII Count La Marche III Count Angoulême was born to Hugh Lusignan XI Count Lusignan VI Count La Marche II Count Angoulême (age 14) and [his wife] Yolande Capet Countess Lusignan, La Marche and Angoulême (age 16).
After 1236 [his daughter] Alice or Alix Lusignan Countess Gloucester and Hertford was born to Hugh Lusignan XI Count Lusignan VI Count La Marche II Count Angoulême (age 15) and [his wife] Yolande Capet Countess Lusignan, La Marche and Angoulême (age 17).
In 1242 [his daughter] Mary or Marie Lusignan Countess Derby was born to Hugh Lusignan XI Count Lusignan VI Count La Marche II Count Angoulême (age 21) and [his wife] Yolande Capet Countess Lusignan, La Marche and Angoulême (age 23).
On 21 Jul 1242 the forces of [his half-brother] King Henry III of England (age 34) and Hugh Lusignan XI Count Lusignan VI Count La Marche II Count Angoulême (age 21) fought against the forces of at King Louis IX of France (age 28) and his brother Alphonse Capet Count Poitou II Count Toulose (age 21) at Taillebourg [Map] during the Battle of Taillebourg. The battle was a decisive victory for the French. Henry thereafter signed a five-year truce with the French.
On 04 Jun 1246 [his mother] Isabella of Angoulême Queen Consort England (age 58) died at Fontevraud Abbey [Map]. Her son Hugh Lusignan XI Count Lusignan VI Count La Marche II Count Angoulême (age 25) succeeded II Count Angoulême. [his wife] Yolande Capet Countess Lusignan, La Marche and Angoulême (age 27) by marriage Countess Angoulême.
In 1248 [his daughter] Isabelle Lusignan was born to Hugh Lusignan XI Count Lusignan VI Count La Marche II Count Angoulême (age 27) and [his wife] Yolande Capet Countess Lusignan, La Marche and Angoulême (age 29).
In 1249 [his son-in-law] Robert Ferrers 6th Earl of Derby (age 10) and [his daughter] Mary or Marie Lusignan Countess Derby (age 7) were married. She the daughter of Hugh Lusignan XI Count Lusignan VI Count La Marche II Count Angoulême (age 28) and Yolande Capet Countess Lusignan, La Marche and Angoulême (age 30). He the son of William Ferrers 5th Earl of Derby (age 56) and Margaret Quincy Countess Derby. They were fourth cousins. He a great x 4 grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England.
On 05 Jun 1249 [his father] Hugh Lusignan X Count Lusignan V Count La Marche (age 66) died. His son Hugh Lusignan XI Count Lusignan VI Count La Marche II Count Angoulême (age 28) succeeded XI Count Lusignan, VI Count La Marche. [his wife] Yolande Capet Countess Lusignan, La Marche and Angoulême (age 30) by marriage Countess Lusignan, Countess La Marche.
On 06 Apr 1250 Hugh Lusignan XI Count Lusignan VI Count La Marche II Count Angoulême (age 29) died. His son [his son] Hugh Lusignan XII Count Lusignan VII Count La Marche III Count Angoulême (age 15) succeeded XII Count Lusignan, VII Count La Marche, III Count Angoulême.
In 1272 [his former wife] Yolande Capet Countess Lusignan, La Marche and Angoulême (age 53) died.
[his father] Hugh Lusignan X Count Lusignan V Count La Marche succeeded V Count La Marche.
[his daughter] Yolande Lusignan was born to Hugh Lusignan XI Count Lusignan VI Count La Marche II Count Angoulême and Yolande Capet Countess Lusignan, La Marche and Angoulême.
[his son] Guy Lusignan was born to Hugh Lusignan XI Count Lusignan VI Count La Marche II Count Angoulême and Yolande Capet Countess Lusignan, La Marche and Angoulême.
[his son] Geoffrey Lusignan was born to Hugh Lusignan XI Count Lusignan VI Count La Marche II Count Angoulême and Yolande Capet Countess Lusignan, La Marche and Angoulême.
Kings Wessex: Great x 10 Grand Son of King Alfred "The Great" of Wessex
Kings Franks: Great x 12 Grand Son of Louis "Pious" King Aquitaine I King Franks
Kings France: Great x 2 Grand Son of Louis "Fat" VI King France
King Richard III of England x 1
Anne Neville Queen Consort England x 1
Queen Anne Boleyn of England x 1
Anne Jagiellon Holy Roman Empress x 1
Queen Catherine Howard of England x 1
Jane "Nine Days Queen" Grey I Queen England and Ireland x 1
King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland x 2
Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom x 185
Queen Consort Camilla Shand x 79
Great x 4 Grandfather: Hugh "Devil" Lusignan VI Count Lusignan I Count La Marche
Great x 3 Grandfather: Hugh "Brown" Lusignan VII Count Lusignan II Count La Marche
Great x 4 Grandmother: Hildegarde Thouars Countess Lusignan and La Marche
Great x 2 Grandfather: Hugh Lusignan VIII Count Lusignan
Great x 3 Grandmother: Saracine Lezay Countess Lusignan and La Marche
Great x 1 Grandfather: Hugh Lusignan
Great x 3 Grandfather: Geoffroy de Rancon Taillebourg
Great x 2 Grandmother: Bourgogne Dame de Fontenay Taillebourg Countess Lusignan
GrandFather: Hugh Lusignan IX Count Lusignan
Hugh Lusignan XI Count Lusignan VI Count La Marche II Count Angoulême
Great x 4 Grandfather: Fulk Angoulême I Count Angoulême
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Angoulême V Count Angoulême
Great x 2 Grandfather: Wulfgrin Angoulême II Count Angoulême
Great x 3 Grandmother: Vitapoy Benauges Countess Angoulême
Great x 1 Grandfather: William "Taillefer" Angoulême VI Count Angoulême
Great x 4 Grandfather: Roger "The Great" Montgomery 1st Earl of Shrewsbury
Great x 3 Grandfather: Roger "The Poitevin" Montgomery Viscount Hiemois
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mabel Belleme
Great x 2 Grandmother: Pontia La Marche Countess Angoulême
Great x 4 Grandfather: Aldebert La Marche II Count La Marche
Great x 3 Grandmother: Almodis La Marche
GrandFather: Aymer Angoulême I Count Angoulême
Mother: Isabella of Angoulême Queen Consort England
Great x 4 Grandfather: King Henry I of France
Great x 3 Grandfather: Philip "Amorous" I King France
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Rurik Queen Consort France
Great x 2 Grandfather: Louis "Fat" VI King France
Great x 4 Grandfather: Floris Gerulfing I Count Holland
Great x 3 Grandmother: Bertha Gerulfing Queen Consort France
Great x 4 Grandmother: Gertrude Billung Countess Holland
Great x 1 Grandfather: Peter Courtenay
Great x 4 Grandfather: Amadeus Savoy II Count Savoy
Great x 3 Grandfather: Humbert "Fat" Savoy II Count Savoy
Great x 2 Grandmother: Adelaide Savoy Queen Consort France
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Ivrea I Count Burgundy
Great x 3 Grandmother: Gisela Ivrea Countess Savoy
Great x 4 Grandmother: Ettiennette Countess Burgundy
GrandMother: Alice Courtenay Countess Angoulême
Great x 4 Grandfather: Joscelin Courtenay
Great x 3 Grandfather: Miles Courtenay
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elisabeth Montlhéry
Great x 2 Grandfather: Renaud Courtenay
Great x 4 Grandfather: Renaud II Count Nevers and Count Auxerre
Great x 3 Grandmother: Ermengarde of Nevers
Great x 4 Grandmother: Ida of Forez
Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Courtenay
Great x 2 Grandmother: Helene du Donjon