Hugh XII de Lusignan , Hugh VII of La Marche or Hugh III of Angoulême (c. 1235/1240 – after 25 August 1270). He was the son of Hugh XI of Lusignan and Yolande of Brittany . He succeeded his father as seigneur of Lusignan, Couhé, and Peyrat, Count of La Marche and Count of Angoulême in 1250.
On 29 January 1253/4, at Fougères , he married Jeanne de Fougères (d. aft.1273), daughter of Raoul III, seigneur of Fougères, and Isabelle de Craon . They had six children:
Death
Hugh XII de Lusignan died in 1270 while on Crusade with King Louis IX of France in an early battle of the Eighth Crusade . His eldest son Hugh XIII de Lusignan succeeded him.
References
Sources
Morvan, Frederic (2009). La Chevalerie bretonne et la formation de l'armee ducale, 1260-1341 (in French). Presses Universitaires de Rennes.
Cinquième Série (1930). "BULLETIN DE L'ACADÉMIE DES INSCRIPTIONS". Revue Archéologique (in French). T. 32 JUILLET-DÉCEMBRE. Editions Belin.