Hugh V of Lusignan

Hugh V (died 8 October 1060), called the Fair or the Pious, was the fifth Lord of Lusignan and Lord of Couhé. He succeeded his father, Hugh IV, sometime around 1026.

Marriage and children[]

Hugh married Almodis (990 or c. 1020 – murdered October 16, 1071), daughter of Bernard I, Count of La Marche,^[1] through which future counts would claim La Marche. He then repudiated her on the basis of consanguinity and she married Pons of Toulouse.^[1]

Hugh and Almodis had:

• Hugh VI of Lusignan^[2]
• Jordan de Lusignan
• Mélisende de Lusignan (b. bef. 1055), married before 1074 to Simon I "l'Archevêque", Vidame de Parthenay.

Conflict[]

When Duke William VIII of Aquitaine, Hugh's suzerain, was at war with William IV of Toulouse, Almodis persuaded Hugh to join her son's side.^[1] The duke besieged Lusignan and when Hugh tried to sortie for provisions, he was slain at the gate.^[1] He was succeeded by his eldest son, also named Hugh.

Sources[]

• Coureas, Nicholas; Riley-Smith, Christopher, eds. (1995). Cyprus and the Crusades. Cyprus Research Centre and SSCLE: Nicosia.
• Painter, Sidney (1957). "The Lords of Lusignan in the Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries". Speculum. The Chicago University Press. Vol. 32, No. 1, Jan. (1): 27–47. doi:10.2307/2849244. JSTOR 2849244. S2CID 161153870. {{cite journal}}: |volume= has extra text (help)