Name Hugh of Mother Mathilde of Angouleme Children Hugh XI of Lusignan | ||
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Reign 5 November 1219 – 5 June 1249 Issue Hugh XI of LusignanAymer de LusignanAgathe de LusignanAlice de Lusignan, Countess of SurreyGuy de LusignanGeoffroi de LusignanWilliam de Valence, 1st Earl of PembrokeMarguerite de LusignanIsabella of Lusignan Died June 5, 1249, Angouleme, France Spouse Isabella of Angouleme (m. 1220) Parents Hugh IX of Lusignan, Mathilde of Angouleme Similar People Isabella of Angouleme, Henry III of England, Richard - 1st Earl of Cornwall, Isabella of England, Alphonse - Count of Poitiers | ||
Hugh X de Lusignan, Hugh V of La Marche or Hugh I of Angoulême (c. 1183 or c. 1195 – c. 5 June 1249, Angoulême) succeeded his father Hugh IX as Seigneur de Lusignan and Count of La Marche in November 1219 and was Count of Angoulême by marriage.
His father, Hugh IX de Lusignan was betrothed to marry 12-year-old Isabel of Angoulême in 1200, when King John of England took her for his Queen, an action which resulted in the entire de Lusignan family rebelling against the English king. Following John's death, Queen Isabella returned to her native France, where she married Hugh X de Lusignan on 10 May 1220
By Hugh's marriage to Isabella, he became Count of Angoulême until her death in 1246. Together they founded the abbey of Valence. They had nine children:
Hugh X was succeeded by his eldest son, Hugh XI of Lusignan.
According to explanations in the manuscripts of Gaucelm Faidit's poems, this troubadour was a rival of Hugh X of Lusignan for the love of Marguerite d'Aubusson.
He was buried at Angoulême.