Huges VIII de Lusignan, Seigneur de Lusignan d. After 1164 Palestine: Southern Anthology

- Aft 1164

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Name	Huges VIII de Lusignan
		Crusaders First (1095–1099); Second (1147–1149); Third or the Kings' Crusade (1189–1192); Forth (1202–1204); Fifth (1213–1221); Sixth (1228); Barons' (1239); Seventh (1248-1254); Eighth (1270); and Ninth (1271-1272).
Suffix	Seigneur de Lusignan
Nickname	"le Brun"
Gender	Male
Military	1163	Beqaa Valley, Lebanon [3]
	Battle of al-Buqaia
		The battle of al-Buqaia Nur al-Din was surprised at Al-Buqai'a al-Hosn, almost being captured and suffering a humiliating defeat. Asbridge marks this as the point at which he became truly committed to jihad. He exacted revenge shortly thereafter at Harim, crushing the armies of Antioch and Tripoli.
Military	12 Aug 1164	Artah
	Battle of Harim (Harenc) (Muslim victory)
Died	After 1164	Palestine
Person ID	I14966	Dickinson
Last Modified	25 Nov 2017

Father	Huges VII de Lusignan, Seigneur de Lusignan, d. Before 1151
Relationship	Birth
Married	Huges first wife has not been identified. "This first marriage is indicated by the charter dated to [1143] which indicates that the daughter of Hugues [VII]'s known wife Sarrazine was married to his son Guillaume (see below), who could not therefore have been Sarrazine's son." [4]
Family ID	F4626	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Bourgogne de Rancon, d. After 11 Apr 1169

Married Before 1147

Children

+	1. Huges IX de Lusignan, d. Before 16 Mar 1169 [Birth]
	2. Robert de Lusignan
+	3. Geoffroy de Lusignan, Seigneur de Vouvent, d. 1216 [Birth]
	4. Pierre de Lusignan, d. After Dec 1174
+	5. Amiery I de Lusignan, King of Cyprus, b. ca. 1145, d. 1 Apr 1205, Acre, Israel (Age ~ 60 years) [Birth]
+	6. Guy I de Lusignan, King of Jerusalem, d. 1194 [Birth]
	7. Guillaume de Lusignan, d. Before Sep 1208

Last Modified 26 Sep 2017

Family ID F4625 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Event Map

	Military - Battle of al-Buqaia - 1163 - Beqaa Valley, Lebanon
	Died - After 1164 - Palestine

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[S336463] Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families, Charles Cawley, (Online: The Foundation for Medieval Genealogy at http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/, 20XX), http://bit.ly/1MZlMLs.
[S336470] Wikipedia, (Online: https://en.wikipedia.org), "Hugh VIII of Lusignan" at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_VIII_of_Lusignan.
[S420] The Crusades: The Authoritative History of the War for the Holy Land, Thomas Asbridge, (New York: HarperCollins, 2010), 257-58.
[S336463] Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families, Charles Cawley, (Online: The Foundation for Medieval Genealogy at http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/, 20XX), http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/AQUITAINE%20NOBILITY.htm#_ftnref221.

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