Hugh, Count of Brienne

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Hugh, Count of Brienne
Marie de Lusignan

Hugh,

Marie de Lusignan of Cyprus
.

Life

His father,

Count of Jaffa and Ascalon in Palestine, was murdered in 1244 in Cairo, and was succeeded by his eldest son, John
.

On John's death (c. 1260), Hugh inherited the County of Brienne in France and the family's claims in southern Italy, including the Principality of Taranto and the County of Lecce, which had been confiscated in 1205.

He claimed the regency of the

Outremer. His first cousin, King Hugh II of Cyprus, died in 1267 and despite Hugh's rights as senior heir, Hugh of Antioch was crowned Hugh III of Cyprus. When his second cousin's son Conradin
, King of Jerusalem, was killed in 1268, the succession passed again to his junior cousin Hugh III.

Deciding to seek his fortune in

Walter as a hostage. He was killed in Sicily, at the Battle of Gagliano, against the Catalan Almogavars
, and was succeeded by Walter.

In 1291 he married

Bailli of the Duchy of Athens until Guy II came of age in 1296.[1]

Marriages and issue

Hugh's first wife was Isabella de la Roche, heiress of Thebes. They had a son, Walter V (d. 1311), who succeeded Hugh, and a daughter, Agnes, who married Count John of Joigny. Hugh and his second wife, Helena Angelina Komnene, had a daughter, Joanna, who married Duke Nicholas I Sanudo of Naxos.

Genealogical table

Hugh's relationship to the rulers of Champagne, Jerusalem, and Cyprus[2]
Henry II of Champagne
Maria of Jerusalem
Alice of ChampagneHugh I of Cyprus
Walter IV of Brienne
Maria of CyprusHenry I of CyprusIsabella of Cyprus
Isabella II of Jerusalem
John of BrienneHugh of BrienneHugh II of CyprusHugh III of Cyprus & Jerusalem
Conrad II of Jerusalem
Conrad III of Jerusalem

References

  1. ^ Longnon 1969, pp. 263–264.
  2. ^ Perry 2018, pp. xxii, xxvi.

Sources

  • Longnon, Jean (1969). "The Frankish States in Greece, 1204–1311". In Wolff, Robert Lee; Hazard, Harry W. (eds.). A History of the Crusades, Volume II: The Later Crusades, 1189–1311. University of Wisconsin Press. pp. 234–275.
  • Perry, Guy (2018). The Briennes: The Rise and Fall of a Champenois Dynasty in the Age of the Crusades, c. 950–1356. Cambridge University Press. .
Hugh, Count of Brienne
House of Brienne
Born: c. 1240 Died: 9 August 1296
Preceded by
Count of Brienne

c. 1260–1296
Succeeded by
Vacant
Title last held by
Walter IV of Brienne
Count of Lecce

1260–1296
Vacant
Title last held by
Philip Chinard
Count of Conversano
1269–1296