Evidence Reference
Sidney Painter, "The Houses of Lusignan and Châtellerault, 1150–1250" (Speculum, 1957)
Associated with Hugh VIII de Lusignan
Citation
Sidney Painter, "The Houses of Lusignan and Châtellerault, 1150–1250," Speculum 30, no. 3 (July 1957): 374–384. The classic scholarly reconstruction of the Poitou Lusignan family tree in the 12th and early 13th centuries, including Hugh VIII (le Vieux), Hugh IX (le Brun), and the departure of Guy and Aimery for the East.
Supporting claim
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Hugh VIII de Lusignan (c. 1120–1173), known as "le Vieux" (the Old), Lord of Lusignan, was captured on Crusade in 1163–1164 and died in captivity in Aleppo. He is the documented father of Hugh IX de Lusignan (who continued the Poitou line), Guy de Lusignan (later King of Jerusalem), and Aimery de Lusignan (later King of Jerusalem and Cyprus). His three sons founded, respectively, the mainland Poitou continuity that runs through Hugh X and Alix, and the Jerusalem/Cyprus royal continuity.