Family
Hugh was married twice, both times to ladies of the house of Ibelin, whose fathers were both named "Guy of Ibelin", one being Count of Jaffa and the other Seneschal of Cyprus.
- Hugh's first marriage was in 1307/1310 to Marie d'Ibelin (1294 – before 30 June 1318), daughter of Guy of Ibelin (1250–1304), Count of Jaffa, and wife and cousin Marie d'Ibelin, Lady of Askalon and Naumachia. They had at least one son:
- Guy of Lusignan (c. 1316 or 1315–1316 – soon before 24 September 1343 and buried in Nicosia), Constable of Cyprus (1336–1338) and Titular Prince of Galilee ca. 1320. He married by proxy at the Château de Bourbon on 29 November 1328 and in person at Santa Sophia, Nicosia on 15–30 January 1330 Marie of Bourbon (1315–1387 in Naples and buried there), Princess of Achaia – later remarried on 9 September 1347 in Naples to Prince Robert II of Tarento (1299/1319 – 10 September 1364 in Naples and buried there), Titular Emperor of Constantinople in 1343, etc., without issue – and they left one son:
- Hugh of Lusignan (1335–1385/1386 in Cyprus), who succeeded his father as Titular Prince of Galilee in 1343, Senator of Rome on 12 August 1360 and Lord of Arnecha and Leondaki in January 1365. He married after Autumn 1365 Marie de Morphou (d. after 1383), dau.of Sir Jean de Morphou, Comte de Roucha, without issue
- Guy of Lusignan (c. 1316 or 1315–1316 – soon before 24 September 1343 and buried in Nicosia), Constable of Cyprus (1336–1338) and Titular Prince of Galilee ca. 1320. He married by proxy at the Château de Bourbon on 29 November 1328 and in person at Santa Sophia, Nicosia on 15–30 January 1330 Marie of Bourbon (1315–1387 in Naples and buried there), Princess of Achaia – later remarried on 9 September 1347 in Naples to Prince Robert II of Tarento (1299/1319 – 10 September 1364 in Naples and buried there), Titular Emperor of Constantinople in 1343, etc., without issue – and they left one son:
- His second marriage took place on 18 June 1318, to Alix of Ibelin (1304/1306 – after 6 August 1386 and buried at Saint Dominic's, Nicosia), daughter of Guy of Ibelin by his wife and cousin Isabelle d'Ibelin. Children with Alice were:
- Eschiva of Lusignan (c. 1323 or 1322–1324 – of the plague, 1363 and buried in Nicosia), married after 5 March 1337/1339, separated since 22 April 1341, Infante Fernando (Ferran) of Majorca (March/April, 1317 – ca. 1343/1347), Vicomte d'Omelas or Aumelàs.
- Peter I of Lusignan (1328–1369), succeeded him as King of Cyprus and Jerusalem.
- John of Lusignan (c. 1329 or 1329/1330–1375), Regent of Cyprus and Titular Prince of Antioch, murdered, married twice, firstly in 1343 to Constance, daughter of Frederick III of Sicily and Eleanor of Anjou, without issue, and secondly in 1350 to Alice d'Ibelin (d. after 1373), by whom he had issue
- James I of Lusignan (1334–1398), succeeded his nephew Peter II of Cyprus.
Three other children of Hugh whose filiation is uncertain:
- Thomas of Lusignan (d. 15 November 1340), unmarried and without issue
- Perrot of Lusignan (d. 29 June 1353), unmarried and without issue
- Margaret of Lusignan, married in 1347/1349 Gautier de Dampierre(-sur-Salon) (d. after 1373), Seneschal of Cyprus.
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