Hugo III (Châtellerault)

Hugo III (French: Hugues ; † 1203/04) was a vice count of Châtellerault . He was the son of Vice Count Wilhelm, who died around 1188, and his wife Margarete.

The first few years he was under the tutelage of his stepfather Joscelin de Montoiron († 1190) and Raoul de Mortimer, who was probably an uncle. Hugo first documented himself as vice count in 1196, he was married to Eustachia de Mauléon.

Together with his brother-in-law Savary de Mauléon and the Lusignan family , he supported Arthur of Brittany against his uncle Johann Ohneland , King of England, in 1202 and took part in the siege of Mirebeau , where they included the Duchess Eleanor of Aquitaine , who was actually the liegeess of the Was Vice Count of Châtellerault. During King John's relief attack, Hugo and his comrade-in-arms were taken prisoner, which he first spent in a castle in England. In December 1203, King Johann ordered his relocation to Normandy , which was also Hugo's last sign of life.

In 1204, Hugues de Surgères was entrusted with Châtellerault by King Philip II August . Hugo's heir Clémence († 1238), who was married to Geoffroy de Lusignan , was able to take over the vice-county after 1212.

literature

• Sidney Painter: The Houses of Lusignan and Châtellerault 1150-1250 , in: Speculum 30 (1955), p. 382

predecessor	Office	successor
Wilhelm	Vice Count of Châtellerault 1188 / 1196–1203	Hugo of Surgères