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Painter notes that the castle of Lusignan "stood on the western bank of the river Vonne, a tributary of the Clain, about twenty miles southwest of Poitiers", commenting that all the possessions of Hugues [IV] de Lusignan "except the estates around the town of Saint-Maixent could have been enclosed in a circle with a radius of fifteen miles centering in Lusignan" and that "he was essentially a local potentate"[783]. The first two generations of the Lusignan family, shown below, are known only from references in contemporary or near contemporary chronicles. Other members of the family can be identified from 11th century cartularies but their precise family relationships cannot be established beyond all doubt. Hugues IV "le Brun" Sire de Lusignan is the first member of the family about whom anything is known besides his name. Charters issued by the Lusignan family are also included in the cartulary of the abbey of Noaillé, which has not yet been consulted[784].

HUGUES [I] "Venator/le Veneur". The Chronicle of Saint-Maixent records the death in 1110 of "Hugo [de Leziniaco] filius Hugonis Bruni", providing his ancestry "qui fuit Albi, qui fuit Cari, qui fuit Hugonis Venatoris"[785], although this text appears to omit a generation in the descent.

m ---. The name of Hugues's wife is not known.

Hugues [I] & his wife had one child: