Mail-coated Nur al-Din Zengi, with bare legs and an open helmet, fleeing on horseback from two knights (Geoffrey Martel and Hugh de Lusignan the elder) pursuing him on war horses, at the Battle of Harim. "Histoire d'Outremer" (1232-1261) - BL Yates Thompson MS 12
Born
1106–1110 or after 1125
Poitou, France
Died
1165 or 1171
Holy Land
Spouse
Bourgogne or Burgondie de Rancon
Children
Hugues de Lusignan Robert de Lusignan Geoffrey of Lusignan Pierre de Lusignan Amalric II of Jerusalem Guy of Lusignan Guillaume
Parent(s)
Hugh VII Sarracena de Lezay
Hugh VIII the Old of Lusignan or (French: Hugues le Vieux) was the Seigneur de Lusignan, Couhé, and Château-Larcher on his father's death in 1151. He went on crusade, was captured at battle of Harim, and died in captivity.
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