the Apostle of the Ardennes
the Saint
Hugh IX of Montfort-Bregenz (d.1423)
the Surety, the Magna Carta Baron [74]
the Dull: " . . . As his byname would imply, Hugh lacked the mental faculties needed to manage the Douglas possessions. For this reason, he renounced his rights." (Douglas Archives-Hugh the Dull)
Black Hugh.
Hugh Grosvenor, 2nd Duke of Westminster.
Hugh Richard Arthur Grosvenor
Bend'Or.
Hugh O'Neill, 3rd Earl of Tyrone
Hugh le Despenser
the Younger
the Younger Despenser:
Capet (Wearing a 'capot' or monk's hood):
--"It is related of Hugh Capet that he refused, from motives either of humility or superstition, to wear the royal crown, except upon the single occasion of his coronation. He contented himself with the ecclesiastical cope, denoting his quality as lay abbot of St. Martin of Tours." (Jervis: 105)
--"Some authors have derived his surname from this circumstance---Capet, quasi cappatus. Others suppose it to refer to the large size of his head." (Jervis: 105)
the Great:
Hugues the Great (898-956).
Duke of the Franks, 936
Count of Paris: "When Charles the Simple was expelled from the throne of France, the sceptre was seized by Raoul, or Rodolph, Duke of Burgundy. The usurper died without issue, leaving a brother, Hugh, Count of Paris, the most powerful baron of the realm, and called Hugh the Great, on account of the extent of his possessions. He might easily have seized the vacant throne, but knowing the difficulty of retaining it in those turbulent times, he preferred securing the peaceable possession of Burgundy. . . ." (Duncan: 26)
the Abbot:
the Great: " . . . Hugh, surnamed the Great and Wise, the son and successor of Robert as Count of Paris, was not less powerful than his father had been, though he did not aspire to the regal title. . . ." (Halliday: 147)
the Wise
the White: " . . . Hugh, 'Hugh-le-Grand,' 'Hugh-le-blanc.' or 'Hugh-l'Abbe;' the first epithet bespeaking his consequence, the second his complexion, and the third, the vast preferments which he held. . . ." (Palgrave, Vol. 1: 406)
the White
the Great: " . . . Hugh, known as 'the Great' although like Charlemagne he was probably called Hugo Magnus to distinguish him from his son Hugh the Younger (who, since the twelfth century, has been better known as Hugh Capet), controlled most of Neustria, including the city of Paris and the former royal monastery of St-Denis. . . ." (The Origins of France: 183)
Hugh de Abrincis
the Wolf (Lat. Lupus): "Styled by his contemporaries 'Lupus', evidently for his rather vicious nature, he received from the King (his maternal uncle), in 1071, the whole of the county palatine of Chester, and thus became Count Palatine as Earl of Chester... He succeeded his father, who was living as late as 1082, as Vicomte d'Avranches in Normandy. He remained loyal to William II during the rebellion of 1096. After founding the abbeys of St. Sever in Normandy and St. Werburg at Chester, he became a monk at St. Werburg some four days before his death. His son and heir, Richard, also Earl of Chester (died s.p. legit.), was among those nobles who drowned upon the sinking of the White Ship at Barfleur in Nov of 1120. The earldom of Chester passed via Margaret/Maud (sister to Hugh Lupus), to her son Ranulph le Meschin."
" . . . Earl Hugo de Abrincis, surnamed Lupus, Earl of Chester, the Conqueror's sister's son by Richard Gox, had 24 lordships in this country. He was a person of great note among the Norman nobility and a very expert soldier, for which reason he was placed so near the unconquered Welsh, to restrain their excursions; and his earldom was given him to hold as free by the sword, as the king held in England by the Crown. . . ." (Nichols: 110)
Hugues of Chaumont (d.1138)
Constable of France
the Blind
Bardoul [82]
the Hunter
Hugues I of Montfort (d.c.1037).
the Bearded
the Great
--"Other Latin princes answered the pope's call to arms as well. Among these, the pre-eminent figure in terms of lineage was Hugh of Vermandois, brother of King Philip I of France, to whom historians have sometimes appended the rather misleading appellation 'Magnus' (the Great). Hugh was certainly proud of the royal blood flowing through his veins, but the actual physical resources at his command were quite limited. The small county of Vermandois seems to have furnished him with a relatively meagre fortune, and he managed to attract only a small contingent of followers to join him on crusade." (The First Crusade: A New History: 63)
--"That same year, Hugh the Great, count de Crepi, entrusted his estates to his sons Ralph and Henry, and giving his daughter in marriage to Robert count de Mellent, undertook the pilgrimage, accompanied by a noble band of of Frenchmen. . . ." (The Ecclesiastical History of England and Normandy, Vol 3: 77)
--"Hugh the Great, brother of Philip I, king of France, became count of Crepi and Valois by his marriage (about 1068) with Adela, daughter of Herbert IV, count of Vermandois; by which title Hugh is also known." (Delisle: 77)
the Well-Loved
the Distrustful
Hugues II of Vermandois (1127–1212).
the Monk
Hugues III of Cyprus (1235-1284)
King of Cyprus, 1267; King of Jerusalem, 1268
Hugues I of Jerusalem
Hugues de Poitiers
Hugues de Lusignan, 1267
the Great [79]
"Hugues III, surnamed the Great, had the advantage of coming to the throne as an experienced man of affairs. He reigned for fourteen years, and in that time established the kingdom of Cyprus on a firm basis. He married Isabelle d'Ibelin, and their sons eventually succeeded him.
"Hugues III was not only a soldier and a man of action, he was also a patron of learning and a founder of monasteries...." (cypnet.co.uk)
the White
the Brown
the Debonair
the Fair
the Devil (Fr. le Diable; Sp. el Demonio) (by the monks of St. Maixent)
--"Despite his piety, Hugh was in constant conflict with the abbey of St. Maixent. On numerous occasions his disputes with the monks grew so violent that the duke of Aquitaine and the bishops of Poitiers and Saintes had to intercede. At one point, Pope Paschal II threatened Hugh with excommunication. From these conflicts Hugh was dubbed "le diable", the devil, by the monks of St. Maixent." (Wikipedia)
--" . . . The future crusader Hugh VI of Lusignan was devout, but he was in more or less continuous conflict with the abbey of St. Maixent, his lord for some of his lands: the abbey's chronicler referred to him as 'the Devil'. His dispute with the monks must have begun as soon as he had succeeded his father in 1060 and it reached a climax towards the end of his life -- he was to die in 1110 -- occasioning interventions from the duke of Aquitaine, the bishops of Poitiers and Saintes, and the pope himself. . . ." (The First Crusaders, 1095-1131: 42)
the Brown
the Brown
Count of La Marche
the Old
Maracdes (Emerald)
the Brown
the Brown
Hugues XI of Lusignan (1209–1250)
Count of La Marche and Angouleme
the Brown
Hugues XII of Lusignan (1237–1282)
Count of La Marche and Angouleme
the Brown
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