Hugh Count of Brienne and Lecce [64167] 127
- Born: c .?1240
- Marriage: Isabella de la Roche [64168]
- Died: 9 Aug 1296 at age 56
 Cause of his death was Killed in battle.
General Notes:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_of_Brienne
His father, Count of Jaffa and Ascalon in Palestine, was murdered in 1244 in Cairo, and was succeeded by his elder son, John.
On the death of John (c. 1260), Hugh inherited the County of Brienne, in France, and the family's claims in southern Italy, including the Principality of Taranto and the County of Lecce, which had been confiscated in 1205.
Medical Notes:
He was killed in Sicily, at the Battle of Gagliano, fighting Catalan Almogavars, and was succeeded by Walter.
Hugh married Isabella de la Roche [64168] [MRIN: 551618866], daughter of Guy I de la Roche Duke of Athens [64169] and Unknown. (Isabella de la Roche [64168] died before 1291.)
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