Hugues Ier de Thouars

Hugues Ier of Thouars , it is born after 1146 and it dies in 1230. It is the son of Geoffroy IV and Aime de Lusignan.

It succeeds his older brother Aimery VII. It pays homage to the King de France Louis VIII for his fields located in Anjou and in the Poitou and it takes part in the forwarding led by the King in the south of France against the Cathares, in particular it is present at the seat of Avignon and attends dead of Louis VIII on November 8th, 1226.

The advent of the new King de France Louis IX (Saint Louis) the majority of the Barons Poitevins and Bretons, attached to their autonomy, join the rising led by Isabelle of Angouleme (widowed of Jean without Ground) woman of the Count of Walk. Soon Hugues de Thouars pulled by Savary de Mauléon and the Lord de Lusignan joined rising. Thouars is selected like place of appointment by the partisans of Henri III of England. Richard, the brother of this King, is joined there by many Lords of Aquitaine. But their main ally Thibaud de Champagne is finally lacking to them, it goes to Tours near the King of France and not to Thouars as envisaged initially. All united are then obliged to join the Regent Blanche of Castille at the beginning of 1227. Hugues I died in 1229 after having made donations with the Abbey of Grandmont in Thouarsais.

He married before 1203 Marguerite de Vihiers, rams of Montaigu (1190-1241), (girl of Maurice II of Commequiers). They did not have children. The mother of Marguerite was called Héloïse of Garnache sister of Pierre V of Garnache, and recueilla the heritage of the House of Garnache.

According to the Files of the priory fontevrist of the MOOR in BEAUCHENE Sallertaine the Vendée, Hugues de Thouars is buried in 1229 in the church of this priory. Marguerite is downward Lords of Garnache. It is very probable that Hugues and Marguerite had a dead child in old bottom, also buried in the same church and whose tomb stone still exists in Sallertaine. (Yves Minuet)

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