Hugh de Vivonne was a French knight from Vivonne in the County of Poitou. He was loyal to the Plantagenet family and supported their right to vast lands in France. From 1215 onward he made his home in
The royal castle of Saint-Macaire, which the city of Bordeaux was ordered several times to hand over to Hugh.
The Saintonge War was a feudal dynastic conflict that occurred between 1242 and 1243. It opposed Capetian forces supportive of King Louis IX's brother Alphonse, Count of Poitiers and those of Hugh X o
Battle between the French (Louis IX) and the English (Henry III). (British Library, Royal 16 G VI f. 399)
Treaty of Paris ratified in London on October 13, 1259, by Henry III, King of England, and Louis IX, sealed with the seal of Henry III in green wax on red and green silk cords.