Hugh VIII the Old of Lusignan or Hugh III of La Marche was the eldest son of Hugh VII and of Sarrasine or Saracena de Lezay. He became Seigneur de Lusignan, Couhé, and Château-Larcher and Count of La Marche on his father's death in 1151. Born in Poitou, 1106–1110 or some time after 1125, he died in the Holy Land in 1165 or 1171. He married in 1140/1141 Bourgogne or Burgondie de Rancon, Dame de Fontenay, daughter of Geoffroi or Geoffroy de Rancon, Seigneur de Taillebourg and wife Fossefie, Dame de Moncontour, by whom he also became Seigneur de Fontenay: she died on April 11, 1169. In 1163 or 1164 he went on pilgrimage and on crusade to the Holy Land and participated in the Battle of Harim, where he was taken prisoner. His children were:
Hugh de Lusignan, Co-Seigneur de Lusignan in 1164, married before 1162 Orengarde N, who died in 1169, leaving two sons who were infants at the time of his death
Geoffrey I de Lusignan, Seigneur of Moncontour and Seigneur de Soubise, Seigneur de Vouvent, de Mervent by first marriage, Count of Jaffa and Ascalon on July 28, 1191, who fought in the Siege of Acre. Married firstly before 1200 Eustache de Chabot, Dame de Vouvent et Dame de Mervent, and secondly c. 1202 Humberge de Limoges, daughter of Aimar VI, Vicomte de Limoges and wife Sarra de Cornouailles, and had one son by each marriage:
* Geoffrey II de Lusignan, Seigneur de Vouvent, de Mevent et de Montcontour, married 1223 Clémence de Chattellerault, Dame de Chattellerault, without issue
* William de Lusignan, married c. 1226 Margaret de Mauléon, and had one daughter:
** Valence de Lusignan, married aft. 1247 Hugues III de Parthenay
Peter de Lusignan, witnessed a charter in Antioch in 1174, but is otherwise not documented. He died probably as a Priest.
Guy of Lusignan, died 1194. He was regent and afterwards King of Jerusalem. After the loss of Jerusalem he became Lord of Cyprus.
William de Lusignan or de Valence, born after 1163, betrothed to Beatrix de Courtenay, daughter of Joscelin III of Edessa, in 1186. The marriage does not seem to have taken place. He died before 1208.
