[2] 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.
[3] From these conflicts Hugh was dubbed "le diable", the devilish, by the monks of St.
[5] Hugh's Catalan half-brother, Berenguer Ramon II, Count of Barcelona was threatened by the Almoravids.
[5] Hugh VI undertook an expedition to Spain in 1087 along with another half-brother, Raymond IV of Toulouse, to assist the count of Barcelona.