The following day, Queen Eleanor, sent a letter with an ambassador, Guillem Galceran de Cartellà, to James to second her husband's request.
[1][4] During his time in the service of Frederick III, Hugh was made lord of Paternò and count of Squillace.
[5] In 1302, when the king and queen were petitioning for the restoration of his lands in Spain, he held the high office of Grand Marshal of the kingdom.
In a letter dated 1298, Count Ponç V refers to his brother Hugh as a prisoner of the sultan of Egypt.
On 4 July, Alfonso IV authorised Hugh to investigate the matter and punish those responsible.