Isabella D'ANGOULÊME

Isabella D'ANGOULÊME

Female Abt 1188 - Abt 1246  (~ 58 years)

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  • Name Isabella D'ANGOULÊME 
    Born Abt 1188  Angouleme, Charente, France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died Abt 31 May 1246  Fontevrault, Maine-et-Loire, France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I2031  Young Kent Ancestors
    Last Modified 19 Apr 2010 

    Father Aymar de TAILLEFER, Comte d'Angoulême,   b. Abt 1166, Angouleme, Charente, France Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Jun 1202, Limoges, France Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 36 years) 
    Mother Alice de COURTENAY,   b. Abt 1176, France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F844  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 John 'Lackland', King of England,   b. 24 Dec 1167,   d. Abt 19 Oct 1216  (Age 48 years) 
    Married 24 Aug 1200  Bordeaux, Aquitaine, France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Henry III., King of England,   b. 1 Oct 1207,   d. Abt 16 Nov 1272  (Age 65 years)
    Last Modified 20 Mar 2022 
    Family ID F809  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Hugh X de LUSGINAN, Comte de La Marche,   b. Abt 1195, Lusignan, Vienne, France Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1249, Surrey, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 54 years) 
    Children 
     1. Alice de LUSGINAN,   b. Abt 1230, Lusignan, Vienne, France Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Feb 1291, Warren, Sussex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 61 years)
    Last Modified 20 Mar 2022 
    Family ID F843  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Isabella was betrothed to Hugh de Lusignan who was b. ca. 1180 in Lusignan, Vienne, France, and d. 1249 in Surrey, England. However, she married King John. Her coronation as Queen was on the 8th of October 1200. She was imprisoned by King John from 1214 until his death in 1216. After she was released, she returned to France and married Hugh. She later left Hugh and became Sister Felice at the Abbey of Fontevrault.

      ISABELLE d’Angoulême ([1187]-Fontevrault Abbey 31 May 1246, bur Fontevrault Abbey). The Continuator of Florence of Worcester records the marriage "IX Kal Sep" [1200] of King John and "Isabellam filiam Engolisimi comitis" and their coronation together "VIII Id Oct" in London. Matthew of Paris names her as "filiam comitis Engolismi" when he records her first marriage. She was crowned Queen Consort of England 8 Oct 1200 at Westminster Abbey. She succeeded her father in 1202 as ISABELLE Ctss d’Angoulême, but was not formally recognised as such until Nov 1206. Her origin and second marriage are confirmed in the charter dated 1224 under which "Ugo de Leziniaco comes Marchiæ et Engolismæ et Ysabella uxor eius…regina Angliæ" confirmed rights granted by "bonæ memoriæ Ademaro comite Engolismæ patre eiusdem dominæ Ysabellæ" to Vindelle. Matthew of Paris records her death, when he specifies that she was then the wife of Hugues Comte de la Marche. m firstly (Bordeaux Cathedral 24 Aug 1200) as his second wife, JOHN King of England, son of HENRY II King of England & his wife Eléonore Dss d'Aquitaine (Beaumont Palace, Oxford 24 Dec 1166 or 1167-Newark Castle, Lincolnshire 18/19 Oct 1216, bur Worcester Cathedral). m secondly (10 Mar/22 May 1220) HUGUES X "le Brun" Sire de Lusignan Comte de la Marche, son of HUGUES IX "le Brun" Sire de Lusignan, Comte de la Marche & his second wife Mathilde d'Angoulême (-1249 after 15 Jan, bur Abbaye de Valence). He succeeded in 1220 as Comte d'Angoulême, by right of his wife.