Abt 1188 - 1246 (~ 58 years)
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Name |
Isabella de Lusignan Angoulême |
Born |
Abt 1188 |
Angoulême, Charente, Poitou-Charentes, France [1] |
Gender |
Female |
Reference Number |
8083 |
Died |
31 May 1246 |
Fontevrault, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France |
Person ID |
I8083 |
FelsingFam |
Last Modified |
16 Feb 2024 |
Family |
John King of England Plantagenet, b. 24 Dec 1166, Beaumont Palace, Oxford, England , d. 19 Oct 1216, Newark Castle, Newark, Nottinghamshire, England (Age 49 years) |
Children |
+ | 1. Henry III King of England Plantagenet, b. 1 Oct 1207, Winchester Castle, Winchester, Hampshire, England , d. 16 Nov 1272, Palace of Westminster, Westminster, Middlesex, England (Age 65 years) [natural] |
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Last Modified |
16 Feb 2024 |
Family ID |
F2398 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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Notes |
- https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Angoul%C3%AAme-40
BIOGRAPHY FROM GENEALOGICS.ORG:
Isabella d'Angoulême was born about 1188, daughter of Adhémar, Comte d'Angoulême, and Alix/Alide de Courtenay. Isabella was only twelve and engaged to Hugues 'le Brun' de Lusignan when King John of England became infatuated with her. Wanting her to be queen of England, her parents had the engagement annulled and allowed her to marry King John.
Seven years later she gave birth to their first child, the future King Henry III, soon to be followed by two more children. However John was an unfaithful husband and Isabella's flirtations also caused disharmony between them. In 1212 John had Isabella locked up at Gloucester, but a year later they became reconciled and two more children were born.
When John died in 1216 Isabella was at Gloucester with her children, and she immediately proclaimed their eldest son to be King Henry III. For safety against the French invaders she sent her younger son Richard to Ireland. In July 1217 she returned to France where she met her old fiancé, Hugues X 'le Brun' de Lusignan, who was by now engaged to Isabella's daughter Joan. However, as Joan was only ten years old and Hugues needed an heir soon, he married Isabella instead and they became the parents of five sons and at least three daughters.
Henry III had not been consulted about his mother's remarriage, and even though he was only thirteen he deprived his mother of her dowry. It took a year before they were reconciled.
In 1242 Hugues and Isabella were accused of plotting against the life of King Louis IX of France. Isabella attended the court but remained seated on her horse, and when she realised the hearing would go against her she rode off to take refuge in the abbey of Fontevraud. Although Hugues de Lusignan was able to placate the French king, Isabella remained at Fontevraud for the rest of her life, died and was bu
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