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Name	Isabella of Angouleme
Suffix	*Queen of England
Born	1188	France (Dept. Charente, France NE Bordeau, Fr.)
Gender	Female
Died	May 31, 1246	France - wife of Hugh of Lusignan
Buried	May 31, 1246	Abbey of Fontevraud, Maine-et-Loire, France
	Isabella of Angouleme, former Queen of King John I of England, then wife of Hugh de Lusignan, was buried at the Abbey of Fontrevaud in Maine-et-loirre, near that former Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine and her son, Richard the Lion Heart.
Notes	Isabella of Angeloume. b. abt 1182 - dtr of Aymer, Count of Angouleme. Isabella was betrothed to marry Hugh Lusignan, Count LaMarch, but she was married to King John of England in 1200. Her Coronation as Queen of England was held at Westminster Abbey on 8 October 1200. Hubert Walter, Archbishop of Canterbury performed the ceremony. Isabell was Mother of King Henry III in 1207. Imprisoned by her husband King John 1214-16 in Gloucester; released after his death. Upon her release returned to France. Married Hugh, Count of LaMarche (1220). Became estranged from her 2nd husband, Hugh de Lusignan, Count la Marche. Isabella went to the Abbey of Fontevraut, became the Nun Felice, and died there.
Person ID	I19107	mykindred
Last Modified	Apr 25, 2003

Father	Aymer Count of Angouleme, *, b. circa 1166, Spain (de Velencia, Spain) , d. 1218, Angouleme, France (Age ~ 52 years)
Mother	Alice de Courtenay, *Countess of Angouleme, b. circa 1176, France - dtr of Peter of France , d. Angouleme, France
Family ID	F6777	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family 1 King John Lackland of England, *, b. Dec 24, 1166, England (aka King John Soft Sword) son of Henry II , d. Oct 19, 1216, Newark Castle (Poisoned) (Age 49 years)

Married Aug 24, 1200 Bordeaux, France his 2nd wife

Children

	1. Princess Eleanor of England, b. 1203, England (Princess Eleanor) , d. 1275, England ? or Scotland - widow of Simon Montfort Earl of Leicester (Age 72 years)
	2. King Henry III of England, *, b. Oct 01, 1207, Winchester, England , d. Nov 16, 1272, Westminster, England (56 yr reign) (Age 65 years)
	3. Richard Earl of Cornwall, b. 1209, England - son of Henry III , d. 1272, Germany (died age 63, following paralysis) (Age 63 years)
	4. Joanna (Joan) Makepeace, b. circa 1210, England - dtr of King John (Princess of England) , d. Bef 1240, Argyll - of the Clan Fife of Scotland (Age ~ 29 years)
	5. John of Acre, b. circa 1212, Acre , d. Aft 1255 (Age ~ 44 years)
	6. Isabella of England, Empress, b. 1214, England - dtr of King John , d. 1241, Germany - wife of Frederick II (Age 27 years)

Family ID F6774 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Family 2 Hugh X. de Lusignan, Count la Marche, b. circa 1180, France , d. circa 1253 (Age ~ 73 years)

Married 1220 Valence

Children

	1. Hugh XI de Lusignan, Count of Ponthieu, b. 1220, France - son of Hugh Lusignan Count LaMarche , d. 1260 (Age 40 years)
	2. Alice de Lusignan, b. circa 1230, France - dtr of Hugh , d. 1291, Surrey, England (Age ~ 61 years)
	3. Sir William de Valence, Earl of Pembroke, b. Bef 1221, d. 1296, (Earl Pembroke) (Age > 75 years)

Family ID F7525 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Sources

[S315] Isabella of Angeloume: Wife of King John Lackland.
[S415] Weis, Frederick Lewis - Ancestral Roots of Sixty C, Weis page 3 line 26 biog. of King John.
[S580] Gedcom - Rein-Shwayder, Carol.

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