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Isabella Taillefeur of Angoulême1,2
b. 1188, d. 31 May 1246, #23318
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Father   Amyer Count of Angoulême3 b. circa 1160, d. 16 June 1202
Mother   Alix de Courtenay3 b. circa 1160, d. 1218

Name Variation Isabella Taillefeur of Angoulême was also found as Isabella of Angouleme de Taillefer.3 
Name Variation Isabella Taillefeur of Angoulême was also found as Isabel de Taillefer. 
Birth* 1188 Isabella Taillefeur was born in 1188 at Charente, Angouleme, France.3,4,5,6 
!AInfoNew* Hugh IX of Lusignan was engaged to be married to Isabella Taillefeur of Angouleme, but in 1200, when she was in the care of Hugh's uncle, Ct of Eu and only 12 years old, she was taken by his feudal lord King John (Lackland) of England who wed her at Bordeaux in Aug (They had at least 5 children). Hugh IX then formed an alliance with Philip II K of France against King John of England resulting in John's loss of his continental possessions.2 
Marriage* 26 August 1200 Isabella Taillefeur of Angoulême married John Lackland Plantagenet, who was 32 years old, , son of Henry II Curtmantle , King of England and Dutchess Eleanor of Aquitaine, 26 August 1200 in Bordeaux, France. European Dynasties gives a date of 24 August for this marriages, all other sources give 26 August.7,8 
Death of* 10 October 1216
Husband, John Lackland died on 10 October 1216.1 
Marriage* after 10 October 1216 Isabella Taillefeur of Angoulême married Hugues (Hugh) X de Lusignan, son of Hugues IX de Lusignan, King of Cyprus and Mathilde of Taillefer, after 10 October 1216. And before 10 May 1220. At one time Isabella was engaged to Hugh X's father, before she married John Lackland.9,1,10,2,11,12,13 
!AInfoNew 1217 Of their children, Ponce, who married Wulgrim d'Angouleme is the only one with descendants. They claimed La Marche, but so did the descendants of Almodis I and Hugh VI. This came to a head when Hugh IX of Lusignan (who had been married the senior heiress to the Angouleme/La Marche claim) was engaged to Isabelle of Angouleme, but she was stolen by King John, who contested with Hugh for the lands of the family. When the dust cleared, Hugh IX's son Hugh X married Isabelle (his almost-step-mother), and La Marche ended up in the Lusignan family. All Kings of England after John descend from Almodis II, while John himself descended from Almodis I and Pons (through his mother Eleanor of Aquitaine, a descendant of William IV of Toulouse), and John's son Henry III, and his son Edward I both married descendants of Almodis I by Raymond Berenger.

 
!AInfoNew* 1242 In 1242 Hugh and his wife were defeated by the French, but King Louis IX forgave them and restored their lands.14 
research* Find at Fontevraud, Internet, Where is?? 
Death* 31 May 1246
Isabella Taillefeur died on 31 May 1246 at Fontevraud, at Maine et Loire at France.6,12,3,15,4,5,16,17 
Burial* Isabella was buried in Isere, possibly Anjou, France.4,5 
!AInfoNew* 1258 Hugh and Isabella had 9 children, 5 of whom were granted large estates in England by King Henry III. By 1258 they were forced into excile by jealous barons, but were subsequently allowed to return.14 

Family 1   John Lackland Plantagenet b. 24 December 1167, d. 19 October 1216
Children  1. Henry III , King of England+ b. 1 Oct 1207, d. 12 Nov 1272
  2. Richard Earl of Cornwall+ b. 5 Jan 1209, d. 2 Apr 1272
  3. Joane Plantagenet b. 22 Jul 1210, d. 4 Mar 1237/38
  4. Isabella Elizabeth Plantagenet+ b. 1214, d. 1 Dec 1241
  5. Eleanor Plantagenet+ b. 1215, d. 13 Apr 1275

Family 2   Hugues (Hugh) X de Lusignan b. circa 1195, d. circa 6 June 1246
Children  1. Agnes de Lusignan b. c 12209
  2. Geoffrey de Lusignan+ b. c 1220, d. bt 1270 - 12749,18
  3. Margaret de Lusignan b. c 122119
  4. Aymer Bishop of Winchester b. c 1221, d. Dec 126019
  5. Lord Cognac (Guy) de Lusignan b. c 122119
  6. Count Henry de la Marche b. a 122119
  7. Hugues XI "le Brun" de Lusignan+ b. 1220/21, d. 12509
  8. Alice de Lusignan+ b. 1231, d. 9 Feb 1255/5620
  9. William de Valence Earl of Pembroke+ b. c 1240, d. b 18 May 129619

Citations
  1. Royals pt 29, online Denis Reed.
  2. Download, Lusignan site Adrian Channing (Surrey, UK) e-mail address.
  3. [S10141] BigKings Pedigree, online Church Yard Genealogies, Gives year only.
  4. Royals pt 29, online Denis Reed, gives place.
  5. John Lackland, online Robert Bradley.
  6. [S9180] "Email, no hard copy" , e-mail address 22-Jan-99 .
  7. [S9754] Continental, online UK government.
  8. Download, http://www.unf.edu/faculty/rbradl/ancestor/i0005186.htm#i5186.
  9. [S9212] , Gives year only.
  10. Download, http://www.goldenfrog.com/jeffman/genealogy/html/d0004/I2881.html.
  11. Download, http://www.sawyer-family.org/d0018/I13619.html.
  12. [S9798] "GedCom via internet on Kings and Queens and other royality of Europe. On tape drive as "Internet". Some lines were printed to hard copy.".
  13. [S9811] "John Lackland from Brian Tompsett, via Internet".
  14. Download, http://www.gendex.com/users/jast.
  15. Longshanks, online Leo van de Pas.
  16. , A117-27.
  17. Download, http://194.209.210.38/ Liber Patrum.
  18. [S9180] "Email, no hard copy" , Medieval-L Dave UTZ <e-mail address>.
  19. [S9180] "Email, no hard copy" , e-mail address Medieval-L.
  20. , A153-29 Weis Ancestral Roots.
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