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Isabella of Angoulême. Isabella of Lusignan (c.1224 – 14 January 1300) was a daughter of Hugh X of Lusignan and his wife Isabella of Angoulême, Dowager Queen of England. [1] Isabella was half-sister to King Henry III of England. She was Dame de Beauvoir-sur Mer et de Mercillac.
Jan 31, 2024 · In July 1217 Isabella abandoned England, leaving her children behind. Over the next few years she secured control over Angoulême, despite resistance from officials acting for Henry III. Marriage to Hugues de Lusignan. In 1220 Isabella married Hugues de Lusignan, son of the Hugues to whom she had been betrothed in 1200. The exact date of their ...
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In 1220, Isabella married Hugh X of Lusignan, Count of La Marche, by whom she had another nine children. Some of Isabella's contemporaries, as well as later writers, claim that she formed a conspiracy against King Louis IX of France in 1241, after being publicly snubbed by his mother, Blanche of Castile, for whom she harbored a deep-seated hatred.
Jan 11, 2023 · In 1200, her father arranged the marriage between Isabella and the wealthy baron and landholder Hugh IX de Lusignan. Roger of Howden records that Isabella and Hugh had pledged themselves ‘verba de presenti,’ in other words, a full legal marriage, but Hugh chose to hold off on cohabitation due to Isabella’s extreme youth.
Jun 4, 2020 · In 1220, Isabella’s far-famed beauty pushed Hugh of Lusignan to perpetrate the deed that astounded the whole of England and France. Smitten with the mother of his too young fiancée, Hugh X of Lusignan, Count of La Marche, married Isabella in the spring of 1220.
Isabella of Angoulême effigy at Fontevraud Isabella had been betrothed to Hugh de Lusignan, Count of La Marche, although the marriage had been delayed because of her extreme youth. A renowned beauty, reputed to have had blonde hair and blue eyes, it is said that King John of England became infatuated with Isabella, then twelve years old.
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Aug 23, 2016 · When Isabella was 12 years old, she was betrothed to Hugh de Lusignan, the heir of Hugh IX de Lusignan, Count of La Marche. This marriage would have joined La Marche and Angoulême, and the de Lusignan family would then control a vast, rich, and strategic territory between the two Plantagenet strongholds, Bordeaux and Poitier.
