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- Isabella of Gloucester (d. 1217), queen of King John. Isabella, also known as Avice or Hawisa, was the youngest daughter and co-heiress of William, 2nd earl of Gloucester. She was betrothed to John, son of Henry II, in 1176 when he was only 9, presumably to provide him with estates.
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Isabella, Countess of Gloucester (1173/74 – 14 October 1217), was an English noblewoman who was married to King John prior to his accession. Lineage. Isabella was the daughter of William Fitz Robert, 2nd Earl of Gloucester, and his wife Hawise. Her paternal grandfather, Robert, 1st Earl of Gloucester, was the illegitimate son of King Henry I.
Isabella, queen of England and countess of Gloucester. Born: C. 1160 Died: 1217 (14 October) Isabella was the first wife of King John and heiress of William (second) earl of Gloucester.
May 2, 2015 · For the next year, Isabella enjoyed the most freedom of her entire life as a widow and countess of Gloucester and Essex in her own right. She issued charters and gave gifts to religious houses. However, she was married once again in the fall of 1217 to Hubert de Burgh, one of the regents of John’s successor, his son by his second wife, King ...
When Isabella Countess of Gloucester was born in 1165, in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England, her father, Earl William Fitz-Robert, was 49 and her mother, Hawise de Beaumont, was 37. She married John King of England on 29 August 1189, in Marlborough St Peter and St Paul, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom.
May 17, 2023 · From the extant records, two very different confirmation charters offer insights into Isabella’s lordship, and the nature of her identity and status within her honour of Gloucester. During her widowhood Isabella’s mother Hawise, dowager Countess of Gloucester, made numerous grants from the Gloucester demesne lands to Durford Abbey.
The countess was shown facing forwards, with a fleur-de-lys or flower in her right hand, and a bird in her left hand. On her seal legend she continued to style herself as ‘Isabella, countess of Gloucester and Mortain’, the titles she had used during her marriage to John.
Jun 4, 2017 · Isabella of Gloucester Facts. Known for: married to the future King John of England, but put aside before or as soon as he became king, never considered a queen consort. Titles: suo jure Countess of Gloucester (in her own right) Dates: about 1160? 1173? – October 14, 1217 (sources differ widely on her age and birth year)
