Isabella of Angouleme - Revision history

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	'''Isabella''' was the daughter of Aymer, [[Count]] of Angouleme. Her maternal great-grandfather was [[Louis VI]], [[king]] of [[France]]. She was her father's [[heir]] and had been promised in [[marriage]] to Hugh IX de Lusignan, Count of La Marche, in an attempt to unite two feuding families of French [[nobility]]. However, the union of the two [[county\|counties]] would have threatened the [[Angevin]] land-holdings in France, by dividing [[Normandy]] (held by [[John Lackland\|John]] of [[England]]) from Aquitaine (then held by [[Eleanor of Aquitaine]], John's mother).		'''Isabella''' was the daughter of Aymer, [[Count]] of [[Angouleme]]. Her maternal great-grandfather was [[Louis VI]], [[king]] of [[France]]. She was her father's [[heir]] and had been promised in [[marriage]] to Hugh IX de Lusignan, Count of La Marche, in an attempt to unite two feuding families of French [[nobility]]. However, the union of the two [[county\|counties]] would have threatened the [[Angevin]] land-holdings in France, by dividing [[Normandy]] (held by [[John Lackland\|John]] of [[England]]) from Aquitaine (then held by [[Eleanor of Aquitaine]], John's mother).

	With typical Angevin speed and ruthlessness, John simply seized the girl (Isabella was then about 12 years old) and married her himself, in August 1200.		With typical Angevin speed and ruthlessness, John simply seized the girl (Isabella was then about 12 years old) and married her himself, in August 1200.

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	In her later years, Isabella was accused of plotting against the King of France ([[Louis IX]]). She fled to the [[abbey]] of Fontevrault, where she died in 1246. Most of her remaining family then upped sticks and went to the [[court]] of their half-brother [[Henry III\|Henry of England]].		In her later years, Isabella was accused of plotting against the King of France ([[Louis IX]]). She fled to the [[abbey]] of Fontevrault, where she died in 1246. Most of her remaining family then upped sticks and went to the [[court]] of their half-brother [[Henry III\|Henry of England]].

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	'''Isabella''' was the daughter of Aymer, Count of Angouleme. Her maternal great-grandfather was ~~'''~~Louis VI~~'''~~, [[king]] of [[France]]. She was her father's heir and had been promised in marriage to ~~'''~~Hugh IX~~'''~~ ~~'''~~de Lusignan~~'''~~, Count of La Marche, in an attempt to unite two feuding families of French nobility. However, the union of the two counties would have threatened the [[Angevin]] land-holdings in France, by dividing [[Normandy]] (held by [[John Lackland\|John]] of [[England]]) from Aquitaine (then held by [[Eleanor of Aquitaine]], John's mother).		'''Isabella''' was the daughter of Aymer, [[Count]] of Angouleme. Her maternal great-grandfather was [[Louis VI]], [[king]] of [[France]]. She was her father's [[heir]] and had been promised in [[marriage]] to Hugh IX de Lusignan, Count of La Marche, in an attempt to unite two feuding families of French [[nobility]]. However, the union of the two [[county\|counties]] would have threatened the [[Angevin]] land-holdings in France, by dividing [[Normandy]] (held by [[John Lackland\|John]] of [[England]]) from Aquitaine (then held by [[Eleanor of Aquitaine]], John's mother).

		⚫	With typical Angevin speed and ruthlessness, John simply seized the girl (Isabella was then about 12 years old) and married her himself, in August 1200.
		⚫	In doing so, he is generally reckoned to have precipitated the loss of English holdings in France: he gave the French king, [[Philip II]], an excuse to confiscate his lands, as well as uniting the independant nobility of France against him (the king actually governed only a small area, around [[Paris]], and was dependent on his [[noble]]s for the exercise of [[Royal]] power in the rest of his supposed [[realm]]).

⚫	With typical Angevin speed and ruthlessness, John simply seized the girl (Isabella ~~wass~~ then about 12 years old) and married her himself, in August 1200.~~<br>~~
⚫	In doing so, he is generally reckoned to have precipitated the loss of English holdings in France: he gave the French king, ~~'''~~Philip II~~'''~~, an excuse to confiscate his lands, as well as uniting the independant nobility of France against him (the king actually governed only a small area, around Paris, and was dependent on his ~~nobles~~ for the exercise of Royal power in the rest of his supposed realm).~~<br>~~
	John and Isabella had 5 children before his death in 1215:		John and Isabella had 5 children before his death in 1215:
	* [[Henry III\|Henry]], his successor		* [[Henry III\|Henry]], his successor
	* Richard, who became Earl of Cornwall		* Richard, who became [[Earl]] of [[Cornwall]]
	* Joan, who married [[Alexander II]] of [[Scotland]]		* Joan, who married [[Alexander II]] of [[Scotland]]
	* Isabella, who married the [[Emperor]] Frederick II		* Isabella, who married the [[Emperor]] [[Frederick II]]
	* Eleanor, who was to marry [[Simon de Montfort]].		* Eleanor, who was to marry [[Simon de Montfort]].

	When John died, Isabella was still in her twenties. She returned to France, and in 1220 married the son of her former fiance, ~~'''~~Hugh X~~'''~~ of Lusignan, and had 9 children with him, including her Hugh's successor, ~~'''~~Hugh XI~~'''~~; Aymer, who became a [[Bishop]] of Winchester; Alice who married the Earl of Surrey; and William who became [[Earl]] of Pembroke.		When John died, Isabella was still in her twenties. She returned to France, and in 1220 married the son of her former fiance, Hugh X of Lusignan, and had 9 children with him, including her Hugh's successor, Hugh XI; Aymer, who became a [[Bishop]] of Winchester; Alice who married the Earl of [[Surrey]]; and William who became [[Earl]] of Pembroke.

		⚫	In her later years, Isabella was accused of plotting against the King of France ([[Louis IX]]). She fled to the [[abbey]] of Fontevrault, where she died in 1246. Most of her remaining family then upped sticks and went to the [[court]] of their half-brother [[Henry III\|Henry of England]].

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⚫	In her later years, Isabella was accused of plotting against the King of France (''Louis IX~~'''~~). She fled to the abbey of Fontevrault, where she died in 1246. Most of her remaining family then upped sticks and went to the court of their half brother [[Henry III\|Henry of England]]

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'''Isabella''' was the daughter of Aymer, Count of Angouleme. Her maternal great-grandfather was '''Louis VI''', [[king]] of [[France]]. She was her father's heir and had been promised in marriage to '''Hugh IX''' '''de Lusignan''', Count of La Marche, in an attempt to unite two feuding families of French nobility. However, the union of the two counties would have threatened the [[Angevin]] land-holdings in France, by dividing [[Normandy]] (held by [[John Lackland|John]] of [[England]]) from Aquitaine (then held by [[Eleanor of Aquitaine]], John's mother).

With typical Angevin speed and ruthlessness, John simply seized the girl (Isabella wass then about 12 years old) and married her himself, in August 1200.<br>
In doing so, he is generally reckoned to have precipitated the loss of English holdings in France: he gave the French king, '''Philip II''', an excuse to confiscate his lands, as well as uniting the independant nobility of France against him (the king actually governed only a small area, around Paris, and was dependent on his nobles for the exercise of Royal power in the rest of his supposed realm).<br>
John and Isabella had 5 children before his death in 1215:
* [[Henry III|Henry]], his successor
* Richard, who became Earl of Cornwall
* Joan, who married [[Alexander II]] of [[Scotland]]
* Isabella, who married the [[Emperor]] Frederick II
* Eleanor, who was to marry [[Simon de Montfort]].

When John died, Isabella was still in her twenties. She returned to France, and in 1220 married the son of her former fiance, '''Hugh X''' of Lusignan, and had 9 children with him, including her Hugh's successor, '''Hugh XI'''; Aymer, who became a [[Bishop]] of Winchester; Alice who married the Earl of Surrey; and William who became [[Earl]] of Pembroke.

In her later years, Isabella was accused of plotting against the King of France (''Louis IX'''). She fled to the abbey of Fontevrault, where she died in 1246. Most of her remaining family then upped sticks and went to the court of their half brother [[Henry III|Henry of England]]