Isabella of Angoulême, Queen of England

1188 - 1246  (58 years)

• Name	Isabella of Angoulême
  Birth	1188  [1, 2]
  General Information	She was the heiress of Angoulême.  [1]
  Death	31 May 1246  [1, 2, 3]
  Burial	Aft 31 May 1246	Fontevrault Abbey, Fontevrault, Maine-Et-Loire, France   [1]
  Patriarch & Matriarch	Gerold, Count in the Vinzgau   (11 x Great Grandfather)  Hedwig du Donjon  (Great Grandmother)
  Person ID, Branch	I2816	Roy Line, Boudreau Line
  Last Modified	25 Jun 2025

  
  

  Father	Aymer de Valence, Count of Angoulême,   b. About 1160   d. 16 Jun 1202, Limoges, Haute-Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France (Age 42 years)
  Mother	Alice de Courtenay,   b. About 1160, Courtenay, Loiret, Centre-Val de Loire, France d. 14 Sep 1205 (Age 45 years)
  Family ID	F2206	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Spouse / Partner 1	John, King of England ,   b. 24 Dec 1167, Beaumont Palace, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England d. 19 Oct 1216, Newark, Nottinghamshire, England (Age 48 years)  Other Partners: Isabelle de Clare  m. 29 Aug 1189;   Agatha de Ferrers;   daughter de Warenne
  Marriage	24 Aug 1200	Bordeaux, Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Age at Marriage	She : ~ 12 years and 8 months - He : 32 years and 8 months.
  Children	2 sons and 3 daughters
  >   1. Eleanor, Princess of England,   b. 1215, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England d. 13 Apr 1275, Montargis Abbey, Montargis, Centre-Val de Loire, France (Age 60 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] ▻ William Marshal, Earl of Pembroke   m. 23 Apr 1224;   Simon de Montfort, Earl of Leicester  m. 7 Jan 1237 +   2. Henry III, King of England,   b. 1 Oct 1207, Winchester, Hampshire, England d. 16 Nov 1272, Palace of Westminster, Westminster, London, England (Age 65 years) ▻ Eleanor of Provence  m. 14 Jan 1237 >   3. Richard of Cornwall, King of the Romans, Earl of Cornwall,   b. 5 Jan 1209, Winchester Castle, Winchester, Hampshire, England Winchester Castle,  Winchester, Hampshire, England d. 2 Apr 1272, Newark Castle, Newark, Nottinghamshire, England (Age 63 years) ▻ Lady Isabel Marshal  m. 30 Mar 1231     4. Joan,   b. 1210   d. 1238 (Age 28 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]     5. Isabelle, Prince of England,   b. 1214   d. 1 Dec 1241 (Age 27 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]
  Family ID	F2200	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	17 Sep 2021

  
  

  Spouse / Partner 2	Hugh X de Lusignan, Count de la Marche and Angoulême   d. 1249
  Marriage	1217  [1, 2]
  Age at Marriage	She : ~ 29 years - He : ??.
  Children	2 sons and 1 daughter
  +   1. Hugh XI de Lusignan, Count of Ponthieu, la Marche and Angoulême ,   b. 1220   d. 1260 (Age 40 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] ▻ Yolande de Dreux +   2. Alice de Lusignan   d. 9 Feb 1255, England  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] ▻ Sir John de Warrenne, Earl of Surrey  m. Aug 1247 +   3. Sir William de Valence, Lord of Valence,   b. 1225, Cistercian Abbey, Valence, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France d. Before 18 May 1296 (Age 71 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] ▻ Joan de Munchensy, Countess of Pembroke  m. 13 Aug 1247
  Family ID	F2205	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	17 Sep 2021

  
  

• Pedigree

  ← Click to display 1Isabella of Angoulême, Queen of England(1188 – 1246) 2Aymer de Valence, Count of Angoulême(1160 – 1202) 4William IV, Count of Angoulême( – 1179) 8Wulgrim II, Count of Angoulême(1089 – 1140) 16William III, Count of Angoulême(1065 – 1118) 17Vidapont de Benauges(1066 – ) 9Pancia de la Marche(1109 – ) 18Roger de Montgomery( – 1123) 19Almodis de la Marche, Comtess de la Marche( – Abt 1120) 5Marguerite de Turenne(1120 – ) 10Raymond I, Vicomte de Turenne(Abt 1080 – Abt 1137) 20Boso I, Vicount of Turenne(Abt 1050 – 1092) 21Gerberge de Tarrasson(Abt 1055 – 1103) 11Matilda de Perche(1105 – 1143) 22Routrou II, Count of Perche( – 1144) 23Matilda(1086 – 1120) 3Alice de Courtenay(1160 – 1205) 6Peter of France, Prince of France(1126 – 1183) 12Louis VI, King of France(1081 – 1137) 24Philip I, King of France(1052 – 1108) 25Bertha of Holland(1055 – 1093) 13Adelaide of Maurienne(1092 – 1154) 26Humbert II, Count of Maurienne and Savoy(1070 – 1133) 27Gisela de Bourgogne(1070 – 1133) 7Elizabeth de Courtenay(1127 – 1205) 14Renaud de Courtenay, Sire de Courtenay(1100 – 1189/90) 28Miles de Courtenay, Seigneur of Courtenay(1069 – 1127) 29Ermengard de Nevers(1073 – 1095) 15Hedwig du Donjon 30Frederick du Donjon and Corbeil, Sire of Donjon Castle(1085 – —) 31

  
  

• Event Map		Marriage - 24 Aug 1200 - Bordeaux, Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France Burial - Aft 31 May 1246 - Fontevrault Abbey, Fontevrault, Maine-Et-Loire, France  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources 🟢 Primary Evidence 🟡 Secondary Evidence 🟠 Tertiary Evidence 🔴 Unreliable Evidence

  [S60] Stuart, Roderick W., Royalty for Commoners, The Complete Known Lineage of John of Gaunt, Son of Edward III, King of England, and Queen Philippa Fourth Edition, (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2002). [S59] Weis, Frederick Lewis. Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists Who Came to New England Between 1623 and 1650 Fifth Editionif, (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1982). [S63] von Redlisch, Marcellus Donald Alexander R. Pedigrees of Some of the Emperor Charlemagne's Descendants volume 1 , (Cottonport, Louisiana: Order of the Crown of Charlemagne, 1941). [S309] Fraser, Antonia. The Lives of the Kings & Queens of England, (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1975).