de Taillefer, Queen of England Isabelle

Female 1188 - 1246  (57 years)


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  1. 1.  de Taillefer, Queen of England Isabelle was born on 2 Sep 1188 in Angoulême, Charente, Poitou-Charentes, France; was christened in 1188 in France (daughter of de Taillefer, Aymar and de Courtenay, Alice); died on 10 Jun 1246 in Fontevrault Abbey, Fontevrault, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France; was buried in Fontevrault Abbey, Fontevrault, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Burial: Fontevrault Abbey, Fontevrault, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France
    • FSID: MF7F-HQF
    • Life Event: 6 Oct 1200, Westminster Abbey, Westminster, London, England; Crowed Queen Consort of England
    • Appointments / Titles: 18 Jun 1202; Countess of Angoulême
    • Appointments / Titles: Between 1229 and 1246; Countess of La Marche
    • Death: 4 Jun 1246, Fontevrault, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France
    • Burial: Aft 4 Jun 1246, Fontevrault Abbey, Fontevrault, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France

    Notes:

    Wikipedia -

    Isabella Taillifer of Angoulême (French: Isabelle d'Angoulême, IPA; c. 1188-4 June 1246) was queen consort of England as the second wife of King John from 1200 until John's death in 1216. She was also suo jure Countess of Angoulême from 1202 until 1246.

    She had five children by the king, including his heir, later Henry III. In 1220, Isabella married Hugh X of Lusignan, Count of La Marche, by whom she had another nine children.

    Some of her contemporaries, as well as later writers, claim that Isabella formed a conspiracy against King Louis IX of France in 1241, after being publicly snubbed by his mother, Blanche of Castile, for whom she had a deep-seated hatred. In 1244, after the plot had failed, Isabella was accused of attempting to poison the king. To avoid arrest, she sought refuge in Fontevraud Abbey, where she died two years later, but none of this can be confirmed.

    Queen of England
    She was the only daughter and heir of Aymer Taillefer, Count of Angoulême, by Alice of Courtenay, who was sister of Peter II of Courtenay, Latin Emperor of Constantinople and granddaughter of King Louis VI of France.

    Isabella became Countess of Angoulême in her own right on 16 June 1202, by which time she was already queen of England. Her marriage to King John took place on 24 August 1200, in Angoulême, a year after he annulled his first marriage to Isabel of Gloucester. She was crowned queen in an elaborate ceremony on 8 October at Westminster Abbey in London. Isabella was originally betrothed to Hugh IX le Brun, Count of Lusignan, son of the Count of La Marche. As a result of John's temerity in taking her as his second wife, King Philip II of France confiscated all of their French lands, and armed conflict ensued.

    At the time of her marriage to John, the blonde and blue-eyed 12-year-old Isabella was already renowned by some for her beauty and has sometimes been called the Helen of the Middle Ages by historians. Isabella was much younger than her husband and possessed a volatile temper similar to his own. King John was infatuated with his young, beautiful wife; however, his acquisition of her had at least as much to do with spiting his enemies as romantic love. She was already engaged to Hugh IX le Brun when she was taken by John. It was said that he neglected his state affairs to spend time with Isabella, often remaining in bed with her until noon. However, these were rumors spread by John's enemies to discredit him as a weak and grossly irresponsible ruler, given that at the time John was engaging in a desperate war against King Philip of France to hold on to the remaining Plantagenet duchies. The common people began to term her a "siren" or "Messalina", which spoke volumes as to popular opinion. Her mother-in-law, Eleanor of Aquitaine, readily accepted her as John's wife.

    On 1 October 1207 at Winchester Castle, Isabella gave birth to a son and heir who was named Henry after the King's father, Henry II. He was quickly followed by another son, Richard, and three daughters, Joan, Isabel, and Eleanor. All five children survived into adulthood and made illustrious marriages; all but Joan produced offspring of their own.

    Second marriage
    When King John died in October 1216, Isabella's first act was to arrange the speedy coronation of her nine-year-old son at the city of Gloucester on 28 October. As the royal crown had recently been lost in The Wash, along with the rest of King John's treasure, she supplied her own golden circlet to be used in lieu of a crown. The following July, less than a year after his crowning as King Henry III of England, she left him in the care of his regent, William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke and returned to France to assume control of her inheritance of Angoulême.

    In the spring of 1220, she married Hugh X of Lusignan, "le Brun", Seigneur de Luisignan, Count of La Marche, the son of her former fiancé, Hugh IX, to whom she had been betrothed before her marriage to King John. It had been previously arranged that her eldest daughter Joan should marry Hugh, and the little girl was being brought up at the Lusignan court in preparation for her marriage. Hugh, however, upon seeing Isabella, whose beauty had not diminished, preferred the girl's mother. Joan was provided with another husband, King Alexander II of Scotland, whom she wed in 1221.

    Isabella had married Hugh without the consent of the king's council in England, as was required of a queen dowager. That council had the power not only to assign to her any subsequent husband, but to decide whether she should be allowed to remarry at all. That Isabella flouted its authority moved the council to confiscate her dower lands and to stop the payment of her pension. Isabella and her husband retaliated by threatening to keep Joan, who had been promised in marriage to the King of Scotland, in France. The council first responded by sending furious letters to the Pope, signed in the name of young King Henry, urging him to excommunicate Isabella and her husband, but then decided to come to terms with Isabella, to avoid conflict with the Scottish king, who was eager to receive his bride. Isabella was granted the stannaries in Devon, and the revenue of Aylesbury for a period of four years, in compensation for her confiscated dower lands in Normandy, as well as the £3,000 arrears for her pension.

    Isabella had nine more children by Hugh X. Their eldest son Hugh XI of Lusignan succeeded his father as Count of La Marche and Count of Angoulême in 1249.

    Isabella's children from her royal marriage did not join her in Angoulême, remaining in England with their eldest brother Henry III.

    Rebellion and death
    Described by some contemporaries as "vain, capricious, and troublesome," Isabella could not reconcile herself with her less prominent position in France. Though Queen mother of England, Isabella was now mostly regarded as a mere Countess of La Marche and had to give precedence to other women. In 1241, when Isabella and Hugh were summoned to the French court to swear fealty to King Louis IX of France's brother, Alphonse, who had been invested as Count of Poitou, their mother, the Queen Dowager Blanche openly snubbed her. This so infuriated Isabella, who had a deep-seated hatred of Blanche for having fervently supported the French invasion of England during the First Barons' War in May 1216, that she began to actively conspire against King Louis. Isabella and her husband, along with other disgruntled nobles, including her son-in-law Raymond VII of Toulouse, sought to create an English-backed confederacy which united the provinces of the south and west against the French king. She encouraged her son Henry in his invasion of Normandy in 1230, but then did not provide him the support she had promised.

    In 1244, after the confederacy had failed and Hugh had made peace with King Louis, two royal cooks were arrested for attempting to poison the King; upon questioning they confessed to having been in Isabella's pay. Before Isabella could be taken into custody, she fled to Fontevraud Abbey, where she died on 4 June 1246.

    By her own prior arrangement, she was first buried in the Abbey's churchyard, as an act of repentance for her many misdeeds. On a visit to Fontevraud, her son King Henry III of England was shocked to find her buried outside the Abbey and ordered her immediately moved inside. She was finally placed beside Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine. Afterwards, most of her many Lusignan children, having few prospects in France, set sail for England and the court of Henry, their half-brother.

    Issue
    With King John of England: 5 children, all of whom survived into adulthood, including:

    1.) King Henry III of England (1 October 1207-16 November 1272). Married Eleanor of Provence, by whom he had issue, including his heir, King Edward I of England.

    2.) Richard, Earl of Cornwall and King of the Romans (5 January 1209-2 April 1272). Married firstly Isabel Marshal, secondly Sanchia of Provence, and thirdly Beatrice of Falkenburg. Had issue.

    3.) Joan (22 July 1210-1238), the wife of King Alexander II of Scotland. Her marriage was childless.

    4.) Isabella (1214-1241), the wife of Emperor Frederick II, by whom she had issue.

    5.) Eleanor (1215-1275), who would marry firstly William Marshal, 2nd Earl of Pembroke; and secondly Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester, by whom she had issue.

    With Hugh X of Lusignan, Count of La Marche: nine children, all of whom survived into adulthood, including:

    1.) Hugh XI of Lusignan (1221-1250), Count of La Marche and Count of Angoulême. Married Yolande de Dreux, Countess of Penthièvre and of Porhoet, by whom he had issue.

    2.) Aymer of Lusignan (1222-1260), Bishop of Winchester

    3.) Agnès de Lusignan (1223-1269). Married William II de Chauvigny (d. 1270), and had issue.

    4.) Alice of Lusignan (1224-9 February 1256). Married John de Warenne, 6th Earl of Surrey, by whom she had issue.

    5.) Guy of Lusignan (c. 1225-1264), killed at the Battle of Lewes. (Tufton Beamish maintains that he escaped to France after the Battle of Lewes and died there in 1269).

    6.) Geoffrey of Lusignan (c. 1226-1274). Married in 1259 Jeanne, Viscountess of Châtellerault, by whom he had issue.

    7.) Isabella of Lusignan (c.1226/1227-14 January 1299). Married firstly before 1244 Maurice IV, seigneur de Craon (1224-1250), by whom she had issue; she married secondly, Geoffrey de Rancon.

    8.) William of Lusignan (c. 1228-1296). 1st Earl of Pembroke. Married Joan de Munchensi, by whom he had issue.

    9.) Marguerite de Lusignan (c. 1229-1288). Married firstly in 1243 Raymond VII of Toulouse; secondly c. 1246 Aimery IX de Thouars, Viscount of Thouars and had issue

    Isabelle married de Lusignan, Count Hugh X on 10 May 1220 in France. Hugh was born in Jan 1183 in Lusignan, Vienne, Poitou-Charentes, France; died on 5 Jun 1249 in Damietta, Egypt; was buried after 5 Jun 1249 in Abbey of Valence, Angoulême, Charente, Poitou-Charentes, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. de Lusignan, Alice was born in 1223 in Lusignan, Vienne, Poitou-Charentes, France; was christened in 1224 in Lusignan, Vienne, Poitou-Charentes, France; died on 9 Feb 1256 in Lewes, Sussex, England; was buried on 14 Feb 1256 in Lewes Priory (Historical), Lewes, Sussex, England.
    2. de Valence, Sir William was born in 1226 in Valence, Charente, Poitou-Charentes, France; died on 18 May 1296 in Brabourne, Kent, England; was buried on 18 May 1296 in Westminster Abbey, Westminster, London, England.

    Isabelle married Plantagenet, King John Lackland of England on 24 Aug 1200 in Bordeaux, Gironde, Aquitaine, France. John (son of Plantagenet, King of England Henry II and of Aquitaine, Queen Eleanor) was born on 31 Dec 1166 in Kings Manor House (Historical), Oxford, Oxfordshire, England; died on 18 Oct 1216 in Newark Castle, Newark-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire, England; was buried on 19 Oct 1216 in Worcester Cathedral, Worcester, Worcestershire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. of England, Henry III was born on 8 Oct 1207 in Winchester Castle, Winchester, Hampshire, England; was christened after 8 Oct 1207 in Bermondsey, London, England; died on 23 Nov 1272 in Westminster Palace, Westminster, London, England; was buried after 23 Nov 1272 in Westminster Abbey, Westminster, London, England.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  de Taillefer, Aymar was born on 23 Aug 1160 in Angoulême, Charente, Poitou-Charentes, France (son of de Taillefer, WIlliam VI and de Limoges, Emma); died on 16 Jun 1202 in Limoges, Haute-Vienne, Limousin, France; was buried on 16 Jun 1202 in Abbey of Notre-Dame de La Couronne, La Couronne, Charente, Poitou-Charentes, France.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Appointments / Titles: Angoulême, Charente, Poitou-Charentes, France; Count of Angoulene
    • FSID: MRMP-3HL

    Notes:

    Aymer (also Aymar, Adhemar, Ademar, or Adomar; c. 1160 – eni.com

    Aymer d'Angoulême, comte d'Angoulême
    French: Aymer, comte d'Angoulême
    Also Known As: "Adhemar", "Taillefer"
    Birthdate: August 23, 1160
    Birthplace: Angoulême, Charente, Poitou-Charentes, France
    Death: June 16, 1202 (41)
    Limoges, Haute-Vienne, Limousin, France
    Place of Burial: L'abbaye Notre-Dame de La Couronne, Charente, Poitou-Charentes, France
    Immediate Family:

    Son of Guillaume 'Taillefer' d'Angoulême, comte d'Angoulême and Marguerite de Turenne, comtesse d'Angoulême

    Husband of Alice de Courtenay, comtesse d'Angoulême

    Father of Isabella of Angoulême

    Brother of Griset d'Angouleme; Foulques d'Angouleme; Almodis d'Angoulême; Wulgrin "Taillefer" d'Angoulême, III; Guiillaume Taillefer de Anguleme, V and 3 others
    Half brother of Matabrune de Ventadour and Ademar V Boson, Vicomte de Limoges

    Occupation: Count of Angouleme, Taillifer', which means "hewer of iron" or "the Swordmaker"

    16 June 1202) was the last Count of Angoulême of the House of Taillefer. He was a middle child of Count William VI and Marguerite de Turenne.[1] Two of his elder brothers, Wulgrin III and William VII, became Counts of Angoulême in succession after the death of their father in 1179.

    Aymer succeeded his brother in 1186, and soon after was at the court of Richard the Lionheart, then Duke of Aquitaine and thus Aymer's lord, to receive recognition of his accession.[a][3] By 1188, Aymer had married Alice of Courtenay, the daughter of Peter I of Courtenay and thus granddaughter of King Louis VI of France.[b] In that year, Alice gave birth to a daughter, Isabella of Angoulême, who married King John of England in 1200. The marriage alliance was sealed by two treaties, one public, the other private between Aymer and John. The count remained a steady ally of the kings of England against the rebellious House of Lusignan.[5]

    Aymer had a claim to the County of La Marche, where in 1199 or 1200 he was exercising authority, perhaps on behalf of his son-in-law, and issued a charter to some monks of Aubignac.[6] In February 1202 when John was visiting Angoulême to negotiate a treaty with Sancho VII of Navarre, Aymer took him on a tour of the newly consecrated abbey church at La Couronne.[7] The role of Aymer's daughter in John's continued refusal to properly care for his brother Richard the Lionheart's widow, Berengaria of Navarre, may explain the Count of Angoulême's proximity to the negotiations between the two kingdoms.[8]

    Aymer died in Limoges on 16 June 1202. His daughter and only child succeeded him as Countess of Angoulême. Her title, however, was largely empty since her husband denied her control of her inheritance as well as her marriage dowry and dower. John's appointed governor, Bartholomew de Le Puy (de Podio), ran most of the administrative affairs of Angoulême until John's death in 1216.[9][c] In 1217 Isabella returned and seized her inheritance from Bartholomew, who appealed unsuccessfully to the English king for help.

    Aymer's widow, Alice, ruled the city of Angoulême until March 1203, when John summoned her to court and granted her a monthly pension of 50 livres d'Anjou in return for her dower rights. She thereafter retired from public life to her estate at La Ferté-Gaucher, where she was living as late as July 1215, when she issued a charter at Provins using the title Countess of Angoulême.[7]

    Notes
    Vincent stresses that "[i]n practice [the Counts of Angoulême] were semi-autonomous rulers, only loosely tied into the feudal hierarchy. . . [T]he homage rendered to the dukes of Aquitaine by the counts of Anoulême until 1127 did little to compromise their independence."[2]
    An "Alaidis de Courtenai" appears alongside her husband in a charter of 1191, making an award to Saint-Amand-de-Boixe during the abbacy of Jocelin (1186–97) shows that he was a minor official as early as 14 June 1202, just before Aymer's death.

    Aymar married de Courtenay, Alice in 1186 in Angoulême, Charente, Poitou-Charentes, France. Alice (daughter of de Courtenay, Emperor of Constantinople Peter and de Courtenay, Elizabeth) was born in 1160 in Courtenay, Yonne, Bourgogne, France; was christened in 1160 in Courtenay, Loiret, Centre, France; died on 12 Feb 1218 in Angoulême, Charente, Poitou-Charentes, France; was buried after 12 Feb 1218 in Cathédral Notre-Dame de Rouen, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  de Courtenay, Alice was born in 1160 in Courtenay, Yonne, Bourgogne, France; was christened in 1160 in Courtenay, Loiret, Centre, France (daughter of de Courtenay, Emperor of Constantinople Peter and de Courtenay, Elizabeth); died on 12 Feb 1218 in Angoulême, Charente, Poitou-Charentes, France; was buried after 12 Feb 1218 in Cathédral Notre-Dame de Rouen, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • FSID: LZ1V-VQ4
    • Occupation: Countess of Angoloume

    Notes:

    Alice was born in 1160, the second eldest daughter and one of the ten children of Peter I of Courtenay and Elisabeth of Courtenay, daughter of Renauld de Courtenay and Hawise du Donjon. Her family was one of the most illustrious in France; and her paternal grandparents were King Louis VI of France and Adélaide de Maurienne.

    In 1178, she married her first husband, Guillaume I, Count of Joigny. The marriage did not produce any children, and they were divorced in 1186.

    Alice married her second husband, Aymer Taillefer in 1186, the same year he succeeded his father, William IV as Count of Angoulême. Sometime in 1188, Alice gave birth to her only child, Isabella of Angoulême, wife of King John of England and later Hugh X of Lusignan, Count of La Marche.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_of_Courtenay

    Children:
    1. 1. de Taillefer, Queen of England Isabelle was born on 2 Sep 1188 in Angoulême, Charente, Poitou-Charentes, France; was christened in 1188 in France; died on 10 Jun 1246 in Fontevrault Abbey, Fontevrault, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France; was buried in Fontevrault Abbey, Fontevrault, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  de Taillefer, WIlliam VI was born on 20 Aug 1125 in Angoulême, Charente, Poitou-Charentes, France (son of de Taillefer, Wulgrin II and de la Marche, Poncia); died on 7 Aug 1178 in Messina, Messina, Sicilia, Italy; was buried on 7 Aug 1178 in Abbey of Notre-Dame de La Couronne, La Couronne, Charente, Poitou-Charentes, France.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • House: House of Taillefer
    • FSID: MQ97-2VC
    • Appointments / Titles: Between 1140 and 1178, France; Count of Angoulême

    Notes:

    William VI of Angoulême also was known as William Taillefer IV. The eldest son of Count Wulgrin II of Angoulême and his first wife, Poncia, daughter of Roger the Poitevin and Almodis, he succeeded his father at the head of the county of Angoulême in 1140. William married first Emma of Limoges. He married a second time to Marguerite of Turenne, daughter of viscount Raymond I of Turenne.

    It is from him, that the territory was passed down through sons of William VI: Wulgrin III of Angoulême who was the eldest, William VII of Angoulême, and Aymer of Angoulême.

    After the death of Aymer, the territory did not pass to Aymer's daughter, Isabella of Angoulême, Queen consort to John of England, but rather to the daughter of Wulgrim III, Mathilde of Angoulême, who had married Hugh IX of Lusignan, father of Hugh X of Lusignan.

    -- Wikiwand: William VI of Angoulême

    (recorded on a duplicate record)
    Died while on Crusade in Città Metropolitana di Messina, Sicilia, Italy.

    WIlliam married de Limoges, Emma in 1160 in Angoulême, Charente, Poitou-Charentes, France. Emma (daughter of de Limoges, Adémar III and de Taillefer, Graule) was born in 1115 in Limoges, Haute-Vienne, Limousin, France; died on 16 Jun 1162 in Angoulême, Charente, Poitou-Charentes, France; was buried after 16 Jun 1162 in Abbey of Notre-Dame de La Couronne, La Couronne, Charente, Poitou-Charentes, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  de Limoges, Emma was born in 1115 in Limoges, Haute-Vienne, Limousin, France (daughter of de Limoges, Adémar III and de Taillefer, Graule); died on 16 Jun 1162 in Angoulême, Charente, Poitou-Charentes, France; was buried after 16 Jun 1162 in Abbey of Notre-Dame de La Couronne, La Couronne, Charente, Poitou-Charentes, France.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Appointments / Titles: Angoulême, Charente, Poitou-Charentes, France; Countess
    • FSID: L19W-QD7

    Notes:

    Delinking this tree denies others their ability to connect this line properly backwards.

    http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/LIMOUSIN.htm#EmmaLimogesM2GuillaumeVIIIPoitou

    ép. 1) après 1137 Emma de Limoges
    (fille d’Adémar II ou III, vicomte de Limoges,
    et de Marie des Cars ; veuve de Bardon
    de Cognac et de Guillaume X, duc d’Aquitaine
    (VIII de Poitou) + 09/04/1137)

    Children:
    1. 2. de Taillefer, Aymar was born on 23 Aug 1160 in Angoulême, Charente, Poitou-Charentes, France; died on 16 Jun 1202 in Limoges, Haute-Vienne, Limousin, France; was buried on 16 Jun 1202 in Abbey of Notre-Dame de La Couronne, La Couronne, Charente, Poitou-Charentes, France.

  3. 6.  de Courtenay, Emperor of Constantinople Peter was born on 11 Sep 1126 in Reims, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France (son of de France, King of France Louis VI and de Savoie, Adélaïde); died on 10 Apr 1183 in Israel; was buried on 10 Apr 1183 in Exeter Cathedral, Exeter, Devon, England.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Appointments / Titles: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey; Empereur de Constantinople
    • Appointments / Titles: Montargis, Loiret, Centre, France; Seigneur (Lord)
    • Appointments / Titles: Courtenay, Loiret, Centre, France; Seigneur (Lord)
    • Appointments / Titles: Châteaurenard, Loiret, Centre, France; Seigneur (Lord)
    • House: Capet
    • FSID: GSWG-DB2
    • Military: 1147, Acre, Yerushalayim, Israel; Crusade

    Notes:

    Foundation for Medieval Genealogy

    He was the son of Louis VII of France who took the name of his wife "de Courtenay"-

    PIERRE de France ([1126]-Palestine 10 Mar [1180/10 Apr 1183]). William of Tyre names him as brother of Louis VII King of France, when recording his arrival in Palestine in 1179[406]. He succeeded as Seigneur de Courtenay, by right of his wife. "Petrus regis frater et Curtiniacensis dominus" donated property to the abbey of Fontaine-Jean by charter dated 1170, with the support of "uxor mea Isabel et primogenitus meus Petrus"[407]. The necrology of La Cour-Dieu records the death “VI Id Mar” of “Petrus de Curtiniaco”[408].

    m (before 24 Nov 1160) ELISABETH de Courtenay, daughter and heiress of RENAUD Seigneur de Courtenay & his first wife Helvis de Donjon ([1140/45]-14 Sep after 1205). A Historia Regum Francorum records that "Petrus", son of Louis VI King of France, married "filiam Rainaldi de Curtiniaco cum…terra illius"[249].

    The Continuator of Aimon of Fleury names “Petrus” as sixth son of “rex Ludovicus” and his wife “Adalaidem filiam Humberti comitis de Mauriana”, adding that he married “filiam Rainaldi de Corteniaco” and had his land as there was no other surviving heir (“et terram ipsius habuit cum ea, quia non erat alius hæres superstes”)[250]. The Chronicle of Alberic de Trois-Fontaines names "domina de Monte-Argisi fuit soror vel neptis illius [=Guilelmus…archiepiscopus Bituricensis]" as the wife of "Petro de Cortenaio regis Philippi patruo", "Monte-Argisi" being identified as "Montargis, département Loiret" by the editor of the MGH edition[251].

    “Petrus dominus Curtiniaci et uxor mea Elisabeth” confirmed donations made by “antecessorum nostrorum...dominus Milo et filii eius” to Fontaine-Jean abbey by charter dated 24 Nov 1160, witnessed by “Willelmus de Cortiniaco...”[252].

    The 1166/67 Pipe Roll records “filie Regin de Crtinni” in London/Middlesex[253]. As discussed above in the introduction to section showing Elisabeth’s father, it is possible that this entry relates to Elisabeth. “Petrus...Ludovici Francorum regis frater” granted privileges to Montargis, with the consent of “uxoris suæ Helisabeth et Petri filii sui”, by charter dated 1170[254].

    “Petrus regis frater et Curtiniacensis dominus” confirmed donations to Fontaine-Jean abbey, with the consent of “uxor mea Ysabel et primogenitus meus Petrus”, by charter dated 1170, witnessed by “Ex parte domini et pueri...”[255].

    “Petrus de Curtiniaco frater regis” confirmed donations made to Fontaine-Jean abbey by “Guillelmus de Curtiniaco” on leaving for Jerusalem, with the consent of “uxoris mei Elisabeth”, by undated charter[256].

    “Petrus frater regis dominus de Monteargi et de Curtiniaco” donated property to Fontaine-Jean abbey on leaving for Jerusalem, with the consent of “uxor mea Ysabel et filius meus Petrus”, by charter dated 1179[257].

    “Elisabeth domina de Curteneto mater Petri comitis Nivernensis” donated money to Paris Notre-Dame, for the anniversary of “Petri mariti meio”, and a further donation to the Knights Hospitallers after she died, by charter dated 1189[258]. Bouchet states that Elisabeth confirmed donations to “l’ abbaye des Escharlis” in 1205 “qui est le dernier Acte qu’on touve d’elle”[259]. The necrology of the Eglise Cathédrale de Paris records the death "XVIII Kal Oct" of "Helysabeth mater Petri comitis Autisiodorensis"[260].

    Pierre [I] & his wife had eleven children:

    1. PIERRE [II] de Courtenay ([after 1158]-Epirus after Jun 1219).
    2. daughter .
    3. ALIX de Courtenay ([1160/65]-12 Feb 1218).
    4. EUSTACHIE de Courtenay (-6 Apr after 1235).
    5. CLEMENCE de Courtenay .
    6. ROBERT de Courtenay (-Palestine 5 Oct 1239).
    7. PHILIPPE de Courtenay (-[before Apr 1183]).
    8. --- de Courtenay .
    9. CONSTANCE de Courtenay ([1168]-after 1231).
    10. GUILLAUME de Courtenay (-[Apr 1233/1248], bur Abbaye de Quincey near Langres).
    11. AGNES de Courtenay .

    Peter married de Courtenay, Elizabeth in 1150 in Okehampton, Devon, England. Elizabeth was born in Jul 1127 in Courtenay, Yonne, Bourgogne, France; died on 14 Sep 1205 in France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  de Courtenay, Elizabeth was born in Jul 1127 in Courtenay, Yonne, Bourgogne, France; died on 14 Sep 1205 in France.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • FSID: LBVL-MQ9
    • Name: Isabella de Courtenay
    • Occupation: Fille unique et héritière de Renaud, seigneur de Courtenay, Montargis et Château-Renard

    Children:
    1. 3. de Courtenay, Alice was born in 1160 in Courtenay, Yonne, Bourgogne, France; was christened in 1160 in Courtenay, Loiret, Centre, France; died on 12 Feb 1218 in Angoulême, Charente, Poitou-Charentes, France; was buried after 12 Feb 1218 in Cathédral Notre-Dame de Rouen, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  de Taillefer, Wulgrin II was born in 1089 in Angoulême, Charente, Poitou-Charentes, France (son of de Taillefer, WIlliam V and de Benauges, Vitapoy); died on 16 Sep 1140 in Bouteville, Charente, Poitou-Charentes, France; was buried on 16 Sep 1140 in Abbey of Notre-Dame de La Couronne, La Couronne, Charente, Poitou-Charentes, France.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • House: House of Taillefer
    • FSID: 9W8M-CH6
    • Appointments / Titles: Between 1120 and 1140, Angoulême, Charente, Poitou-Charentes, France; Count of Angouleme

    Notes:

    Vulgrin or Wulgrin II was the Count of Angoulême from 1120 until his death on November 16, 1140. He was a son of Count William Taillefer III. He married Pontia de la Marche, his first wife, daughter of Roger the Poitevin and Almodis, the daughter of count Aldebert II of La Marche. They had only one son, William VI of Angoulême.

    After the death of his first wife, Wulgrin married Amable de Châtellerault and had three more children -- Fulk, Geoffrey "Martel," and an unnamed daughter. The troubadour Jaufré Rudel possibly might have been his son or son-in-law.

    Vulgrin retook Blaye from William X of Aquitaine in 1127 and reconstructed the castle there in 1140.

    -- Wikiwand: Wulgrin II of Angoulême

    Wulgrin married de la Marche, Poncia in 1123 in France. Poncia (daughter of de Montgomery, Lord Roger III and de la Marche, Almodis) was born on 1 Sep 1091 in Aquitaine, France; died in 1138 in Angoulême, Charente, Poitou-Charentes, France; was buried in 1138 in Abbey of Notre-Dame de La Couronne, La Couronne, Charente, Poitou-Charentes, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  de la Marche, Poncia was born on 1 Sep 1091 in Aquitaine, France (daughter of de Montgomery, Lord Roger III and de la Marche, Almodis); died in 1138 in Angoulême, Charente, Poitou-Charentes, France; was buried in 1138 in Abbey of Notre-Dame de La Couronne, La Couronne, Charente, Poitou-Charentes, France.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Appointments / Titles: Countess of Angoulême
    • Appointments / Titles: Countess of de la Marche
    • FSID: LB7R-1BV

    Notes:

    Pontia de La Marche
    Birth: circa 1109 La March, Normandy, France
    Death: Angouleme,France
    Daughter of Roger 'le Poitevin' Montgommerie, comte de la Marche and Almodis, Comtesse de La Marche
    Wife of Vulgrin II, comte d'Angoulême
    Mother of Guillame Taillefer of Angouleme, Comte of Angouleme
    Sister of Amélie de Montgomery; Aldebert Iii de Montgommery, Comte De La Marche; Avice Peverell, Countess Lancaster & Nottingham; Boson de La Marche, Iv and Eudes / Odo Ii de La Marche, Comte

    Children:
    1. 4. de Taillefer, WIlliam VI was born on 20 Aug 1125 in Angoulême, Charente, Poitou-Charentes, France; died on 7 Aug 1178 in Messina, Messina, Sicilia, Italy; was buried on 7 Aug 1178 in Abbey of Notre-Dame de La Couronne, La Couronne, Charente, Poitou-Charentes, France.

  3. 10.  de Limoges, Adémar III was born in 1060 in Limoges, Haute-Vienne, Limousin, France (son of de Limoges, Ademar II and d'Angoulême, Lady Humberge); died in 1148 in Limoges, Haute-Vienne, Limousin, France.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Nickname: The Barbarian
    • FSID: LX78-63T
    • Appointments / Titles: Between 1090 and 1124, Limoges, Haute-Vienne, Limousin, France; Viscount
    • Appointments / Titles: Between 1090 and 1124; Viscount of Limoges

    Notes:

    http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/LIMOUSIN.htm#EmmaLimogesM2GuillaumeVIIIPoitou

    Adémar married de Taillefer, Graule. Graule (daughter of de Taillefer, WIlliam V and de Benauges, Vitapoy) was born in 1085 in Charente, Poitou-Charentes, France; died in 1138 in Limoges, Haute-Vienne, Limousin, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 11.  de Taillefer, Graule was born in 1085 in Charente, Poitou-Charentes, France (daughter of de Taillefer, WIlliam V and de Benauges, Vitapoy); died in 1138 in Limoges, Haute-Vienne, Limousin, France.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • FSID: LX78-64S

    Children:
    1. 5. de Limoges, Emma was born in 1115 in Limoges, Haute-Vienne, Limousin, France; died on 16 Jun 1162 in Angoulême, Charente, Poitou-Charentes, France; was buried after 16 Jun 1162 in Abbey of Notre-Dame de La Couronne, La Couronne, Charente, Poitou-Charentes, France.

  5. 12.  de France, King of France Louis VI was born on 1 Dec 1081 in Paris, Île-de-France, France; was christened on 7 Dec 1081 in Paris, Île-de-France, France (son of de France, King Philippe I and von Holland, Queen Bertha); died on 1 Aug 1137 in Chateau de Bethisy, Bethisy-Saint-Pierre, Oise, Picardie, France; was buried on 3 Aug 1137 in Basilica of St Denis, Paris, Île-de-France, France.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • House: Capet
    • Nickname: The Far
    • FSID: MBMH-FJ9
    • Appointments / Titles: 30 Jul 1108, Orléans, Loiret, Centre, France

    Louis married de Savoie, Adélaïde on 3 Aug 1115 in Paris, Île-de-France, France. Adélaïde was born in 1100 in Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, Savoie, Rhône-Alpes, France; died on 18 Nov 1154 in Abbey of Saint-Pierre of Montmartre, Paris, Île-de-France, France; was buried in 1154 in Paris, Île-de-France, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  6. 13.  de Savoie, Adélaïde was born in 1100 in Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, Savoie, Rhône-Alpes, France; died on 18 Nov 1154 in Abbey of Saint-Pierre of Montmartre, Paris, Île-de-France, France; was buried in 1154 in Paris, Île-de-France, France.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Appointments / Titles: Countess of Savoy
    • Appointments / Titles: Queen of France
    • FSID: LDSM-3LQ

    Notes:

    Adélaïde de Savoie, Alix ou Adélaïde de Maurienne (vers 1100 - † 18 novembre 1154, à Montmartre), reine des Francs par son mariage en mars 1115 avec le Roi des Francs Louis VI, est la fille du comte Humbert II et de Gisèle de Bourgogne, cette dernière étant la fille du comte Guillaume Ier de Bourgogne et la sœur du pape Calixte II.

    Adélaïde de Savoie, Alix or Adélaïde de Maurienne (circa 1100 - † November 18, 1154, in Montmartre), queen of the Franks by her marriage in March 1115 with the King of the Franks Louis VI, is the daughter of Count Humbert II and Gisèle de Burgundy, the latter being the daughter of Count William I of Burgundy and the sister of Pope Calixte II.

    Children:
    1. 6. de Courtenay, Emperor of Constantinople Peter was born on 11 Sep 1126 in Reims, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France; died on 10 Apr 1183 in Israel; was buried on 10 Apr 1183 in Exeter Cathedral, Exeter, Devon, England.