Isabella of Lusignan (c.1224 – 14 January 1300) was a daughter of

Hugh X of Lusignan Hugh X de Lusignan, Hugh V of La Marche or Hugh I of Angoulême (c. 1183 – c. 5 June 1249, Angoulême) was Seigneur de Lusignan and Count of La Marche in November 1219 and was Count of Angoulême by marriage. He was the son of Hugh IX ...

and his wife

Isabella of Angoulême Isabella (french: Isabelle, ; c. 1186/ 1188 – 4 June 1246) was Queen of England from 1200 to 1216 as the second wife of King John, Countess of Angoulême in her own right from 1202 until her death in 1246, and Countess of La Marche from 122 ...

, Dowager Queen of England. Isabella was half-sister to

King Henry III of England Henry III (1 October 1207 – 16 November 1272), also known as Henry of Winchester, was King of England, Lord of Ireland, and Duke of Aquitaine from 1216 until his death in 1272. The son of King John and Isabella of Angoulême, Henry ass ...

. She was Dame de Beauvoir-sur Mer et de Mercillac.

Lineage

Isabella's year of birth is unknown. She is mentioned in the Treaty of Vendome in March 1227. She was the daughter of

Hugh X de Lusignan Hugh X de Lusignan, Hugh V of La Marche or Hugh I of Angoulême (c. 1183 – c. 5 June 1249, Angoulême) was Seigneur de Lusignan and Count of La Marche in November 1219 and was Count of Angoulême by marriage. He was the son of Hugh IX a ...

, "le Brun", Seigneur de Lusignan,

Count of La Marche The County of La Marche (; oc, la Marcha) was a medieval French county, approximately corresponding to the modern ''département'' of Creuse. La Marche first appeared as a separate fief about the middle of the 10th century, when William III, D ...

and

, queen dowager of England.

Life

Isabella was betrothed by the treaty of Vendôme in March 1227 to Alfonso, Count of Poitiers, third surviving son of

Louis VIII of France Louis VIII (5 September 1187 – 8 November 1226), nicknamed The Lion (french: Le Lion), was King of France from 1223 to 1226. As prince, he invaded England on 21 May 1216 and was excommunicated by a papal legate on 29 May 1216. On 2 June 1216 ...

and

Blanche of Castile Blanche of Castile ( es, Blanca de Castilla; 4 March 1188 – 27 November 1252) was Queen of France by marriage to Louis VIII. She acted as regent twice during the reign of her son, Louis IX: during his minority from 1226 until 1234, and during ...

. The marriage contract was however broken off and Alfonso instead married Joan, Countess of Toulouse. Isabella was firstly married to Maurice IV, Sire of Craon. They were married until Maurice's death in 1250. They had the following children: # Amuary II (died 1269), successor to his father as Sire and married Yolande, daughter of

John I, Count of Dreux John I of Dreux (1215–1249), Count of Dreux and Braine, was the son of Robert III of Dreux and Annora (Aenor) of Saint-Valéry. Life Knighted by King Louis IX of France, he accompanied the king on several campaigns, firstly in Poitou in 124 ...

but died without issue. #

Maurice V Maurice may refer to: People *Saint Maurice (died 287), Roman legionary and Christian martyr *Maurice (emperor) or Flavius Mauricius Tiberius Augustus (539–602), Byzantine emperor *Maurice (bishop of London) (died 1107), Lord Chancellor and Lo ...

(died 11 February 1293), succeeded his brother as Sire, married Matilda of Berthout and had issue. # Oliver (died 24 August 1285), Archbishop of Tours # Margaret (died after 16 August 1280), married Renaud de Pressigny # Jeanne (died before 1288), married Gerard II of Chabot and had a daughter named Isabella. A charter dated October 1252 records a dispute with Isabella and her husband's will. Only one year after Maurice's death, Isabella remarried to Geoffery de Rancon, relative of a much older

Geoffrey de Rancon Geoffrey III of Rancon was a French army commander who lived in the 12th century. He was Lord of Taillebourg, and served as Eleanor of Aquitaine's army commander during the Second Crusade. On the day the crusaders were set to cross Mount Cadmus, K ...

. They had no children. Isabella was granted a payment by her half-brother King Henry III in 1254.Francisque-SMichel (ed.) (1875) Rôles Gascons (Paris), Tome I, 38 Hen III, 3865, p. 483. After thirteen years of marriage Geoffery died. Isabella herself died on 14 January 1300 having most likely outlived all of her children. She had several grandchildren. Isabella also outlived all of her siblings (full and half).

References

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