Isabella Taillefer, Countess Of Gloucester
1188 - 1246 (58 years)-
Name Isabella Taillefer Title Countess Of Gloucester Birth 1188 Poitou-Charentes, France 
[1, 2, 3] Gender Female Death 31 May 1246 Rhône-Alpes, France [1, 2, 3] Burial Pays de la Loire, France Person ID I8035 footsteps Last Modified 1 Jul 2025
Father Aymer Taillefer, Count Of Angouleme , b. Abt 23 Aug 1160, Poitou-Charentes, France d. Abt 16 Jun 1202, Île-De-France, France (Age 41 years) Relationship natural Mother Alice De Courtenay, b. Abt 1160, Boulogne, Pays de la Loire, France d. Abt Feb 1218, Poitou-Charentes, France (Age 58 years) Relationship natural Marriage Abt 1186 Poitou-Charentes, France Family ID F910 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family John Lackland Plantagenet, King Of England , b. 24 Dec 1166, Oxfordshire, England d. 19 Oct 1216, Nottinghamshire, England (Age 49 years) Marriage 26 Aug 1200 Aquitaine, France Children + 1. Henry Plantagenet, King of England , b. 1 Oct 1207, New Hampshire, United States d. 16 Nov 1272, Middlesex, England (Age 65 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]+ 2. Richard Of Cornwal, 1st Earl of Cornwall , b. 5 Jan 1209, Hampshire, England d. 2 Apr 1272, Herefordshire, England (Age 63 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]Family ID F44 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 1 Jul 2025
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Isabella was betrothed to Hugh IX de Lusignan when John met her in 1200 . J o h n n e eded a heir and was covetous of the county of Angouleme. John b r u s h e d aside Hugh's protests and married Isabella, an act which brought o n w a r w i t h King Phillip of France (perhaps Phillip used this event as a p r e t e x t). Some have said that it was John's idle dalliance with Isabella w h i c h c a used John to lose his French territories, however, one historian r e l a t e s that "...John was quite capable of losing them without her assis t a n c e ." After John's death in 1215, Isabella went to France where in 12 2 0 s h e m a rried Hugh X de Lusignan, son of her previous betrothed.
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