of England, Henry III

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  1. 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 (son of Plantagenet, King John Lackland of England and de Taillefer, Queen of England Isabelle); died on 23 Nov 1272 in Westminster Palace, Westminster, London, England; was buried after 23 Nov 1272 in Westminster Abbey, Westminster, London, England.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Appointments / Titles: Duke of Aquitaine
    • Appointments / Titles: King
    • Appointments / Titles: King of England
    • Appointments / Titles: Lord of Ireland
    • FSID: 9C69-MKH
    • Occupation: King Of England 1216-1272
    • Appointments / Titles: Between 4 Nov 1216 and 24 May 1220; King of England
    • Burial: 27 Nov 1272, Westminster Abbey, Westminster, London, England

    Henry married Berenger, Eleanor on 14 Jan 1236 in Canterbury Cathedral, Canterbury, Kent, England. Eleanor (daughter of Berenger, Count Raimund IV and de Savoie, Countess Béatrice) was born on 1 Jul 1223 in Aix, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France; was christened in Fontevrault Abbey, Fontevrault, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France; died on 25 Jun 1291 in Amesbury, Wiltshire, England; was buried on 11 Sep 1291 in Abbey of St. Mary and St. Melor, Amesbury, Wiltshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Plantagenet, Edward of England I was born on 17 Jun 1239 in Westminster Palace, Westminster, London, England; was christened on 28 Jun 1239 in Westminster, London, England; died on 7 Jul 1307 in Burgh by Sands, Cumberland, England; was buried on 28 Oct 1307 in Westminster Abbey, Westminster, London, England.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Plantagenet, King John Lackland of EnglandPlantagenet, King John Lackland of England was born on 31 Dec 1166 in Kings Manor House (Historical), Oxford, Oxfordshire, England (son of Plantagenet, King of England Henry II and of Aquitaine, Queen Eleanor); 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.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Burial: Worcester Cathedral, Worcester, Worcestershire, England
    • Appointments / Titles: Duke of Bedford
    • House: House of Plantagenet
    • Appointments / Titles: Between 8 Jan 1177 and 7 Jan 1186; Lord of Ireland
    • Appointments / Titles: Between 1189 and 1199, Gloucestershire, England; Earl
    • Appointments / Titles: Between 1199 and 1204, Maine (Historical), France; Count
    • Appointments / Titles: Between 1199 and 1204, Poitou-Charentes, France; Count
    • Appointments / Titles: Between 1199 and 1216, Aquitaine, France; Duke
    • Appointments / Titles: Between 1199 and 1216, England; King
    • Appointments / Titles: Between 8 Jan 1199 and 7 Jan 1217; King of England
    • Appointments / Titles: Between 1202 and 1216, Angoulême, Charente, Poitou-Charentes, France; Count
    • Death: 19 Oct 1216, Newark Castle, Newark-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire, England

    Notes:

    John, the youngest of five sons of King Henry II of England and Eleanor of Aquitaine, was at first not expected to inherit significant lands; became Henry's favourite child. John grew up to be around 5 ft 5 in. John's first period of rule in Ireland was not a success. Ireland had only recently been conquered by Anglo-Norman forces, and tensions were still rife between Henry II, the new settlers and the existing inhabitants.[28] John infamously offended the local Irish rulers by making fun of their unfashionable long beards. In order to remarry, John first needed to abandon Isabel, Countess of Gloucester, his first wife; as a cousin, John could not have legally wed her without this. Marrying Isabella of Angoulême, John was acquiring a key land route between Poitou and Gascony, which significantly strengthened his grip on Aquitaine. At the start of John's reign there was a sudden change in prices, as bad harvests and high demand for food resulted in much higher prices for grain and animals. This inflationary pressure was to continue for the rest of the 13th century and had long-term economic consequences for England. From Henry II onwards, ira et malevolentia had come to describe the right of the king to express his anger and displeasure at particular barons or clergy, building on the Norman concept of malevoncia – royal ill-will.[116] In the Norman period, suffering the king's ill-will meant difficulties in obtaining grants, honours or petitions; John was deeply suspicious of the barons. Chroniclers complained that John's mistresses were married noblewomen, which was considered unacceptable. During the remainder of his reign, John focused on trying to retake Normandy and England itself had to be secured against possible French invasion, John became involved in a dispute with Pope Innocent III that would lead to the king's excommunication. John refused Innocent's request that he consent to Langton's appointment, but the pope consecrated Langton anyway. He barred Langton from entering England and seized the lands of the archbishopric and other papal possessions.
    Neither John nor the rebel barons seriously attempted to implement the peace accord. The failure of the agreement led rapidly to the First Barons' War. The rebel barons responded by inviting Prince Louis of France to lead them: Louis had a claim to the English throne by virtue of his marriage to Blanche of Castile, a granddaughter of Henry II. John contracted dysentery, which would ultimately prove fatal. By October 1216 John faced a "stalemate", "a military situation uncompromised by defeat". John's illness grew worse. John died on the night of 18 October. John's first wife, Isabel, Countess of Gloucester, was released from imprisonment in 1214; she remarried twice, and died in 1217. John's second wife, Isabella of Angoulême, left England for Angoulême soon after the king's death; she became a powerful regional leader, but largely abandoned the children she had had by John.
    Popular representations of John first began to emerge during the Tudor period: Shakespeare's King John, Sir Walter Scott's historical romance, Ivanhoe, Howard Pyle's book The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood. Excerpts from Wikipedia.org.
    Name: King John
    Born: December 24, 1166 at Beaumont Palace : Oxford
    Parents: Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine
    House of: Angevin ( Plantagenet)
    Ascended to the throne: April 6, 1199 aged 32 years
    Crowned: May 27, 1199 at Westminster Abbey
    Married: 1) Isabella of Gloucester, (annulled 1199), (2) Isabella, Daughter of Count of Angouleme
    Children: Two sons including Henry III, three daughters and several illegitimate children
    Died: October 18, 1216 at Newark Castle, aged 49 years, 9 months, and 24 days
    Buried at: Worcester
    Reigned for: 17 years, 6 months, and 13 days
    Succeeded by: his son Henry III
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    John was nicknamed Lackland, probably because, as the youngest of Henry II's five sons, it was difficult to find a portion of his father's French possessions for him to inherit. He was acting king from 1189 during his brother Richard the Lion-Heart's absence on the Third Crusade. The legend of Robin Hood dates from this time in which John is portrayed as Bad King John. He was involved in intrigues against his absent brother, but became king in 1199 when Richard was killed in battle in France.

    King John signs Magna Carta 1215
    Most of his reign was dominated by war with France. Following the peace treaty of Le Goulet there was a brief peace, but fighting resumed again in 1202. John had lost Normandy and almost all the other English possessions in France to Philip II of France by 1204. He spent the next decade trying to regain these without success and was finally defeated by Philip Augustus at the Battle of Bouvines in 1214. He was also in conflict with the Church. In 1205 he disputed the pope's choice of Stephen Langton as archbishop of Canterbury, and Pope Innocent III placed England under an interdict, suspending all religious services, including baptisms, marriages, and burials. John retaliated by seizing church revenues, and in 1209 was excommunicated. Eventually, John submitted, accepting the papal nominee, and agreed to hold the kingdom as a fief of the papacy; an annual monetary tribute was paid to the popes for the next 150 years by successive English monarchs.

    His concessions did not buy peace for long and the Barons War continued. The barons sought French aid and Prince Louis of France landed in England supported by attacks from the North by Alexander II of Scotland. John fled and according to legend lost most of his baggage and the crown jewels when crossing the tidal estuaries of the Wash. He became ill with dysentery and died at Newark Castle in October 1216.
    Timeline for King John
    Year Event
    1199 John accedes to the throne on the death of his brother, Richard I.
    1204 England loses most of its possessions in France.
    1205 John refuses to accept Stephen Langton as Archbishop of Canterbury
    1208 Pope Innocent III issues an Interdict against England, banning all church services except baptisms and funerals
    1209 Pope Innocent III excommunicates John for his confiscation of ecclesiastical property
    1209 Cambridge University founded
    1212 Innocent III declares that John is no longer the rightful King
    1213 John submits to the Pope’s demands and accepts the authority of the Pope
    1214 Philip Augustus of France defeats the English at the Battle of Bouvines
    1215 Beginning of the Barons' war. The English Barons march to London to demand rights which they lay down in the Magna Carta.
    1215 John meets the English barons at Runnymede, agrees to their demands, and seals the Magna Carta which set limits on the powers of the monarch, lays out the feudal obligations of the barons, confirms the liberties of the Church, and grants rights to all freemen of the realm and their heirs for ever. It is the first written constitution.
    1215 The Pope decrees that John need not adhere to the Magna Carta, and civil war breaks out
    1216 The barons seek French aid in their fight against John. Prince Louis of France lands in England and captures the Tower of London
    1216 John flees North and loses his war chest of cash and jewels in the Wash estuary
    1216 John dies of a fever at Newark and is buried Worcester Cathedral

    John married de Taillefer, Queen of England Isabelle on 24 Aug 1200 in Bordeaux, Gironde, Aquitaine, France. Isabelle (daughter of de Taillefer, Aymar and de Courtenay, Alice) 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. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  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

    Children:
    1. 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: 3

  1. 4.  Plantagenet, King of England Henry IIPlantagenet, King of England Henry II was born on 12 Mar 1133 in Le Mans, Sarthe, Pays de la Loire, France; was christened in 1133 in France (son of Plantagenet, Duke Geoffrey V and of England, Matilda); died on 13 Jul 1189 in Chinon, Indre-et-Loire, Centre, France; was buried on 15 Jul 1189 in Fontevrault Abbey, Fontevrault, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Physical Description: suffered from blepharoptosis, a drooping or falling of the upper eyelid, apparently his left eyelid
    • Appointments / Titles: Count of Anjou
    • Appointments / Titles: Count of Bar-Le-Duc
    • Appointments / Titles: Count of Maine
    • Appointments / Titles: Count of Nantes
    • Appointments / Titles: Duke of Maine
    • Appointments / Titles: Duke of Normandy
    • Appointments / Titles: King
    • Appointments / Titles: King of England
    • Appointments / Titles: Lord of Ireland
    • Appointments / Titles: Lord of Ireland
    • Occupation: Reigned 1154-1189. First ruler of the House of Plantagenet.
    • Religion: Catholic
    • Birth: 5 Mar 1133, Le Mans, Sarthe, Pays de la Loire, France
    • Birth: 19 Mar 1133, Le Mans, Sarthe, Pays de la Loire, France
    • Appointments / Titles: Between 8 Jan 1154 and 7 Jan 1190; King of England
    • Appointments / Titles: 26 Dec 1154; Ascended to the throne
    • Appointments / Titles: Between 8 Jan 1216 and 7 Jan 1217; Duke of Aquitaine
    • Appointments / Titles: Between 8 Jan 1216 and 7 Jan 1220; His Regent was William Marshal, Earl of Pembroke
    • Appointments / Titles: Between 8 Jan 1219 and 7 Jan 1228; His Regent was Hubert de Burgh, 1st Earl of Kent

    Notes:

    Known for his piety, holding lavish religious ceremonies and giving generously to charities; he was particularly devoted to the figure of Edward the Confessor, whom he adopted as his patron saint.

    bio by: Kristen Conrad
    Maintained by: Find A Grave
    Record added: Jan 01, 2001
    Find A Grave Memorial# 1951

    English Monarch. The son of Geoffrey V, Count of Anjou and Queen Matilda, Henry was born in LeMans France, and acceded the throne of England in 1154, where he was crowned on December 19. He was the first of the Angevin kings, and one of England's most effective monarchs. He refined the government and created a self-standing bureaucracy. Henry was ambitious, intelligent, and energetic, and it is said he spoke every language used in Europe, though it is unlikely he spoke English. He married Eleanor of Aquitaine on May 18, 1152. This marriage brought under his rule the French counties of Brittany, Maine, Poitou, Touraine, Gascony, Anjou, Aquitaine, and Normandy - meaning Henry had more land and more power than the King of France. In 1162, Henry's best friend and chancellor, Thomas Beckett, was named Archbishop of Canterbury. Beckett distanced himself from Henry and angered the king when he opposed the coronation of young Prince Henry. In a fit of frustration, Henry publicly conveyed his wish to be free of Beckett. Four knights took the king at his word and murdered the archbishop in his cathedral. Henry endured a limited storm of protest over the incident, but the controvery quickly passed. As a result of the treachery of his sons, often with the encouragement of their mother, Henry was defeated in 1189 and forced to accept humiliation and peace. He died at Chinon, France at the age of 56.

    Henry II (5 March 1133 – 6 July 1189), also known as Henry Curtmantle (French: Court-manteau), Henry FitzEmpress or Henry Plantagenet, ruled as Count of Anjou, Count of Maine, Duke of Normandy, Duke of Aquitaine, Count of Nantes, King of England (1154–89)

    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. The son of King John and Isabella of Angoulême, Henry assumed the throne when he was only nine in the middle of the First Barons' War. Cardinal Guala declared the war against the rebel barons to be a religious crusade and Henry's forces, led by William Marshal, defeated the rebels at the battles of Lincoln and Sandwich in 1217. Henry promised to abide by the Great Charter of 1225, which limited royal power and protected the rights of the major barons. His early rule was dominated first by Hubert de Burgh and then Peter des Roches, who re-established royal authority after the war. In 1230 the King attempted to reconquer the provinces of France that had once belonged to his father, but the invasion was a debacle. A revolt led by William Marshal's son, Richard, broke out in 1232, ending in a peace settlement negotiated by the Church.

    Following the revolt, Henry ruled England personally, rather than governing through senior ministers. He travelled less than previous monarchs, investing heavily in a handful of his favourite palaces and castles. He married Eleanor of Provence, with whom he had five children. Henry was known for his piety, holding lavish religious ceremonies and giving generously to charities; the King was particularly devoted to the figure of Edward the Confessor, whom he adopted as his patron saint. He extracted huge sums of money from the Jews in England, ultimately crippling their ability to do business, and as attitudes towards the Jews hardened, he introduced the Statute of Jewry, attempting to segregate the community. In a fresh attempt to reclaim his family's lands in France, he invaded Poitou in 1242, leading to the disastrous Battle of Taillebourg. After this, Henry relied on diplomacy, cultivating an alliance with Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II. Henry supported his brother Richard in his bid to become King of the Romans in 1256, but was unable to place his own son Edmund on the throne of Sicily, despite investing large amounts of money. He planned to go on crusade to the Levant, but was prevented from doing so by rebellions in Gascony.

    By 1258, Henry's rule was increasingly unpopular, the result of the failure of his expensive foreign policies and the notoriety of his Poitevin half-brothers, the Lusignans, as well as the role of his local officials in collecting taxes and debts. A coalition of his barons, initially probably backed by Eleanor, seized power in a coup d'état and expelled the Poitevins from England, reforming the royal government through a process called the Provisions of Oxford. Henry and the baronial government enacted a peace with France in 1259, under which Henry gave up his rights to his other lands in France in return for King Louis IX of France recognising him as the rightful ruler of Gascony. The baronial regime collapsed but Henry was unable to reform a stable government and instability across England continued.

    In 1263 one of the more radical barons, Simon de Montfort, seized power, resulting in the Second Barons' War. Henry persuaded Louis to support his cause and mobilised an army. The Battle of Lewes occurred in 1264, where Henry was defeated and taken prisoner. Henry's eldest son, Edward, escaped from captivity to defeat de Montfort at the Battle of Evesham the following year and freed his father. Henry initially enacted a harsh revenge on the remaining rebels, but was persuaded by the Church to mollify his policies through the Dictum of Kenilworth. Reconstruction was slow and Henry had to acquiesce to various measures, including further suppression of the Jews, to maintain baronial and popular support. Henry died in 1272, leaving Edward as his successor. He was buried in Westminster Abbey, which he had rebuilt in the second half of his reign, and was moved to his current tomb in 1290. Some miracles were declared after his death but he was not canonised.
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_III_of_England#Children

    Henry II (5 March 1133 – 6 July 1189), also known as Henry Curtmantle (French: Court-manteau), Henry FitzEmpress or Henry Plantagenet, ruled as Count of Anjou, Count of Maine, Duke of Normandy, Duke of Aquitaine, Count of Nantes, King of England (1154–89) and Lord of Ireland; at various times, he also controlled Wales, Scotland and Brittany. Henry was the son of Geoffrey of Anjou and Matilda, daughter of Henry I of England. He became actively involved by the age of 14 in his mother's efforts to claim the throne of England, then occupied by Stephen of Blois, and was made Duke of Normandy at 17. He inherited Anjou in 1151 and shortly afterwards married Eleanor of Aquitaine, whose marriage to Louis VII of France had recently been annulled. Stephen agreed to a peace treaty after Henry's military expedition to England in 1153: Henry inherited the kingdom on Stephen's death a year later

    Henry married of Aquitaine, Queen Eleanor. Eleanor (daughter of of Aquitaine, WIlliam X and de Châtellerault, Elaeanor) was born on 13 Dec 1122 in Bordeaux, Gironde, Aquitaine, France; was christened in Fontevrault Abbey, Fontevrault, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France; died on 7 Apr 1204 in Mirabell Castle, Tarn-et-Garonne, Midi-Pyrénées, France; was buried after 7 Apr 1204 in Fontevrault Abbey, Fontevrault, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  of Aquitaine, Queen Eleanor was born on 13 Dec 1122 in Bordeaux, Gironde, Aquitaine, France; was christened in Fontevrault Abbey, Fontevrault, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France (daughter of of Aquitaine, WIlliam X and de Châtellerault, Elaeanor); died on 7 Apr 1204 in Mirabell Castle, Tarn-et-Garonne, Midi-Pyrénées, France; was buried after 7 Apr 1204 in Fontevrault Abbey, Fontevrault, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Appointments / Titles: Duchess
    • Appointments / Titles: Duchess of Aquitaine, Queen of France, Queen of England
    • Appointments / Titles: Princess
    • Appointments / Titles: Queen of Aquitaine
    • Life Event: m. 1 to Louis VII, King of France
    • FSID: 99XF-Y5R
    • Occupation: Duchess of Aquitaine
    • Religion: Between 8 Jan 1122 and 7 Jan 1123; Roman Catholicism
    • Appointments / Titles: Between 8 Jan 1137 and 7 Jan 1205; comtesse, de Poitiers
    • Appointments / Titles: Between 8 Jan 1137 and 7 Jan 1205; duchesse, d'Aquitaine
    • Appointments / Titles: Between 8 Jan 1137 and 7 Jan 1205; duchesse, de Gascogne
    • Appointments / Titles: Between 8 Jan 1137 and 7 Jan 1138; Duchy of Aquitaine
    • Appointments / Titles: Between 8 Jan 1137 and 7 Jan 1153; Queen consort of France
    • Appointments / Titles: Between 8 Jan 1154 and 7 Jan 1190; Queen consort of England
    • Burial: 8 Apr 1204, Fontevrault Abbey, Fontevrault, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France

    Notes:

    Eleanor of Aquitaine (French: Aliénor/Éléonore; 1122 or 1124 – 1 April 1204) was one of the wealthiest and most powerful women in western Europe during the High Middle Ages and a member of the Ramnulfid dynasty of rulers in southwestern France. She became Duchess of Aquitaine in her own right while she was still a child, then later Queen consort of France (1137–1152) and of England (1154–1189). She was the patron of literary figures such as Wace, Benoît de Sainte-Maure, and Bernart de Ventadorn.

    Eleanor's succession to the duchy of Aquitaine in 1137 made her the most eligible bride in Europe. Three months after she became duchess, she married King Louis VII of France, son of her guardian, King Louis VI. As Queen of France, she participated in the unsuccessful Second Crusade. Soon after, Eleanor sought an annulment of her marriage, but her request was rejected by Pope Eugene III. However, after the birth of her second daughter Alix, Louis agreed to an annulment in consideration of her failure to bear a son after fifteen years of marriage. The marriage was annulled on 11 March 1152 on the grounds of consanguinity within the fourth degree. Their daughters were declared legitimate and custody was awarded to Louis, while Eleanor's lands were restored to her.

    As soon as the annulment was granted, Eleanor became engaged to Henry, Duke of Normandy, who became King Henry II of England in 1154. Henry was her third cousin (cousin of the third degree), and nine years younger. The couple married on 18 May 1152 (Whit Sunday), eight weeks after the annulment of Eleanor's first marriage, in a cathedral in Poitiers, France. Over the next thirteen years, she bore Henry eight children: five sons, three of whom would become kings; and three daughters. However, Henry and Eleanor eventually became estranged. Henry imprisoned her in 1173 for supporting her son Henry's revolt against her husband, and she was not released until 1189 when Henry died (on 6 July), and their son ascended the English throne as Richard I.

    Now queen dowager, Eleanor acted as regent while Richard went on the Third Crusade where he was captured and held prisoner. Eleanor lived well into the reign of her youngest son John. By the time of her death, she had outlived all her children except for King John and Queen Eleanor of Castile.

    Children:
    1. 2. Plantagenet, King John Lackland of England 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.

  3. 6.  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]


  4. 7.  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. 3. 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: 4

  1. 8.  Plantagenet, Duke Geoffrey VPlantagenet, Duke Geoffrey V was born on 31 Aug 1113 in Anjou, Isère, Rhône-Alpes, France (son of of Anjou, Fulk V and du Maine, Countess Ermentrude); died on 14 Sep 1151 in Château-du-Loir, Sarthe, Pays de la Loire, France; was buried after 14 Sep 1151 in St Julian Church, Le Mans, Sarthe, Pays de la Loire, France.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Appointments / Titles: The Fair
    • FSID: LW1Y-MFD
    • Appointments / Titles: 17 Jun 1128, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France; Knighted
    • Appointments / Titles: Between 1129 and 1151; Comte d'Anjou, Touraine et du Maine
    • Appointments / Titles: Between 1144 and 1151; Duke of Normandy
    • Military: 1151

    Notes:

    From Life Sketch

    Geoffrey V (24 August 1113 – 7 September 1151) — called the Handsome or the Fair (French: le Bel) and Plantagenet — was the Count of Anjou, Touraine, and Maine by inheritance from 1129 and then Duke of Normandy by conquest from 1144. By his marriage to the Empress Matilda, daughter and heiress of Henry I of England, Geoffrey had a son, Henry Curtmantle, who succeeded to the English throne as King Henry II (1154-1189) and founded the Plantagenet dynasty, whose name was taken from Geoffrey's epithet. His ancestral domain of Anjou gave rise to the name Angevin, for three kings of England, and what became known as the Angevin Empire in the 12th century.

    Geoffrey married of England, Matilda. Matilda (daughter of Beauclerc, King of England Henry I and of Scotland, Queen of England Matilda) was born on 5 Aug 1102 in London, London, England; was christened on 7 Apr 1102 in Winchester, Hampshire, England; died on 10 Sep 1169 in Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France; was buried on 17 Sep 1167 in Cathédral Notre-Dame de Rouen, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  of England, Matilda was born on 5 Aug 1102 in London, London, England; was christened on 7 Apr 1102 in Winchester, Hampshire, England (daughter of Beauclerc, King of England Henry I and of Scotland, Queen of England Matilda); died on 10 Sep 1169 in Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France; was buried on 17 Sep 1167 in Cathédral Notre-Dame de Rouen, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Burial: Westminster Abbey, Westminster, London, England
    • Appointments / Titles: Empress
    • Appointments / Titles: Queen of England
    • FSID: LRRR-5KK
    • Birth: 1102, Oxfordshire, England
    • Birth: 7 Feb 1102, Winchester, Hampshire, England
    • Birth: 14 Feb 1102, London, London, England
    • Appointments / Titles: Between 14 Jan 1114 and 30 May 1125; German Queen
    • Appointments / Titles: Between 14 Jan 1114 and 30 May 1125; Holy Roman Empress
    • Appointments / Titles: Between 14 Jan 1114 and 30 May 1125; Queen of Italy
    • Appointments / Titles: Between 8 Jan 1126 and 7 Jan 1127; declared heiress-presumptive, throne disputed with Stephen of Blois
    • Appointments / Titles: Between 14 Apr 1141 and 7 Jan 1149; Lady of the English (disputed)
    • Death: 1167, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France
    • Death: 1167, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France
    • Death: 10 Sep 1167, Cathédral Notre-Dame de Rouen, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France
    • Death: 17 Sep 1167, Cathédral Notre-Dame de Rouen, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France

    Notes:

    READ ONLY -- HENRY II IS LOCKED.

    Empress Matilda (c. 7 February 1102 – 10 September 1167), also known as the Empress Maude, was the claimant to the English throne during the civil war known as the Anarchy. The daughter of King Henry I of England, she moved to Germany as a child when she married the future Holy Roman Emperor Henry V. She travelled with her husband into Italy in 1116, was controversially crowned in St. Peter's Basilica, and acted as the imperial regent in Italy. Matilda and Henry had no children, and when he died in 1125, the crown was claimed by Lothair II, one of his political enemies.

    Meanwhile, Matilda's younger brother, William Adelin, died in the White Ship disaster of 1120, leaving England facing a potential succession crisis. On Henry V's death, Matilda was recalled to Normandy by her father, who arranged for her to marry Geoffrey of Anjou to form an alliance to protect his southern borders. Henry I had no further legitimate children and nominated Matilda as his heir, making his court swear an oath of loyalty to her and her successors, but the decision was not popular in the Anglo-Norman court. Henry died in 1135 but Matilda and Geoffrey faced opposition from the Norman barons and were unable to pursue their claims. The throne was instead taken by Matilda's cousin Stephen of Blois, who enjoyed the backing of the English Church. Stephen took steps to solidify his new regime, but faced threats both from neighbouring powers and from opponents within his kingdom.

    In 1139 Matilda crossed to England to take the kingdom by force, supported by her half-brother, Robert of Gloucester, and her uncle, King David I of Scotland, while Geoffrey focused on conquering Normandy. Matilda's forces captured Stephen at the Battle of Lincoln in 1141, but the Empress's attempt to be crowned at Westminster collapsed in the face of bitter opposition from the London crowds. As a result of this retreat, Matilda was never formally declared Queen of England, and was instead titled the Lady of the English. Robert was captured following the Rout of Winchester in 1141, and Matilda agreed to exchange him for Stephen. Matilda became trapped in Oxford Castle by Stephen's forces that winter, and was forced to escape across the frozen River Isis at night to avoid capture. The war degenerated into a stalemate, with Matilda controlling much of the south-west of England, and Stephen the south-east and the Midlands. Large parts of the rest of the country were in the hands of local, independent barons.

    Matilda returned to Normandy, now in the hands of her husband, in 1148, leaving her eldest son to continue the campaign in England; he eventually succeeded to the throne as Henry II in 1154. She settled her court near Rouen and for the rest of her life concerned herself with the administration of Normandy, acting on Henry's behalf when necessary. Particularly in the early years of her son's reign, she provided political advice and attempted to mediate during the Becket controversy. She worked extensively with the Church, founding Cistercian monasteries, and was known for her piety. She was buried under the high altar at Bec Abbey after her death in 1167.

    Children:
    1. 4. Plantagenet, King of England Henry II was born on 12 Mar 1133 in Le Mans, Sarthe, Pays de la Loire, France; was christened in 1133 in France; died on 13 Jul 1189 in Chinon, Indre-et-Loire, Centre, France; was buried on 15 Jul 1189 in Fontevrault Abbey, Fontevrault, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France.
    2. Plantagenet, Hamelin de Warenne was born in 1130 in Normandy, France; died on 14 May 1202 in Lewes Priory (Historical), Lewes, Sussex, England; was buried on 7 May 1202 in Lewes Priory (Historical), Lewes, Sussex, England.

  3. 10.  of Aquitaine, WIlliam X was born in 1099 in Aquitaine, France (son of de Poitiers, WIlliam II and of Toulouse, Queen of Aragon Philippa Mathilde); died on 16 Apr 1137 in Santiago de Compostela, La Coruna, Galicia, Spain; was buried in Santiago de Compostela, La Coruna, Galicia, Spain.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Nickname: Guillaume
    • FSID: LZVF-767
    • Appointments / Titles: Between 8 Jan 1126 and 7 Jan 1138; Count of Poitou
    • Appointments / Titles: Between 8 Jan 1126 and 7 Jan 1138; Duke of Aquitaine
    • Appointments / Titles: Between 8 Jan 1126 and 7 Jan 1138; Duke of Aquitaine
    • Appointments / Titles: Between 8 Jan 1126 and 7 Jan 1138; Duke of Gascony
    • Appointments / Titles: Between 8 Jan 1126 and 7 Jan 1138; Duke of Gascony

    Notes:

    William X married Aenor de Châtellerault, a daughter of his father's mistress Dangerossa by her first husband, Aimery. In 1137 William joined the pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela, but died during the trip. Per Wikipedia.org

    WIlliam married de Châtellerault, Elaeanor. Elaeanor (daughter of de Châtellerault, Viscount Aymeric I and of Toulouse, Queen of Aragon Philippa Mathilde) was born in 1103 in Châtellerault, Vienne, Poitou-Charentes, France; died between 8 Mar and 7 Apr 1130 in Talmont, Vendée, Pays de la Loire, France; was buried after 8 Mar 1130 in Vendée, Pays de la Loire, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 11.  de Châtellerault, Elaeanor was born in 1103 in Châtellerault, Vienne, Poitou-Charentes, France (daughter of de Châtellerault, Viscount Aymeric I and of Toulouse, Queen of Aragon Philippa Mathilde); died between 8 Mar and 7 Apr 1130 in Talmont, Vendée, Pays de la Loire, France; was buried after 8 Mar 1130 in Vendée, Pays de la Loire, France.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Appointments / Titles: Duchess of Acquitaine
    • FSID: MBXP-1YN

    Notes:

    Aénor de Châtellerault, duchess of Aquitaine

    Nicknames: "Aénor de Rochefoucauld"
    Birthdate: 1103
    Birthplace: Châtellerault, Poitou-Charentes, France
    Death: Died 1130 in Talmont-sur-Gironde, Charente-maritime, Poitou-Charentes, France
    Place of Burial:France

    Immediate Family:
    Daughter of Aimery I, vicomte de Châtellérault and Dangereuse de L'Isle Bouchard
    Wife of William X, Duke of Aquitaine
    Mother of Eleanor of Aquitaine, Queen of France and England; Petronilla (Alix) (Pernelle) d'Aquitaine and Guillaume d'Aquitaine
    Sister of Raoul de Châtellerault, seigneur de Faye-le-Vineuse; Hugues III, viscount of Châtellerault and Amable de Chastellerault

    Children:
    1. 5. of Aquitaine, Queen Eleanor was born on 13 Dec 1122 in Bordeaux, Gironde, Aquitaine, France; was christened in Fontevrault Abbey, Fontevrault, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France; died on 7 Apr 1204 in Mirabell Castle, Tarn-et-Garonne, Midi-Pyrénées, France; was buried after 7 Apr 1204 in Fontevrault Abbey, Fontevrault, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France.

  5. 12.  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]


  6. 13.  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. 6. 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.

  7. 14.  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]


  8. 15.  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. 7. 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.