Isabella of Angoulême, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Queen consort of England as the second wife of King John
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Place of Birth: Angoulême, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
About Isabella of Angoulême
- Isabella of Angoulême (French: Isabelle d'Angoulême, IPA: [izab?l d?~gul?m]; c.
- 1186/1188 – 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. Isabella 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 Isabella's 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.
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