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Isabella of Angouleme
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Isabella of Angouleme was betrothed to a French nobleman when King John married her instead, which contributed to the war that cost him Normandy. She was perhaps twelve at the time. After John's death she returned to France, married the son of the man she had originally been promised to, and spent the rest of her life at the centre of Poitevin politics.
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✓ DOCUMENTED (web-confirmed 25 Jul 2026): ISABELLA OF ANGOULEME (c.1188-1246), Queen of England, wife of King John and later of Hugh X de Lusignan; dau. of Aymer, Count of Angouleme. Mother of Henry III (our line). *** Opens the Counts of ANGOULEME and the Lusignan/Taillefer kin - note-only. Direct ancestress. Added 25 Jul 2026.