Aymer De Lusignan DE VALENCE

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 04 Nov 1250, Elected Bishop of Winchester

Other Events and Attributes:

• Also Known As: "le Brun", Sire de Lusignan
• Fact: Count of la Marche and Angouleme, Lord of Lusignan

Hugh married Isabella Of ANGOULEME before 22 May 1220. Isabella (daughter of Aymer "Taillifer" DE VALENCE and Alice DE COURTENAY) was born in 1188 in Angouleme; died on 31 May 1246 in Fontevraud; was buried in Fontevrault Abbey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Isabella De Taillefer
• Name: Isabelle Of Angouleme
• Crowned: 08 Oct 1200, Westminster Abbey

Notes:

Isabella, "as a penance for her sins", she desired to be buried humbly in a common cemetary at Fontevrault.
Her son, Henry III "some years later" had her body moved into the Abbey and ordered an effigy for her tomb.

Isabella's varying situations demonstrate the modern-day definitions of the different kinds of queens. When she was married to the reigning king, she was a queen consort. When John died, she became a queen dowager, and if she had ruled for her young son, Henry III, she would also have been a queen regent.