Hugh XI "Le Brun" DE LUSIGNAN

Other Events and Attributes:

• Also Known As: Count of la March and Angouleme, Count of Ponthieu
• Name: Hugh De Lusignan XI

Hugh married Yolande DE DREUX in 1238. Yolande (daughter of Pierre DE DREUX and Alix DE THOUARS) was born in 1218 in Dreux, France; died in 10 or 16 Oct 1272. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Hugh XII DE LUSIGNAN was born about 1240 in Angouleme, Chrnt, France; died in 1270.
2. Alice DE LUSIGNAN died in May 1290.

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.