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Isabella of Angoulême

Type Figure Region England Time c. 1186–1246 Also known as Queen Isabella of England

Isabella of Angoulême (c. 1186–1246), daughter of the Count of Angoulême, married King John of England in 1200 and played an important role in the An…

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  1. 1200–1216England · EnglandIsabella married King John in 1200 and became Queen of England, becoming embroiled in territorial disputes with the French crown and in the baronial revolt at home; her stance and influence during the Magna Carta crisis around 1215 have been much discussed by historians.
  2. 1220–1246Angoulême · CharenteAfter remarrying Hugh X of Lusignan in 1217, Isabella managed her estates in Aquitaine, handling fiefs and inheritance matters as countess from the 1220s, and maintained complex diplomatic contacts with the English and French crowns between 1221 and 1230.

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