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63508714. Hugh X DE LUSIGNAN Count la Marche was born about 1180 in France. He died about 1253. Died on a Crusade. Count Hugh La March, aka Hugh de Lusignan. Was betrothed to Isabella of Angouleme, but, she married King John of England. She was imprisoned by King John, and after he died in 1216, Isabella returned to France to marry Hugh. He was married to Isabelle D'ANGOULEME in 1220 in Valence.

63508715. Isabelle D'ANGOULEME (661)(695) was born in 1188 in France. She was christened in 1188 in France. She died on 31 May 1246 in Fontrevrault, Anjou, France. (402)(696) She was buried on 31 May 1246 in Abbey Fontevrault, Maine-et-Loire, France. Isabella of Angouleme, former Queen of King John I of England, then wife of Hugh de Lusignan, was buried at the Abbey of Fontrevaud in Maine-et-loirre, near the former Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine and her son, Richard the Lion Heart. She was also known as Nun Felice. Isabella of Angeloume. b. abt 1182 - daughter of Aymer, Count of Angouleme. Isabella was betrothed to marry Hugh Lusignan, Count LaMarch, but she was married to King John of England in 1200. Her Coronation as Queen of England was held at Westminster Abbey on 8 October 1200. Hubert Walter, Archbishop of Canterbury performed the ceremony.

Isabell was Mother of King Henry III in 1207. Imprisoned by her husband King John 1214-16 in Gloucester; released after his death. Upon her release she returned to France and married Hugh, Count of LaMarche (1220). She became estranged from her 2nd husband, Hugh de Lusignan, Count la Marche.

Isabella went to the Abbey of Fontevraut, became the Nun Felice, and died there.
Children were:

child i. Hugh XI DE LUSIGNAN Count of Ponthieu was born in 1220 in France. He died in 1260.
child31754357 ii. Alice DE LUSIGNAN.
child iii. Sir William DE VALENCE Earl of Pembroke was born before 1221. He died in 1296.