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Authors: Alison Weir

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John married firstly
, on 29 August, 1189, at Marlborough Castle, Wiltshire:
Isabella
Also called Hawise, Joan and Eleanor, she was the daughter of William, Earl of Gloucester, by Hawise, daughter of Robert de Beaumont, 3rd Earl of Leicester, and she was born before 1176. She was never styled Queen of England, but was divorced before 30 August, 1199, on grounds of consanguinity. There was no issue of the marriage. She married secondly Geoffrey de Mandeville, Earl of Essex and Gloucester (and Sussex?) (
d
.1216), between 16 and 26 January, 1214. She married thirdly Hubert de Burgh, Earl of Kent (
d
.1243) around September/October, 1217. Isabella died, probably suddenly, on 14 October or
c
.18 November, 1217, and was buried in Canterbury Cathedral, Kent.
John married secondly
, on 24 August, 1200, at Bordeaux Cathedral, Gascony:
Isabella
She was the daughter of Aymer Taillefer, Count of Angoulême, by Alice, daughter of Peter de Courtenay, son of Louis VI, King of France, and she was born in
c.
1187. She was crowned Queen Consort on 8 October, 1200, in Westminster Abbey. She succeeded her father as Countess of Angoulême in the summer of 1202, but was not formally recognised as such until November, 1206. After the death of John, she married secondly Hugh X de Lusignan, Count of La Marche (
d
.1249), between 10 March and 22 May, 1220, and had issue:
1
Hugh XI, Count of La Marche and Angoulême (1221?–1250/60); he married Yolande (
d
.1272), daughter of Peter Mauclerk, Count of Brittany, and had issue.
2
Aymer, Bishop of Winchester (
d
.1260).
3
Guy, Lord of Cognac and Archiac (
d.
1264).
4
Henry, Count of La Marche (
d
.1260); he married Yolande of Penthiévre, and had issue.
5
Geoffrey, Lord of Jarnac (
d
. before 1263); he married Joan, Viscountess of Châtellérhault, and had issue.
6
William, Earl of Pembroke and Wexford (1225/30–1296); he married Joan (
d.
1307), daughter of Warin de Munchesni, Lord of Swanscombe, and had issue.
7
Alice (
d
.1256); she married John de Warenne, 6th Earl of Surrey (1231?–1304), and had issue.
8
Margaret (
d
.1283); she married firstly Raymond VII, Count of
Toulouse (son of Joan, daughter of Henry II). They were divorced in 1245. She married secondly Aymer, Viscount of Thouars, and thirdly Geoffrey, Seigneur de Châteaubriand.
9
Matilda; she married Humphrey de Bohun, 2nd Earl of Hereford and 1st Earl of Essex (1200?–1275), and had issue.
10
Isabella (
d.
1299); she married firstly Geoffrey, Seigneur de Taillebourg, and secondly Amaury, Seigneur de Craon.
11
Agatha or Agnes; she married William de Chauvigny, Seigneur de Châteauroux.
Isabella died on 31 May, 1246, at Fontevrault Abbey, France, where she was buried.
Issue of marriage:
1  
Henry III
(
see here
).
2  
Richard
He was born on 5 January, 1209, at Winchester Castle, Hampshire. He was designated Count of Poitou before 14 August, 1225, and was first so styled on 21 August, 1227. He was created Earl of Cornwall on 30 May, 1227. He renounced the county of Poitou in
c
.December, 1243. He was elected King of Germany (Almayne) and King of the Romans on 13 January, 1257, and was crowned on 17 May, 1257, at Aachen Cathedral, Germany. He died on 2 April, 1272, at Berkhamstead Castle, Herts., and was buried in Hayles Abbey, Gloucs.
Richard had the following
illegitimate issue
:
By Jeanne de Valletort:
1  Richard de Cornwall (
d.
after 1280); he married and had issue.
By unknown mothers:
2  Walter de Cornwall.
3  Isabella de Cornwall; she married Maurice de Berkeley, and had issue.
Richard married firstly, on 13 or 30 March, 1231, at Fawley Church, Bucks.:
Isabella
She was the daughter of William Marshal, Earl of Pembroke, by Isabella, daughter of Richard FitzGilbert de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, and she was born on 9 October, 1200, at Pembroke Castle, Wales. She married firstly Gilbert de Clare, Earl of Hertford and Gloucester (1180?–1230) on 9 October, 1214 or 1217, at
Tewkesbury Abbey, Gloucs., and had issue:
1  Amice (1220?–1284); she married firstly Baldwin de Redvers, 6th Earl of Devon (
d
.1245), and secondly Robert of Guines.
2  Richard, Earl of Hertford and Gloucester (1222?–1262); he married firstly Margaret (Megotta) (
d
.1237), daughter of Hubert de Burgh, Earl of Kent. He married secondly Matilda (
d.
by 1289), daughter of John de Lacy, Earl of Lincoln, and had issue.
3  Agnes.
4  Isabella (1226–1254); she married Robert le Brus, Lord of Annandale (1210–1295), and had issue.
5  William (1228–1258).
6  Gilbert (
b
.1229); a priest (?).
Isabella died on 15 or 17 January, 1240, at Berkhamstead Castle, Herts., of jaundice contracted whilst in childbed, and was buried in Beaulieu Abbey, Hampshire.
Issue of marriage:
(i)
John
He was born on 31 January or 2 February, 1232, at Marlowe-on-Thames, Bucks., and died on 22/23 September, 1233, at Marlowe-on-Thames, Bucks.; he was buried in Reading Abbey, Berkshire.
(ii)
Isabella
She was born on 9 September, 1233, at Marlowe-on-Thames, Bucks., and died on 10 October, 1234, at Marlowe-on-Thames, Bucks.; she was buried in Reading Abbey, Berkshire.
(iii)
Henry
He was born on 2, 4 or 12 November, 1235, at Haughley Castle, Suffolk. He was murdered by the sons of Simon de Montfort on 13 March, 1271, either in the Church of St Lorenzo, or the Church of St Silvestro, or the Cathedral of St Nicholas, Viterbo, Italy, and was buried in Hayles Abbey, Gloucs.
Henry married, on 5 or 15 May, 1269, at Windsor Castle:
Constance
She was the daughter of Gaston VII de Moncada, Viscount of Beam, by Matilda, daughter of Boson de Mastas, Seigneur of Cognac. She married firstly Alfonso, Infante of Aragon (
d
.1260). Constance died in
c
.1299.
(iv)
Nicholas
He was born on 17 January, 1240, at Berkhamstead Castle, Bucks., and died there the same day. He was buried in Beaulieu Abbey, Hampshire.
Richard married secondly, on 23 November, 1243, at Westminster Abbey:
Sanchia
She was the daughter of Raymond Berenger V, Count of Provence, by Beatrice, daughter of Thomas I, Count of Savoy; her sister Eleanor was the wife of Henry III. Sanchia was born in
c.
1225 at Aix-en-Provence, France. She was crowned Queen of the Romans and Queen of Germany with her husband on 17 May, 1257, at Aachen Cathedral, Germany. She died on 5 or 9 November, 1261, at Berkhamstead Castle, Bucks., and was buried in Hayles Abbey, Gloucs.
Issue of marriage:
(i)
Richard
He was born in July, 1246, at Wallingford Castle, Berkshire; he died there on 15 August, 1246, and was buried at Grove Mile.
(ii)
Edmund
He was born on 26 December, 1249, or 5 December, 1250 at Berkhamstead Castle, Bucks., and was invested as Earl of Cornwall on 13 October, 1272. He died on 24/25 September, or 1 October, 1300, at Ashridge Abbey, Herts., and was buried in Hayles Abbey, Gloucs.
Edmund married, on 6 October, 1272, at Ruislip Chapel, Middlesex:
Margaret
She was the daughter of Richard de Clare, Earl of Gloucester and Hertford, by Matilda, daughter of John de Lacy, Earl of Lincoln; her father was the son of Richard of Cornwall’s first wife, Isabella Marshal. Margaret was born around 1249/50. She was either divorced or legally separated from her husband in February, 1293. She died in February, 1313 (or perhaps before 16 September, 1312), and was buried in Chertsey Abbey, Surrey. There was no issue of her marriage to Edmund.
(iii)
Richard
(?)
He may have been born in
c
.1252, although he has perhaps
been confused with Richard de Cornwall, Earl Richard’s illegitimate son. He was killed in 1296, at the siege of Berwick, by iron shot in his head.
Richard married thirdly, on 16 June, 1269, at the Stiftkirche, Kaiserslauten, Germany:
Beatrice
She was the daughter of Dirk II, Count of Falkenburg, by Joan van Loon. (Her parentage is sometimes erroneously given as either (i) Walram de Fauquemont, Lord of Mountjoye, by Jutta, daughter of Otto, Count of Ravensburg, Westphalia, or (ii) Lothaire, Count of Hostade and Dalem, or (iii) Philip von Falkenstein, Arch-Chamberlain of the Empire. She was no connection of any of these.) Beatrice was born in
c.
1253, probably at Falkenburg Castle, Germany. She died on 17 October, 1277, and was buried in the Church of the Franciscan Friars Minor, Oxford.
3  
Joan
(under
Alexander II, King of Scotland
,
see here
).
4  
Isabella
She was born in 1214. She married Frederick II, King of Sicily, and Emperor of Germany (
d.
1250), on 20 July, 1235, at Worms Cathedral, Germany, and had issue:
1  Jordan (?) (
b.
&
d
.1236).
2  Agnes (
b.
&
d
.1237).
3  Henry, King of Jerusalem (1238–1253).
4  Margaret (1241–1270); she married Albert I, Margrave of Meissen and Landgrave of Thuringia and Misnes (1240–1315), and had issue.
Isabella was crowned Empress of Germany on 20 July, 1235, at Worms Cathedral. She died on 1 or
c.
6 December, 1241, at Foggia, near Naples, Italy, in childbirth, and was buried at Andria, Sicily.

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