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Isabella "Countess of Gloucester" FitzRobert
(Abt 1160 - 14 Oct 1217)
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[[Category: Day-1904 Temporary Euroaristo Project]]
== Biography ==Isabella, suo jure countess of Gloucester, first consort of King John, was the third and youngest daughter of William, earl of Gloucester (d. 1183), and Hawisia (d. 1197), daughter of Robert, earl of Leicester (d. 1168). Through her father she was first cousin once removed of Henry II. She emerged from obscurity in 1176, ten years after the death of her only brother, Robert, when King Henry and her father made her the centerpiece of a marriage agreement formalized on 28 September at Windsor. In his dynastic predicament Earl William betrothed Isabella to Henry's youngest son, John, and declared John the heir to Gloucester. Should the pope prevent the marriage on the grounds of the couple's close affinity, the king pledged to arrange the best marriage possible for Isabella; and if a legitimate son of the earl were to survive him, that son would divide the earldom with John. Contrary to an earlier custom, whereby inheritances were divided equally among daughters, Isabella's two sisters, who were already married Mabel to the future count of Évreux, and Amicia to Richard de Clare, earl of Hertford (d. 1217) were excluded from the comital inheritance, explicitly in order to prevent its division, though they were to be provided with annuities of £100 each.
Buried at Cantebury Cathedral.
== Marriage ==m.1 '''John 'Lackland' of England''' 29 Aug 1189 Marlborough Castle in Wiltshire. Annulled c.Aug 11996.
m.2 20 Jan 1214 '''Geoffrey FitzGeoffrey de Mandeville''', 2nd Earl of Essex (d. 1216)
m.3 Sep 1217 '''Hubert de Burgh'''
==Incarceration==
* __ to 1214.[[Wikipedia: John, King of England]]
==Sources==
* Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
* '''Royal Ancestry 2013 Vol. I p. 43-44''''''JOHN OF ENGLAND''' (nicknamed ''Lackland'', King of England, Lord of Ireland, Duke of Normandy and Aquitaine, Count of Anjou, youngest son, born at Oxford about 27 Dec. 1166. John married (1st) 29 August 1189 '''ISABEL OF GLOUCESTER''', Countess of Gloucester, lady of Glamorgan, youngest daughter and co-heiress of William Fitz Robert, Earl of Gloucester, by Hawise, daughter of Robert de Beaumont, 2nd Earl of Leicester. They had no issue. In the beginning of April 1199, as Richard was dying, he named John his successor in England and all his dominions. On the death of Richard, 6 April 1199, John ascended the throne and was crowned '''King of England''' at Westminster Abbey 27 may 1199. In 1199 he obtained a divorce from his wife, Isabel, on grounds of consanguinity. She was subsequently kept a state prisoner until 1214. John married (2nd) at Bordeaux 24 August 1200 '''ISABEL OF ANGOULEME''', daughter and heiress of Ademar (or aimar) III Taillefer, Count of Angouleme, by Alice (or Alais, Alaidis), daughter of Pierre of France, seigneur of Courtenay, Montargis, and Chateaurenard (younger son of Louis VI, King of France). She was born in 1188, and was previously contracted to marry Hugues IX ''le Brun'' (died Nov. 1219), Count of La Marche, seigneur of Lusignan and Couhe. She was crowned queen 8 October 1200. They had five children. In 1214 John conducted another campaign in France, and suffered a disastrous defeat at the Battle of Bouvines on the River Margne. An alliance of barons took advantage of this defeat to launch a rebellion which was successful in forcing John to agree to a comprehensive and humiliating agreement at Runnymede near Windsor 19 June 1215 called the Magna Carta [Great Charter]. This defined the rights of the Church, barons, and the people. JOHN, King of England, died testate suddenly at the Bishop of Lincoln's castle at Neward 19 October 1216. His widow, Isabel, married (2nd) 10 May 1220 '''HUGUES [X] LE BRUN''' (otherwise known as '''HUGUES DE LUSIGNAN'''), Count of La Marche, seigneur of Lusignan, etc. They had five sons, and four daughters. Isabel, dowager Queen of England, Countess of La Marche and Angouleme, subsequently took refuge in Fontevrault Abbey, where she died testate 4 June 1246. Hugues [X] de Lusignan, Count of La Marche and Angouleme, went on crusade to Holy Land in 1248. He was mortally wounded at the capture of Damietta 6 June 1249. He left a will dated 8 August 1248.
*Royal Ancestry,Vol. I, by Douglas Richardson, publ. 2013, p. 248
* Stuart, R.W. (1992). Royalty for Commoners, (pp.38). Baltimore: Gen. Pub. Co.
* [[Wikipedia: Isabella, Countess of Gloucester]]
* Massé, Henri. ''[[Space:The Abbey Church of Tewkesbury|The Abbey Church of Tewkesbury]]'' (George Bell & Sons, London, 1900)::: [https://archive.org/stream/abbeychurchofte00mass#page/8 Page 8-9]: "Being divorced from John after his accession in 1199, she married Geoffrey de Mandeville, Earl of Essex, who paid 20,000 marks for the honour of Gloucester and the possessions of the Lady Isabel."
[[Category: Day-1904 Temporary Euroaristo Project]]
== Biography ==Isabella, suo jure countess of Gloucester, first consort of King John, was the third and youngest daughter of William, earl of Gloucester (d. 1183), and Hawisia (d. 1197), daughter of Robert, earl of Leicester (d. 1168). Through her father she was first cousin once removed of Henry II. She emerged from obscurity in 1176, ten years after the death of her only brother, Robert, when King Henry and her father made her the centerpiece of a marriage agreement formalized on 28 September at Windsor. In his dynastic predicament Earl William betrothed Isabella to Henry's youngest son, John, and declared John the heir to Gloucester. Should the pope prevent the marriage on the grounds of the couple's close affinity, the king pledged to arrange the best marriage possible for Isabella; and if a legitimate son of the earl were to survive him, that son would divide the earldom with John. Contrary to an earlier custom, whereby inheritances were divided equally among daughters, Isabella's two sisters, who were already married Mabel to the future count of Évreux, and Amicia to Richard de Clare, earl of Hertford (d. 1217) were excluded from the comital inheritance, explicitly in order to prevent its division, though they were to be provided with annuities of £100 each.
Buried at Cantebury Cathedral.
== Marriage ==m.1 '''John 'Lackland' of England''' 29 Aug 1189 Marlborough Castle in Wiltshire. Annulled c.Aug 11996.
m.2 20 Jan 1214 '''Geoffrey FitzGeoffrey de Mandeville''', 2nd Earl of Essex (d. 1216)
m.3 Sep 1217 '''Hubert de Burgh'''
==Incarceration==
* __ to 1214.[[Wikipedia: John, King of England]]
==Sources==
* Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
* '''Royal Ancestry 2013 Vol. I p. 43-44''''''JOHN OF ENGLAND''' (nicknamed ''Lackland'', King of England, Lord of Ireland, Duke of Normandy and Aquitaine, Count of Anjou, youngest son, born at Oxford about 27 Dec. 1166. John married (1st) 29 August 1189 '''ISABEL OF GLOUCESTER''', Countess of Gloucester, lady of Glamorgan, youngest daughter and co-heiress of William Fitz Robert, Earl of Gloucester, by Hawise, daughter of Robert de Beaumont, 2nd Earl of Leicester. They had no issue. In the beginning of April 1199, as Richard was dying, he named John his successor in England and all his dominions. On the death of Richard, 6 April 1199, John ascended the throne and was crowned '''King of England''' at Westminster Abbey 27 may 1199. In 1199 he obtained a divorce from his wife, Isabel, on grounds of consanguinity. She was subsequently kept a state prisoner until 1214. John married (2nd) at Bordeaux 24 August 1200 '''ISABEL OF ANGOULEME''', daughter and heiress of Ademar (or aimar) III Taillefer, Count of Angouleme, by Alice (or Alais, Alaidis), daughter of Pierre of France, seigneur of Courtenay, Montargis, and Chateaurenard (younger son of Louis VI, King of France). She was born in 1188, and was previously contracted to marry Hugues IX ''le Brun'' (died Nov. 1219), Count of La Marche, seigneur of Lusignan and Couhe. She was crowned queen 8 October 1200. They had five children. In 1214 John conducted another campaign in France, and suffered a disastrous defeat at the Battle of Bouvines on the River Margne. An alliance of barons took advantage of this defeat to launch a rebellion which was successful in forcing John to agree to a comprehensive and humiliating agreement at Runnymede near Windsor 19 June 1215 called the Magna Carta [Great Charter]. This defined the rights of the Church, barons, and the people. JOHN, King of England, died testate suddenly at the Bishop of Lincoln's castle at Neward 19 October 1216. His widow, Isabel, married (2nd) 10 May 1220 '''HUGUES [X] LE BRUN''' (otherwise known as '''HUGUES DE LUSIGNAN'''), Count of La Marche, seigneur of Lusignan, etc. They had five sons, and four daughters. Isabel, dowager Queen of England, Countess of La Marche and Angouleme, subsequently took refuge in Fontevrault Abbey, where she died testate 4 June 1246. Hugues [X] de Lusignan, Count of La Marche and Angouleme, went on crusade to Holy Land in 1248. He was mortally wounded at the capture of Damietta 6 June 1249. He left a will dated 8 August 1248.
*Royal Ancestry,Vol. I, by Douglas Richardson, publ. 2013, p. 248
* Stuart, R.W. (1992). Royalty for Commoners, (pp.38). Baltimore: Gen. Pub. Co.
* [[Wikipedia: Isabella, Countess of Gloucester]]
* Massé, Henri. ''[[Space:The Abbey Church of Tewkesbury|The Abbey Church of Tewkesbury]]'' (George Bell & Sons, London, 1900)::: [https://archive.org/stream/abbeychurchofte00mass#page/8 Page 8-9]: "Being divorced from John after his accession in 1199, she married Geoffrey de Mandeville, Earl of Essex, who paid 20,000 marks for the honour of Gloucester and the possessions of the Lady Isabel."
Events
| Birth | Abt 1160 | Fylingdales, Yorkshire, England | |||
| Marriage | 29 Aug 1189 | Marlborough Castle, England - John Plantagenet | |||
| Marriage | 20 Jan 1214 | Geoffrey "5th Earl of Essex" Mandeville | |||
| Marriage | Oct 1217 | England - Hubert "1st Earl of Kent" Burgh | |||
| Death | 14 Oct 1217 | Somerset, England | |||
| Alt name | de Mandeville de Burgh | ||||
| Reference No | 1278002 | ||||
| Reference No | 1301151 | ||||
| Reference No | 60 |
Families
| Spouse | Geoffrey "5th Earl of Essex" Mandeville (1186 - 1216) |
| Spouse | Hubert "1st Earl of Kent" Burgh (1169 - 1243) |
| Spouse | John Plantagenet (1166 - 1216) |
| Father | William "2nd Earl of Gloucester" FitzRobert (1116 - 1183) |
| Mother | Hawise "Countess of Leicester" Beaumont (1129 - 1197) |
| Sibling | Amice FitzWilliam (1160 - 1225) |
| Sibling | Robert FitzRobert (1151 - 1166) |
| Sibling | Mabel FitzRobert (1155 - 1198) |