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‎Between 1144 and 1151;

Geoffrey V Plantagenet was recorded as "Duke of Normandy"

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No. of families2146
Most children13
No. of individuals4595

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man Aymer of Angoulême, Count of Angoulême‏‎ 1)
Born ‎± 1160
Died ‎16 Jun 1202‎, approximately 42 years

Notes: The last Count of Angouleme of the House of Taillefer. Aymer was the youngest son of William VI, probably succeeding his brother in 1186. Aymer, married his daughter Isabella to the King of England, to secure an alliance between the two families against the House of Lusignan.

Married ‎± 1186 (approximately 16 years married)
to:

woman Alice of Courtenay‏‎
Born ‎1160
Died ‎12 Feb 1217/18‎, approximately 57 years

Child:

1.
woman Isabella of Angoulême, Countess of Angoulême‏
Born ‎± 1188
Died ‎31 May 1246 Fontevraud Abbey‎, approximately 58 years 2)

Notes: "Isabella of Angouleme (d.1246), queen of John, King of England; daughter of Aymer, count of Angouleme, by Alicia, granddaughter of Louis VI of France; betrothed to Hugh of Lusignan, but married to John, king of England, at Angouleme, 1200; crowned in England, 1201; inherited Angoumois, 1213: imprisoned at Gloucester, 1214; left England, 1217; married Hugh of Lusignan, her old lover, 1220; in alliance with her son (Henry III) made war on Alfonso, count of Poitou, and Louis IX of France, 1241; died at Fontevraud." (Dictionary of National Biography, 1922).

Sources

1) Source: Chronica Magistri Rogeri de Houdene "In this year [1200] also, a divorce was effected between John, king of England, and Hawisa, his wife, daughter of William, earl of Gloucester, by Elias, bishop of Bordeaux, William, bishop of Poitou, and Henry, bishop of Saintes, because they were related in the third degree of affinity. After this divorce had taken place between John, king of England, and his wife, the king of England, by the advice of his lord, Philip, king of France, married Isabel, the daughter of Ailmar, count of Angoulême, " (Data from direct source)
2) Source: Chronica Majora "Moritur Ysabella mater regis Angliae quondam Anglorum regina. Comitissa enim Marchiae, mater regis Angliae et comitis memorati, regina quondam Anglorum, Ysabella nomine, multum indigens elemosinarum suffragio, circa eosdem dies in fata concessit.". Reference: Volume IV, page 563 (Data from direct source)