User talk:The Woodstar

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 * "The matrimonial ventures of Hugh IX have been the subject of much debate and confusion. Only three relevant facts are absolutely certain. He married Matilda, daughter of Count Vulgrin III of Angoueme; she was still alive in 1233, and in 1200 Hugh was the fiance of Matilda's cousin Isabelle, daughter of Count Ademar II of Angouleme." --The Houses of Lusignan and Chatellerault 1150-1250, Sidney Painter, Speculum, Vol. 30, No. 3 (Jul., 1955), page 378.


 * "In this time, also, Hugh IX had become betrothed to Isabella, Count Ademar's daughter..." --Loss of Normandy, 1198-1204, Maurice Powicke, page 141


 * "In marrying Isabella, John also decisively stepped in to prevent her union with another powerful Poitevin neighbour, Hugh (IX) de Lusignan, Lord of Lusignan.." -- Eleanor de Montfort: A Rebel Countess in Medieval England, Louise J Wilkinson.


 * "Though this was in part due to his high-handed behaviour towards them, particularly in relation to his second marriage, to Isabella of Angouleme, a great Poitevin heiress, who was at the time betrothed to Hugh IX de Lusignan. John’s action led to a Lusignan revolt and, ultimately, sincePhilip Augustus weighed in against him, to John’s ignominious defeat." -- Constitutional History of the UK, Amy Lyon, page 46.


 * "For the circumstances surrounding Isabella of Angoulême's first marriage to King John, which followed very soon after her betrothal to Hugh IX, count of Lusignan and lord of La Marche..." -- History of the Dukes of Normandy and the Kings of England, Paul Webster, page 189. --Kansas Bear (talk) 00:08, 2 February 2021 (UTC)