Adémar Taillefer, count of Angoulême

Also known as Aymar.

Events

Date of Birth: about 1160.

Place of Birth: unknown.

The estimated date is given by Cawley.

Date of Death: 12 June 1202

Place of Death: Limoges.

The date and place are given by Cawley.

Relationships

Father: Guillaume (VI) Taillefer (died 1179), count of Angoulême.

This relationship is given by père Anselme (3:127), by Cokayne (p. 88), and by Cawley.

Mother: Marguerite de Turenne.

This relationship is given by père Anselme (3:127), by Cokayne (p. 88), and by Cawley.

Spouse: Alix de Courtenay.

This relationship is given by père Anselme (3:127), by Cokayne (p. 88), and by Cawley.

Children:

Isabelle d’Angoulême (about 1188 - 4 June 1246) married (1) John, king of England, on 24 August 1200; married (2) Hugues “le Brun” de Lusignan, count of La Marche.

References

Anselme de Sainte-Marie. Histoire Généalogique et Chronologique de la Maison Royale de France, des Pairs, Grands Officiers de la Couronne, de la Maison du Roy et des Anciens Barons du Royaume. 9 Volumes (Paris: 1726-1733).

Cawley, Charles. “AYMAR TALAFER d’Angoulême” in Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families.

Cokayne, G.E., and G.W. Watson. The Seize Quartiers of the Kings and Queens of England. (1896).