Yolanda of Lusignan
Yolanda of Lusignan | |
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Jeanne de Fougères , Dame de Fougères |
Yolanda of Lusignan or Yolande I de Lusignan, Countess of La Marche (24 March 1257
Life
Yolanda was born in
Reign
Yolanda succeeded as the heiress of Fougères upon her mother's death which occurred sometime after 1273. In 1308, Yolanda inherited her brother Guy's titles, becoming suo jure Countess of La Marche, Dame of Lusignan, of Couhe, and of Peyrat. His county of Angoulême did not pass to her as it had been sold by her sisters after Guy's death to King Philip IV, and annexed to the French crown.
In 1270, when she was thirteen, Yolanda's father was killed while on
Death
Following her death on 30 September 1314, the county of La Marche was annexed by King Philip IV of France and given as an appanage to Philip's son Charles IV of France.
Issue
On an unknown date before 1281, she married her first husband, Elie Rudel, Seigneur de Pons, Lord of Montignac and by him she had two children: [4]
- Renaud IV de Pons and de Bergerac (born before 1282–1308), married Isabeau de Levis by whom he had issue
- Yolande de Pons (born before 1290–?), married Foulques III, Baron de Matha by whom she had issue.
Yolanda married secondly Robert, Seigneur de Mathe.
Sources
- Les Sires de Pons et leurs Alliances (dont la maison de Rabaine).
References
- ^ Europäische Stammtafeln "Lusignan"
- ^ Europaseische Stammtafeln "Lusignan2
- ^ Europäische Stammtafeln "Lusignan".
- ^ Jean Baptiste Pierre Jullien de Courcelles, Histoire généalogique et héraldique des pairs de France: des grands dignitaires de la couronne, des principales familles nobles du royaume et des maisons princières de l'Europe, précédée de la généalogie de la maison de France, Volume 5 (Google eBook), 1825