Family Card - Person Sheet
Family Card - Person Sheet
NameYolanda Of Brittany, 24G Grandmother
Birth1218, Dreux, France
Death10 Oct 1272, Charente, France
BurialNotre Dame Abbey, Villeneuve, France
FatherPeter I Duke Of Brittany (~1187-1250)
MotherAlix Of Thouars (1201-1221)
Spouses
1Hugh XI Of Lusignan, 24G Grandfather
Birth1221
Death6 Apr 1250, Egypt
FatherHugh X Of Lusignan (~1183-1249)
MarriageJan 1236
ChildrenHugh XII (-1270)
Notes for Yolanda Of Brittany
Betrothed to King Henry III at 7 years of age but the marriage never took place.
Secondly betrothed to John of France, the son of King Louis VIII, but ended when John died aged 13.
Thirdly betrothed to Theobald IV, Count of Champagne, again it didn’t lead to marriage
Notes for Hugh XI Of Lusignan (Spouse 1)
Half brother of King Henry III
Count of Angouleme from 1246, suceeding his mother
Count of La Marche from 1249, succeeding his father
Served in the Seventh Crusade. Killed in the Battle of Fariskur in Egypt where the crusaders were utterly destroyed.

Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_XI_of_Lusignan
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