Wulgrin III Taillefer (Count) of ANGOULEME

Wulgrin III of Angoulême, also known as Wulgrin Taillefer II, inherited the title of Count of Angoulême and its territories from his father, William VI of Angoulême. His untimely death was the first break in the house of Taillefer, which had ruled Angoulême since the days of the Carolingians. As he had only one daughter, Mathilde of Angoulême, the territory went to his younger brother, William VII of Angoulême. Wulgrin's daughter, Mathilde, would marry Hugh IX of Lusignan, who would eventually inherit the kingdom, over the claims of John of England, through Isabella of Angoulême, the daughter of Aymer of Angoulême, the third and youngest brother. Sources Cawley, Charles, Medieval Lands Project, Chapter 3, Comtes d'Angoulême, Foundation for Medieval Genealogy, retrieved August 2012,[better source needed] L'art de Verifier des Faits historiques, des Chartes, des Chroniques, et Autres Anciens Monuments, Depuis la Naissance de Notre-Seigner by Moreau et Yalade, 1818, Page 189 The coinage of the European continent, by Swan Sonnenschein, 1893, Page 276 Annuaire Historique Pour L'annee 1854, by Société de l'histoire de France, Page 180 Nouvelle Encyclopedie Theologique, by acques-Paul Migne, 1854, Page 903 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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