Mathilde of Angoulême

Mathilde of Angoulême ( † after 1233 ) was the daughter and heiress of Count Vulgrin III. of Angoulême († 1181 ) from the House of Taillefer.

When her father's death, Richard the Lionheart, Duke of Aquitaine explained to her guardian, however, denied by her uncle William VII (before 1186 ) and Aymar (1202 ) their inheritance. In the course of a compensation Lionheart 1188 Aymar recognized in the possession of Angoulême.

In the conflict over the marriage of her cousin Isabella of Angoulême, daughter of Aymar, with John Lackland in 1200 Mathilde became important again. The previously engaged to Isabella Hugo IX. of Lusignan († 1219 ) she took in response to the " bride kidnapping " shortly after the woman, to lay claim to Angoulême can. However, to carry it out was not because Hugo recognized the possession of Angoulême in favor of Isabella and John in 1214. After the death of John Lackland Isabella married in 1220 Matilda's stepson Hugo IX. of Lusignan, which the county Angoulême still came to the house of Lusignan. In 1233 Matilda and Isabella came to a comparison by Mathilde gave up her inheritance rights. After that, nothing is reported about them.