Longchamp Abbey
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Longchamp Abbey, known also as the Convent of the Humility of the Blessed Virgin, was a convent of Poor Clares founded in 1255 in Auteuil, Paris, by Saint Isabelle of France. The site is now occupied
The abbey in the 17th century (engraving by Israël Silvestre)
Saint Isabelle, founder of Longchamp (Saint-Germain-l'Auxerrois, Paris)
Ruins of Longchamp Abbey (engraving by Edmond Morin c. 1856)
Hugh X of Lusignan
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Hugh X de Lusignan or Hugh V of La Marche was Seigneur de Lusignan and Count of La Marche in November 1219 and was Count of Angoulême by marriage. He was the son of Hugh IX.
Seal of Hugh X of Lusignan, showing him in hunting costume holding a small hunting dog behind the croup of his saddle, following the usual imagery in the seals of his family
Isabelle d'Angoulême