Angoulême (L'Angoumois) in western France was part of the Carolingian Empire as the kingdom of Aquitaine. Under Charlemagne's successors, the local Count of Angoulême was independent and was not united with the French crown until 1308. By the terms of the Treaty of Brétigny (1360) the Angoumois, then ruled by the Counts of Angoulême, was ceded as English territory to Edward III. In 1371 it became a fief of the Duke of Berry, before passing to Louis I, Duke of Orleans, both of whom were cadets of the French royal family. From then on it was held by cadets of the Valois House of Orleans, until Francis, Count of Angoulême, became King of France in 1515. Angoumois was definitively incorporated into the French crown lands, as a duchy. Counts of Angoulême House of Guilhelmides (Williami) Turpio (839–863) Emenon of Poitiers (863–866), brother of Turpio Aymer of Poitiers (Aymer I of Angoulême) (916-926), son of Emenon House of Taillefer Wulgrin I (866–886), first hereditary count, appointed by Charles the Bald Alduin I (886–916), son of Wulgrin I William II ("Taillefer" I) (926–c.945), son of Alduin I Aymer II (after 945–before 952), son of William II (Taillefer I) Bernard (after 945–before 952), son of William I (William I is the son of Wulgrin I and brother to Alduin I) Arnald I "Voratio" (after 950–before 952), son of Alduin I William III "Talleyrand" (952/964–before 973/975), son of Bernard Rannulf "Bompar" (973/975–975), son of Bernard Richard the Simple (975?), son of Bernard Arnald II "Manzer" (975–988), son of William II (Taillefer I) William IV (Taillefer II) (988–1028), son of Arnald II Alduin (II) (1028–1031), son of William IV (Taillefer II) Geoffrey (1031–1047), son of William IV (Taillefer II) Fulk (1047–1087), son of Geoffrey William V (Taillefer III) (1087–1120), son of Fulk Wulgrin II (1120–1140), son of William V (Taillefer III) William VI (Taillefer IV) (1140–1179), son of Wulgrin II Wulgrin III (1179–1181), son of William VI (Taillefer IV) William VII (Taillefer V) (1181–1186), son of William VI (Taillefer IV) Aymer III (1186–1202), son of William VI (Taillefer IV) Isabella (1202–1246), daughter of Aymer III John of England (House of Plantagenet) (1202–1216), first husband of Isabella Hugh X of Lusignan (House of Lusignan, see below) (1220–1249), second husband of Isabella House of Lusignan Hugh X of Lusignan (Hugh I of Angoulême) (1219–1249). His father, Hugh IX of Lusignan, was married to Mathilde of Angoulême, daughter