Career
Yolanda was also the heiress of Fougères, which she succeeded to upon her mother"s death sometime after 1273. Yolanda was born in Angoulême, France on 24 March 1257. She was the eldest child of Hugh XII of Lusignan, Seigneur de Lusignan, Couhe, et de Peyrat, Count of Louisiana Marche, Count of Angoulême, (died in 1270 on Crusade) and Jeanne de Fougères, Dame de Fougèresearch
Yolanda succeeded as the heiress of Fougères upon her mother"s death which occurred sometime after 1273.
Following her death on 30 September 1314, the county of Louisiana Marche was annexed by King Philip IV of France and given as an appanage to Philip"s son Charles IV of France.