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The few recent assessments of Isabelle of France have been based almost exclusively on readings of Agnes of Harcourt’s biography, while most of the additional evidence for her life has remained unexplored.39 Until recently it has simply been too difficult for historians to separate the wheat from the chaff, to find a solid evidentiary base ...
- Sean L . Field
Jan 1, 2003 · PDF | Isabelle of France has been remembered primarily for her role in the deposition and murder of her husband, King Edward II, and is thus one of the... | Find, read and cite all the...
- Anne Stanton
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Isabelle of France (March 1225 – 23 February 1270) was a French princess and daughter of Louis VIII of France and Blanche of Castile. She was a younger sister of King Louis IX of France (Saint Louis) and of Alfonso, Count of Poitiers, and an older sister of King Charles I of Sicily.
Apr 28, 2023 · Isabella of France (c. 1292-1358) was the queen consort of Edward II of England (r. 1307-1327). After heading a coup to overthrow her husband, she ruled as regent for their young son, Edward III of England (r. 1327-1377) until he forced her into retirement in 1330. She died in England in 1358 and is known to history as the "she-wolf of France."
Jan 1, 2016 · Isabelle of France has been remembered primarily for her role in the deposition and murder of her husband, King Edward II, and is thus one of the more notorious medieval queens. It is true that in 1326 she and her lover Roger Mortimer invaded England and raised...
- Anne Rudloff Stanton
- 2003
Isabelle of France has been remembered primarily for her role in the deposition and murder of her husband, King Edward II, and is thus one of the more notorious medieval queens. It is true that in 1326 she and her lover Roger Mortimer invaded England and raised support to depose the king, and that she may have colluded in her husband’s murder.
Isabella of France (c. 1295 – August 22, 1358), later referred to as the She-Wolf of France, was the Queen consort of Edward II of England, mother of Edward III and Queen Regent 1327 to 1330. She was the youngest surviving child and only surviving daughter of Philip IV of France and Joan I of Navarre.
