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Oct 14, 2022 · Mortimer's Hole, at Nottingham Castle, was used by King Edward III to capture his mother Queen Isabella and her lover, Roger Mortimer.
Oct 19, 2012 · Roger Mortimer's son Geoffrey, who earlier that year had mocked his father as the 'king of folly', was also arrested on 19 October 1330, but was mainperned on 22 January 1331, and granted a safe-conduct to leave England on 16 March*. Also arrested with Roger were Sir Oliver Ingham, formerly Edward II's steward of Gascony, who was also soon ...
- Kathryn Warner
Jul 2, 2016 · Isabella and Mortimer ruled England during Edward III’s minority until he overthrew them in October 1330. A rebel against her own husband and king, and regent for her son, Isabella was a powerful, capable and intelligent woman.
Feb 5, 2021 · The first real evidence for Isabella's association with Roger Mortimer and others comes from a proclamation Edward II ordered all the sheriffs of England to make on 8 February 1326; whether coincidentally or not, this was just three days after Isabella wrote her letter to the archbishop. He stated "...the queen is adopting the counsel of the ...
- Kathryn Warner
- Isabella: Pushed to The Breaking Point
- Surviving The Court Bullies and Imposters
- Invasion: A Woman on A Mission
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The intelligent and captivating Isabella, who was born around 1295 and died in 1358, was the youngest daughter of King Philip IV, the Fair of France. She was married to Edward II of England (1284-1327) on January 25, 1308, when she was about 12 years old. At age 16, she bore him a son and successor, another Edward (1312-1377). John, Earl of Eltham ...
Nobly, Isabella cultivated a relationship of strained toleration that bordered on friendship with Piers Gaveston, but emotions ran too high in the country. He was executed by the barons in 1312. Although Isabella had proved herself a capable diplomat, reconciliation between the king and barons was a distant prospect. Edward’s era also saw The Great...
From 1322, she lived separately from the king. Her resentment escalated. Women were largely ignored and regarded as weaker vessels. Historical records of the queens of medieval kings are often incomplete and are rare, but it’s fair to say that Isabella was not thought of as a credible threat to anyone because, as a woman, she was routinely underest...
She experienced a nervous breakdown after Mortimer’s execution. Although publicly she was portrayed as a poor, weak woman manipulated by Mortimer to engineer Edward II’s downfall, she had committed the crime of turning on her husband and king and behaving as an unnaturalwoman. A woman who thought that she could and should enjoy power. A woman who u...
Feb 13, 2021 · Edward II, Isabella and Mortimer. One story in English history has long been the subject of public fascination. That is the 1307 to 1330 period of Edward II, his wife Isabella, her presumed lover and co-conspirator, Roger Mortimer, plus a few other characters. Some of the tales in this saga are simply untrue. Others are at least exaggerated or ...
Feb 10, 2021 · The Relationship of Queen Isabella and Roger Mortimer (2) In the last post, I looked at what we know and can prove about the relationship or alliance between Isabella of France and Roger Mortimer in 1325/26, looking at some of the primary-source evidence. The alliance that Queen Isabella made with the English exiles in France bore fruit, and ...
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