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4 days ago · Often known as the "She-Wolf of France", Isabella notoriously led an invasion of England in 1326 that deposed her husband in favor of their son Edward III. Isabella‘s marriage to Edward II was dysfunctional, and she became a key player in the faction-ridden politics of his reign.
3 days ago · The She-Wolf‘s Invasion. Ironically, the one French invasion that succeeded in deposing an English king was led by a French woman who was England‘s queen. In 1326, Isabella of France, wife of King Edward II, launched an invasion with the aid of her ally Roger Mortimer and Flemish mercenaries.
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3 days ago · Isabella of France married Edward II in January 1308, and afterwards became one of the most notorious women in English history. In 1325, she was sent to her homeland to negotiate a peace settlement between her husband and her brother Charles IV, king of France.
1 day ago · Isabella's younger brother Alfonso of Castile was born two years later on 17 November 1453, demoting her position to third in line. When her father died in 1454, her half-brother ascended to the throne as King Henry IV of Castile. Isabella and her brother Alfonso were left in King Henry's care.
2 days ago · Margaret of Austria. Signature. Anne of Austria ( French: Anne d'Autriche; Spanish: Ana de Austria; born Ana María Mauricia; 22 September 1601 – 20 January 1666) was Queen of France from 1615 to 1643 by marriage to King Louis XIII. She was also Queen of Navarre until the kingdom's annexation into the French crown in 1620.
3 days ago · John (24 December 1166 – 19 October 1216) was the king of England from 1199 until his death in 1216. He lost the Duchy of Normandy and most of his other French lands to King Philip II of France, resulting in the collapse of the Angevin Empire and contributing to the subsequent growth in power of the French Capetian dynasty during the 13th century.
3 days ago · The beginning of the union of Aragon and Castile was the marriage of Ferdinand to Isabella, whose half-brother was Henry IV of Castile. Ferdinand and Isabella were married on Oct. 19, 1469, in Valladolid, in the Kingdom of Castile and León. They both promised to share power should either or both of them inherit a throne.
