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Isabella of Bourbon, Countess of Charolais (c. 1434 – 25 September 1465) was the second wife of Charles the Bold, Count of Charolais and future Duke of Burgundy. She was a daughter of Charles I, Duke of Bourbon and Agnes of Burgundy, and the mother of Mary of Burgundy, heiress of Burgundy. [1]
Elisabeth of France or Isabella of Bourbon (22 November 1602 – 6 October 1644) was Queen of Spain from 1621 to her death and Queen of Portugal from 1621 to 1640, as the first spouse of King Philip IV & III. She served as regent of Spain during the Catalan Revolt in 1640–42 and 1643–44.
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Isabella of Bourbon was born c.1434 as the second daughter of Charles I, Duke of Bourbon and Agnes of Burgundy, duchess of Bourbon and Auvergne and the daughter of John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy between 1404 and 1419. Isabella was raised in the court of her uncle, Philip the Good, and became a favourite of his. She married her cousin Charles t...
The tomb was ruined during the Iconoclast Fury of 1566 when it was badly damaged and broken apart by looters and many of the original 24 bronze statuettes were destroyed or stolen. The remaining 10 appear in c. 1691 inventory of Jan de Vos of Amsterdam and are recorded as having passed to his son Pieter de Vos in 1691. The statuettes were held in t...
Effigy
Isabella's effigy is in bronze and shows her head placed on a cushion and her hands joined in prayer. Her eyes are open and she has long wavy hair. She is wearing expensive jewelry and fashionable clothing including a diadem (a type of banded crown). Common to other tomb sculptures from the Burgundian court, the two small dogs at her feet represent her fidelity to her marriage.Like the mourners, her face is not a faithful or "true" representation, but is instead idealised. As with the mourner...
Mourners
The mourners are made from bronze coated with black lacquer patina and have an average height of 55 cm (22 in). A number are partially damaged, including the man wearing a fur hat who is missing his left hand. The base of each contains roman numerals in white paint added while at the Prinsenhof as marking to indicate the order in which they were to be placed. While the Rijksmuseum orders the ten surviving mourners, alphabetically (A–J), the original arrangement of 24 figures was probably eigh...
Isabella of Bourbon, Countess of Charolais (c. 1434 – 25 September 1465) was the second wife of Charles the Bold, Count of Charolais and future Duke of Burgundy. She was a daughter of Charles I, Duke of Bourbon and Agnes of Burgundy, and the mother of Mary of Burgundy, heiress of Burgundy.
Apr 3, 2014 · Isabella began to suffer from a fatal illness, probably tuberculosis and died on September 25, 1465, alone at Les Quesnoy. Charles had left to fight in France against King Louis along with other disaffected French nobles.
This lavish full-length portrait of Isabella of Bourbon, the first wife Philip IV of Spain is one of relatively few contemporary paintings of the Queen, who was notoriously reluctant to sit to artists.
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May 9, 2013 · Isabella of Bourbon, Countess of Charolais. Charles the Bold was married three times. The first two marriages occurred when he was the Count of Charolais before he became Duke of Burgundy. His first marriage, when they were children, was to Catherine of Valois, daughter of King Charles VII of France. Catherine died on July 13, 1446.
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