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Historians have often accepted Isabeau’s alleged reputation as a debauched, immoral, and treasonous queen despised by contemporary commentators. She has been vilified as insatiably greedy and frivolous due to her exorbitant spending habits, and charged with incest and adultery for her rumoured affair with the king’s brother, Louis the Duke ...
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Isabeau of Bavaria was from the noble House of Wittelsbach. Silly name, but big flex. Isabeau was directly related to a Holy Roman Emperor, and her mother Taddea Visconti married into the family with a massive 100,000-ducat dowry. Basically, these people were Lannisters—and they definitely had the drama to prove it. Wikimedia Commons
Because of the absolute turmoil in her life, Queen Isabeau of Bavaria has gone down as one of the greatest villainesses in history. By the end of her reign, so much, scandal, revenge, and death had happened around her, people even whispered that she was actually a sorceress. What's the truth behind the vicious legend? Well, see for yourself... Shut...
Isabeau adored putting on enormous displays of fashion as well as wealth, which didn’t make her any more loved by the French people. She and her equally extra sister-in-law Valentina wore dresses dripping in gems, coiled their hair into massive braids, and wore hats so big the palace had to renovate doorways to allow the women through them. Shutter...
If you thought your family was embarrassing, get a load of Isabeau’s parents. Her mother Taddea was the favorite child of her wealthy parents and spent most of her life pampered and protected. Meanwhile, her father Stephen’s nickname was “The Fop” because of his extravagant tastes. Somehow, as we’ll see, Isabeau managed to be even moreattention-see...
In 1383, Isabeau’s uncle started scheming to marry her off to the next King of France, the handsome and vivacious Charles VI. He was 17 years old at the time—and if that sounds young for a prince to even think about getting married, consider that Isabeau was only 13 or 14. Ick. And that’s not even the creepiest part. Wikipedia
Envisioning his little girl as the Queen of France, Isabeau’s father Stephen sent her over to Charles so he could get a sneak peek—you know, like a free sample. Except Stephen didn’t tell Isabeau what was actually going on and made the teenager believe she was going to France on a religious pilgrimage instead. We’ll see how thatwent. Wikimedia Comm...
Isabeau was actually born “Elisabeth” of Bavaria but took on the name “Isabel” in France. This eventually turned into “Isabeau,” which some historians suggest was a pet name from her ladies-in-waiting. Shutterstock
Even from a tender age, it was clear to anyone who saw her that Isabeau was going to be a looker. She apparently may have inherited her mother’s dark “Italian” features, which gave her a mesmerizing beauty in an era that preferred blondes. And don’t worry, Isabeau made sure to use her femme fatale looks to their full effect. Shutterstock
When Isabeau met Charles for the first time, she had to go through a mortifying ordeal.The customs of the time forced her to get physically “inspected” by the prince and his advisors. Usually, men stripped the bride naked to do this, but “lucky” for Isabeau, her father refused this part of the tradition, and she got to endure the ritual fully cloth...
This whole “inspection” went about as grossly as you’d expect. Upon seeing her famed beauty, the young prince reportedly “greatly desired to gaze at her and possess” the now-16-year-old girl. Take note: This is what every woman wants to hear as a proposal. But Charles was so revved up, things only snowballed from there. Getty Images
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Jan 12, 2014 · This essay takes issue with a still common tendency to read contemporary criticisms of powerful women as straightforward evidence of their “unpopularity,” using as a cast study Isabeau of Bavaria (1371-1435), who was generally imagined to have suffered the scorn of her contemporaries. In part one of the essay we argue that the two sources ...
Isabeau of Bavaria was one of France's most despised queens. She was a German princess. born in 1371, the daughter of Stephen III of Bavaria and Thaddaea Visconti . In 1385, Isabeau married the French king Charles VI as part of a political alliance between Bavaria and France. Isabeau succeeded in the primary duty of a queen, to provide heirs to ...
Feb 12, 2009 · Yet, the movement for Isabeau of Bavaria's rehabilitation has not been as prominent as it might have been: Vallet de Viriville only wrote a few articles about her, Marcel Thibault never produced the promised second part of his biography and Yann Grandeau sadly died before his research papers could be developed into a complete work.
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Sep 15, 2010 · Tracy Adams has done an excellent job of showing how Isabeau of Bavaria’s evil reputation is a myth for which there is no substantial evidence. This work refashions our understanding of Isabeau’s place in the struggle between the Armagnacs and Burgundians and throws light on the circumstances out of which Christine de Pizan’s works emerged.
Isabeau of Bavaria, Anne of France, and the History of Female Regency in France; The Reputation of the Queen and Public Opinion: The Case of Isabeau of Bavaria; The Queen as ‘social mannequin’. Consumerism and expenditure at the Court of Isabeau of Bavaria, 1393–1422; Materiality in the Queenship of Isabeau of Bavaria
