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Isabeau of Bavaria (or Isabelle; also Elisabeth of Bavaria-Ingolstadt; c. 1370 – September 1435) was Queen of France from 1385 to 1422. She was born into the House of Wittelsbach as the only daughter of Duke Stephen III of Bavaria-Ingolstadt and Taddea Visconti of Milan. At age 15 or 16, Isabeau was sent to France to marry the young King ...
- 17 July 1385 – 21 October 1422
- Stephen III, Duke of Bavaria
- October 1435, Basilica of St Denis
- Taddea Visconti
Mar 15, 2024 · Isabella of Bavaria (born 1371—died September 1435, Paris) was the queen consort of Charles VI of France, who frequently was regent because of her husband’s periodic insanity. Her gravest political act was the signing of the Treaty of Troyes (May 21, 1420), which recognized King Henry V of England as heir to the French crown in place of her ...
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Feb 12, 2009 · This money was probably the one-off payment of 57,000 francs that Isabeau gave her brother Louis on 22 July 1405 in return for the revenues of five Bavarian provinces (cf. BN f. fr. 6537, fo. 159), but there were suspicions that this was actually the proceeds of the 1405 tax, being concealed in Bavaria.
- Rachel Gibbons
- 1996
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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 ...
Sep 15, 2010 · The fascinating history of Isabeau of Bavaria is a tale of two queens. During her lifetime, Isabeau, the long-suffering wife of mad King Charles VI of France, was respected and revered. After her death, she was reviled as an incompetent regent, depraved adulteress, and betrayer of the throne.
Isabeau of Bavaria was Queen of France from 1385 to 1422. She was born into the House of Wittelsbach as the only daughter of Duke Stephen III of Bavaria-Ingolstadt and Taddea Visconti of Milan. At age 15 or 16, Isabeau was sent to France to marry the young King Charles VI; the couple wed three days after their first meeting.
May 1, 2017 · ISABEAU OF BAVARIA, QUEEN OF FRANCE 53 heir to Rupert of Bavaria, the Elector Palatine, but neither marriage came to fruition. The marriage of Charles VI to Elisabeth of Bavaria, as told in detail by Froissart, was supported by the duke of Burgundy, and his influence was crucial in the choice of her in preference to a princess from Austria or ...
