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Jun 16, 2017 · Believed to be her father’s favorite, Isabella was born at Woodstock Castle on June 16, 1332 and named for her paternal grandmother, Isabelle of France. She joined in the nursery her elder brother and her father’s heir, Edward, and in 1334 they were joined by a younger sister, Joan. In youth, these three formed a slightly more senior trio ...
Dec 26, 2022 · Born on June 16, 1332, at Woodstock Palace in Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England, Isabella of England, Countess of Bedford, was the second of the fourteen children and the eldest of the five daughters of King Edward III of England and Philippa of Hainault. Her paternal grandparents were King Edward II of England and Isabella of France, for whom ...
Apr 9, 2021 · On the 26th of September 1350, he was crowned at Reims as King of France, becoming the 2nd Valois monarch. By that time, Jean was a widower: Bonne de Luxembourg had passed away of the plague in 1349, one year before she could become Queen of France. On the 19th of February 1350, Jean remarried Jeanne I, Countess d’Auvergne and de Boulogne.
May 29, 2018 · John II ( the Good) (1319–64) King of France (1350–64), son of Philip VI. In the Hundred Years' War, he was captured (1356) at Poitiers and held in captivity in England. He was released on the promise of a large ransom, but failure to meet the terms forced his return to England, where he died. John II >John II (1319-1364) was king of France ...
On February 19, 1349 (old style), at Nanterre, he married Joanna I of Auvergne (d. 1361), Countess of Auvergne and Boulogne. She was widow of Philip of Burgundy, the deceased heir of that duchy, and mother of the young Philip I, Duke of Burgundy (1344-61) who became John's stepson and ward. John and Joanna had two daughters, both of whom died ...
This account cannot be taken at face value – Isabella was herself married by 1231 – but it does illustrate the effect that the marriage of one sister could have on the prospects of another. Initially Isabella, still unmarried, returned to Scotland. But in 1225 she married 13 year old Roger Bigod, the heir to the earldom of Norfolk, at Alnwick.
