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Mar 4, 2023 · Abstract. The chapter offers an analytical study of Isabella of France, queen of England (1308–1327). Isabella is unique as an English consort who overthrew and (possibly) killed her husband, Edward II. She has traditionally been presented as an exceptional and transgressive queen, who rebelled against both her king and her prescribed role as ...
Apr 22, 2024 · Isabella of France (c. 1295 – August 22, 1358), known as the She-Wolf of France, [1] was the Queen consort of Edward II of England and mother of Edward III. She was the youngest surviving child and only surviving daughter of Philip IV of France and Joan I of Navarre. Isabella was born in Paris on an uncertain date, probably between May and ...
Jul 2, 2016 · Amberley Publishing, 2016. ISBN: 9781445647401. 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. She refused to return.
ISABELLA OF FRANCE (1292-1358), queen of Edward II, was the daughter of Philip the Fair, king of France, and of his wife, Joan of Champagne and Navarre. She is said to have been born in 1292. 1 She is, however, described as about twelve years old in 1308. 2. In June 1298 Boniface VIII, as mediator, brought about a truce between her father and ...
Isabella died after giving birth to a daughter in September of 1410 (one source cites 1409 as her date of death), in Blois, Anjou, France. She was either 20 or 21 years of age. Later her husband fought "Prince Hal" at the infamous Battle of Agincourt in 1415. Charles Valois lost the battle, however, and was imprisoned in the Tower of London for ...
Feb 21, 2020 · Isabella of France. February 21, 2020 Leave a comment. c. 1295 – August 23, 1358. Her vengeance caused the overthrow of an English king. The only daughter of King Philip IV, Isabella of France, was born around 1295. During the 1290s, Philip fought against King Edward I of England over the duchy of Gascony. The French king wanted to assert his ...
Mar 4, 2018 · 1328 (1st February) Isabella’s brother, Charles IV of France, died without a male heir. Although the French did not recognised female succession, Isabella and Roger Mortimer tried to secure the French crown for Edward. The French, however, did not want an English King and chose Philip of Valois to reign as King Philip VI.
