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As her dowry, Isabella received the county of Sommières, exchanged later for the county of Vertus. On 8 October 1360, Isabella and Gian Galeazzo were married in Milan, and six months later, in April 1361, she was declared sovereign Countess of Vertus. Following her marriage, Isabella brought her collection of French books to Milan.
Feb 27, 2015 · Isabella was now a widow and although virtually penniless appears to have revelled in her first taste of freedom, styling herself on one charter ‘Countess of Gloucester and Essex in my free widowhood’. It was not until 17th September 1217, almost a year after the death of King John, that Isabella’s lands were returned to her.
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Isabella, Countess of Vertus has received more than 56,077 page views. Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Isabella, Countess of Vertus is the 514th most popular nobleman, the 2,199th most popular biography from France and the 88th most popular French Nobleman.
The bride-to-be was Isabella, the third and youngest daughter of Earl William of Gloucester by Hawise de Beaumont, the daughter of Earl Robert of Leicester [i]. The premature death of Isabella’s brother Robert in 1166 had left the earl without a legitimate son to succeed to his estates. This meant that Isabella and her sisters each stood to ...
Countess Isabella de Fortibus (or Forz) was one of the greatest heiresses in 13th-century England. Her remarkable life illustrates the power and riches that could lie in the hands of women of noble birth in medieval England. Lived: 1237–1293. Field: Medieval noblewoman.
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Isabella, Countess of Vertus. Isabella of France (1 October 1348 – 11 September 1372) was a French princess and member of the House of Valois, as well as the wife of Gian Galeazzo Visconti, who after her death became Duke of Milan. Isabelle de Valois (auch Isabella von Frankreich, französisch Isabelle de France; * 1.
Jan 10, 2019 · Indeed, sources for Countess Isabella’s career are extremely limited: references to her in the History, which was commissioned by William the Younger, according to the poem, shortly after the Marshal’s death; Footnote 5 a very few acta, and references to her religious patronage, especially of Tintern Abbey in Wales and a number of religious ...
