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Isabella of France. Birth. 2 Aug 1295. Paris, City of Paris, Île-de-France, France. Death. 23 Aug 1358 (aged 63) Castle Rising, Kings Lynn and West Norfolk Borough, Norfolk, England. Burial. Christ Church Greyfriars Churchyard.
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French Monarch. Second of four living children, and second...
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British Monarch. Queen consort of King Edward II. Daughter...
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Nov 27, 2015 · Isabella was buried at the Greyfriars church in London. Her aunt Marguerite of France, second queen of Edward I and stepmother of Isabella's husband Edward II, was buried there in 1318, and the heart of Edward I's mother Eleanor of Provence, queen of England (died 1291), rested there too.
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Memorial. Photos 4. Flowers 29. Sponsor this memorial with an exclusive premium layout. The youngest daughter of Louis VIII of France and Blanche of Castile, younger sister of Louis IX of France and older sister of Charles I of Sicily. Founder of the Franciscan order Abbey of Longchamp.
Isabella of France (c. 1295 – 22 August 1358), sometimes described as the She-Wolf of France (French: Louve de France), was Queen of England as the wife of King Edward II, and de facto regent of England from 1327 until 1330.
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(Royal Ancestry) Mortimer's alliance with the Marcher lords and the Lancastrian faction in the Despenser wars of 1321-2 led to the seizure of his property in Jan. 1322, and his imprisonment in the Tower of London. On 1 August 1323 he escaped from the Tower (with Isabelle's help) and rode to Dover, where he embarked on a ship which was waiting to ta...
As an interim measure, Edward II was held in the custody of Henry of Lancaster, who surrendered Edward's Great Seal to Isabella. The situation remained tense, however; Isabella was clearly concerned about Edward's supporters staging a counter-coup, and in November she seized the Tower of London, appointed one of her supporters as mayor and convened...
Isabella's reign as regent lasted only four years, before the fragile political alliance that had brought her and Mortimer to power disintegrated. 1328 saw the marriage of Isabella's son, Edward III to Philippa of Hainault, as agreed before the invasion of 1326; the lavish ceremony was held in London to popular acclaim. Isabella and Mortimer had al...
Edward and Isabella did manage to produce four children, and she suffered at least one miscarriage. Their itineraries demonstrate that they were together 9 months prior to the births of all four surviving offspring. Their children were: 1. Edward III of Windsor, born 1312 2. John of Eltham, Earl of Cornwall, born 1316 3. Eleanor of Woodstock, born ...
(Royal Tombs of Medieval England) Isabelle died on 22 August 1358 but it was not until 20 November that instructions were given for the streets of the city of London to be cleaned in preparation for the arrival of the queen's body, which appears to have lodged for some time with the king's household at a private house in Mile End. Isabelle was buri...
(Royal Tombs of Medieval England) At Castle Rising, one of Isabelle's residences, the parish church has a stone slab inscribed: ISABELLA REGINA. This led to a local tradition that the queen was buried there, but the slab most likely marked her heart burial. Isabelle had received papal indulgence for divided burial in 1323 and 1345.
Arms: The illustration of Isabella's arms is not consistent. In some cases she dimidiates England and France ancient, but in other instances she bears two escutcheons simultaneously, one with the a...Adopted: 1308Coronet: Coronet of a consortEscutcheon: Gules, three lions passant guardant Or (England), dimidiating, Azure, semée fleurs de lys Or (France)- Female
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May 1, 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.
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Jul 10, 2024 · On 22 September 1326, Queen Isabella, together with her lover, the exiled nobleman Roger Mortimer, and her son Prince Edward, heir to the English throne, set sail from the Low Countries to invade England, landing two days later.
