Isabella of France, Queen Consort of England[1]
1291 - 1358 (~ 67 years)
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Name Isabella of France Arms of Isabella of France Suffix Queen Consort of England Born ca. 1291 Paris, Île-de-France, France 
[2] Gender Female Military 14 Oct 1322 Scawton Moor, Yorkshire Battle of Old Byland - The Battle of Old Byland was a turning point for Isabella. Edward had spent his reign humiliating her with a series of ill-concealed romances with courtiers, the most notorious being Piers Galveston. When Robert the Bruce ambushed Edward and Hugh Despenser at the close of a disastrous Scottish campaign, they fled the country without thought for her. She was left to find her way home from Tynemouth Abbey.
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Political 24 Sep 1325 Vincennes, Val-de-Marne, Ile-de-France, France Homage for Gascony - Edward, Prince of Wales, arrived in France to pay homage to Charles V for the Duchy of Aquitaine (or Gascony). At that time his mother assumed his custody and refused to return to England. She declared publicly to her brother and the Bishop of Exeter, "I feel that marriage is a joining of a man and woman, maintaining the undivided habit of life and that someone has come between my husband and myself trying to break this bond. I protest that I will not return until this intruder is removed, but, discarding my marriage garment, shall assume the robes of widowhood and mourning until I am avenged of this pharisee." By December 1325 Roger de Mortimer was back at court and the two made common cause against Edward and Despencer. [4, 5]
Died 22 Aug 1358 Castle Rising, Norfolk, England [6, 7] - "On 22 August 1358, Isabella, the queen mother, died after a short but severe illness. Her body was brought to London for burial at the Franciscan church at Newgate, in a service overseen by the archbishop of Canterbury, Simon Islip, and attended by the entire royal family. In her last hours, Isabella had asked to be buried in her wedding dress and requested that Edward II's heart, placed in a casket some thirty years earlier, be interred next to her. Her final wishes were honoured." [6]
Buried Greyfriars Church, Newgate, London [6, 8] Person ID I10781 Dickinson Last Modified 24 May 2018
Father Philippe IV de France, King of France, b. 1268, Fontainebleau, Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France, France , d. 29 Nov 1314, Fontainebleau, Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France, France (Age 46 years) Relationship Birth Mother Juana I de Navarra, Queen of Navarre and France, b. 14 Jan 1273, Bar-sur-Seine, Aube, Champagne-Ardenne, France , d. Mar 1305, Château de Vincennes, France (Age 32 years) Relationship Birth Married 16 Aug 1284 Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris, France - All of Philippe's male heirs died without leaving male offspring, spurring competing claims to the throne by the Plantagenets and Valois and initiating the Hundred Year War.
Family ID F3950 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Edward II, King of England, b. 25 Apr 1284, Caernarfon Castle, Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales , d. 21 Sep 1327, Berkeley Castle, Gloucestershire (Age 43 years) Married 25 Jan 1308 Boulogne-sur-Mer, Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France, France [2, 9, 10, 11, 12] Children + 1. Edward III, King of England, b. 13 Nov 1312, Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire , d. 21 Jun 1377, Sheen Palace, Richmond, England (Age 64 years) [Birth]2. John of Eltham, 1st Earl of Cornwall , b. Aug 1316, Eltham, Kent , d. 13 Sep 1336, Perth, Scotland (Age ~ 20 years) [Birth]3. Eleanor of Woodstock, Countess of Guelders, b. 18 Jun 1318, Woodstock Palace, Oxfordshire , d. 22 Apr 1355, Deventer, Overijssel, Netherlands (Age 36 years) [Birth]4. Joan of the Tower, Queen consort of Scotland, b. 5 Jul 1321, The Tower of London, Tower Hamlets, London, Greater London, England , d. 7 Sep 1362, Hertford Castle, Hertfordshire (Age 41 years) [Birth]Last Modified 16 Nov 2017 Family ID F2957 Group Sheet | Family Chart
- The Battle of Old Byland was a turning point for Isabella. Edward had spent his reign humiliating her with a series of ill-concealed romances with courtiers, the most notorious being Piers Galveston. When Robert the Bruce ambushed Edward and Hugh Despenser at the close of a disastrous Scottish campaign, they fled the country without thought for her. She was left to find her way home from Tynemouth Abbey.
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Born - ca. 1291 - Paris, Île-de-France, France 
Married - 25 Jan 1308 - Boulogne-sur-Mer, Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France, France 
Military - Battle of Old Byland - 14 Oct 1322 - Scawton Moor, Yorkshire 
Died - 22 Aug 1358 - Castle Rising, Norfolk, England 
Buried - - Greyfriars Church, Newgate, London = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Sources - [S156] A Great and Glorious Adventure: A History of the Hundred Years War and the Birth of Renaissance England, Gordon Corrigan, (New York: Pegasus Books, 2014), 29ff.
- [S156] A Great and Glorious Adventure: A History of the Hundred Years War and the Birth of Renaissance England, Gordon Corrigan, (New York: Pegasus Books, 2014), 29.
- [S163] The Greatest Traitor: The Life of Sir Roger Mortimer, Ruler of England 1327-1330, Ian Mortimer, (New York: Thomas Dunne Books, St. Martin's Press, 2003), 128.
- [S163] The Greatest Traitor: The Life of Sir Roger Mortimer, Ruler of England 1327-1330, Ian Mortimer, (New York: Thomas Dunne Books, St. Martin's Press, 2003), 142-143.
Mortimer notes that Isabella and Edward were reunited on 22 Sep 1325. - [S156] A Great and Glorious Adventure: A History of the Hundred Years War and the Birth of Renaissance England, Gordon Corrigan, (New York: Pegasus Books, 2014), 32.
- [S518] The Black Prince: England's Greatest Medieval Warrior, Michael Jones, (New York: Pegasus Books, 2018), 241-2.
- [S336429] Britain's Royal Families: A Complete Genealogy, Alison Weir, (London: Vintage Books, 2008), 91.
Alternatively, Isabella died at Hertford Castle. King John II was allowed to decamp to Hertford after his first scheduled ransom payment was missed. - [S336429] Britain's Royal Families: A Complete Genealogy, Alison Weir, (London: Vintage Books, 2008), 91.
- [S336429] Britain's Royal Families: A Complete Genealogy, Alison Weir, (London: Vintage Books, 2008), 117.
25 or 28 Jan 1308. - [S154] The Demon's Brood: A History of the Plantagenet Dynasty, Desmond Seward, (New York: Pegasus Books, 2014), 120.
- [S163] The Greatest Traitor: The Life of Sir Roger Mortimer, Ruler of England 1327-1330, Ian Mortimer, (New York: Thomas Dunne Books, St. Martin's Press, 2003), 36.
- [S359] The Templars: The Rise and Spectacular Fall of God's Holy Warriors, Dan Jones, (New York: Viking, 2017), 338.
"Although he married Isabella of France in Boulogne in January 1308, he did not care much for her. He was far more interested in an older friend from his youth by the name of Piers Gaveston."
- [S156] A Great and Glorious Adventure: A History of the Hundred Years War and the Birth of Renaissance England, Gordon Corrigan, (New York: Pegasus Books, 2014), 29ff.