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ISABELLA OF FRANCE (Plantagenet) (daughter of Philip IV - "the Fair"of France, Capet and Jeanne Joanna de Navarre)263, 264, 265 was born Bet. 1292 - 1296 in France266, 267, and died August 22, 1358 in HERTFORD CASTLE, ENG268, 269. She married (1) Roger de Mortimer, son of Edmund de Mortimer and Margaret Eleanor Fiennes. She married (2) EDWARD II PLANTAGENET on January 25, 1307/08270, 271, son of Edward I (Longshanks) Plantagenet and EleanorCastile, de - Berenger, of Castile.

 Includes NotesNotes for ISABELLA OF FRANCE (Plantagenet):
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!Raised an army and allied herself with Roger de Mortimer against her h usband leading to his imprisonment and murder, then succession of their s on Edward III to the throne. [Funk & Wagnalls]

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!Dau. of Philippe IV and Jeanne of Navarre; m. Edward II, King of Engla nd; mother of Edward III, King of England. [Ped. of Charlemagne, Vol. I , p. 64; Vol. III, p. 105]

!France, 25 Aug 1326 -- Queen Isabella arranges the betrothal of her so n, Edward, to Philippa, the daughter of Count William III of Hainault; s he used the dowry money to mount an invasion of England. [Chronicle of t he Royal Family, p. 68]

!Betrothed to Edward II when she was only 4 years old (1299). [Chronicl e of the Royal Family, p. 69]

!Isabella and Edward had four children. [Chronicle of the Royal Family, p . 72]

After King Edward's death in 1327, Peveril Castle passed to his widow Q ueen Isabella. She was to have held it for life, but it was taken from h er after her fall, with that of Roger Mortimer, three years later. [Pev eril Castle, p. 22]

d. 22 Aug 1358, Castle Rising, Norfolk; dau. of Philip IV, King of Fran ce and Jeanne de Navarre. [tamarsh@NGIC.OSIS.GOV]

Sister of the last Capetian king. [Wars of the Roses, p. 26]

Queen Isabella was exiled to Castle Rising in 1331 after scheming with t he feckless Rogr Mortimer to murder her husband Edward II. [Rising Cast le
Castle Rising is a massive Norman keep sits within equally massive eart hworks which may well have been Roman in origin. The walls of the keep a re up to 9ft thick, and within the arched entrance a staircase leads up t o a vestibule and an arch which once opened into the Great Hall, and to o ther rooms including a domestic chapel. Here Edward III kept his mother i n reasonably comfortable imprisonment for 30 years after her part in hi s father's murder. [Norfolk
The most unusual repair at York Castle was the order in 1327 for repla stering a room over the entrance to the castle as a residence for the q ueen mother, Isabella of France. This must refer to the former chapel, w hich would have provided secure accommodation preventing its occupant f rom escape. (Although Isabella was acting as regent for her son, Edward I II, at this time, he did not trust her and wanted to control her moveme nts.) [Clifford's Tower, p. 7, 17]

In 1329 Robert de Montalt died without issue (that clause of the letter s patent being evidently a formality), and two years after that his wid ow, Emma, surrendered her remaining rights in Castle Rising to Queen Is abella for an annuity of 400 pounds a year. This was in 1331, and in th e winter of 1331-32 Emma died.
In 1331 Isabella, 'the She-Wolf of France' and former paramour of Mo rtimer (and thus the principal accomplice in both the deposition and th e murder in 1327 of Edward II, her husband) entered into the possession o f Castle Rising and retained it until her death in 1358. This is the be st-known phase and the only popularly known fact in the history of the c astle, though badly bent by legend.
In no sense did the formidable Isabella languish as a prisoner at Ri sing during those 27 years, nor was she even socially in disgrace. The f acade of monarchy must remain untarnished, the cracks be papered over, t he scandal suppressed. Thus Isabella measured out her days like any oth er dowager queen, amply endowed with revenues and lands worth 3000 poun d a year (great wealth in the money of the time), moving with her retin ue and household from one residence to another like any other great lad y of the age, and, doubtless, every inch a queen. Her residences includ ed the former Montalt castles of Mold and Hawarden (both subsequently s old) and the castles of Mere, in Wiltshire, and Hertford as well as Ris ing. Nevertheless there is plentiful evidence of Isabella's frequent an d prolonged presence at Castle Rising, notably in the Lynn Chamberlain' s accounts where it takes the form of politic presents and other expens es of neighbouring majesty. There is evidence there also, and upon the C hancery rolls, of royal visits to the Queen Mother at Rising by Edward I II, her son (not the least important feature of whose brilliant and vic torious kingship was domestic peace), with Philippa his Queen and their c ourt and households as, for example, in 1342, 1343, 1344 and 1349. On o ne such occasion the long-suffering mayor of Lynn was commanded to send 8 c arpenters to prepare the castle for the King's coming. [Castle Rising, p . 16-19]

Queen Isabel, mother of King Edward III, was assigned the honour of Moh aut in England, in a series of transactions. Following the death of the l ast Lord Mohaut in England, his nephew and heir, Lord Morley, was force d to give Queen Isabel a quitclaim to the honour, in return for which h e received a couple of manors. [dcrdcr4@aol.com]

Occupied Berkhamsted Castle, Hertfordshire from about 1317 until 1326 w hen it was given to her son John of Eltham. [Castles of Britain and Ire land, p. 126]

Following the deposition and murder of Edward II in 1327, Queen Isabell a caused Parliament to grant her Leeds Castle again, retaining it until h er death in 1358. Queen Isabella, accompanied by he daughter Joan of Sc otland, wife of David II of Scotland (1327-71), arrived at Leeds Castle o n 13 June 1358, following a pilgrimage to Canterbury, and remained unti l 2 July. When the royal party left the castle Queen Isabella's course w as almost run. She died at Hertford on 22 August. [Leeds Castle, p. 10]

Lovely, full of energy, mingling with her voluptuous impulses seom sove reign dignity and capability. She it was who forwarded the treaty made w ith France in 1325.
Perhaps from her influence a slight advance in the refinements of th e table and the toilet took its origin. Most of her clothing was import ed from France. Her pearls came from Genoa. [The Seven Edwards of Engla nd, p. 72-3]

More About ISABELLA OF FRANCE (Plantagenet):
Date born 2: Bet. 1292 - 1295, Paris, Seine, France.272, 273
Burial: November 27, 1358, Grey Friars Church, Newgate, London, Middlesex, England.274, 275
Died 2: August 22, 1358, Hertford Castle, Hertfordshire, England.276, 277, 278
Owned 1: Hertfordshire, England.279, 280, 281
Owned 2: Maidstone, Kent, England.282, 283, 284
Record Change: January 28, 2006284
Title (Facts Pg: of France.285, 286

More About ISABELLA OF FRANCE (Plantagenet) and Roger de Mortimer:
Assc: not married.287, 288

More About ISABELLA OF FRANCE (Plantagenet) and EDWARD II PLANTAGENET:
Marriage 1: January 25, 1307/08289, 290
Marriage 2: January 25, 1307/08, Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France.291, 292

 Includes NotesMarriage Notes for ISABELLA OF FRANCE (Plantagenet) and EDWARD II PLANTAGENET:
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# ID: I577685887
# Name: Edward II PLANTAGENET
# Given Name: Edward II
# Surname: PLANTAGENET
# Sex: M
# Birth: 25 Apr 1284 in Caernarvon Castle, Caernarvon, Caernarvonshire, W ales
# Death: 21 Sep 1327 in Berkeley Castle, England
# Change Date: 10 May 2004
# Note: King of England. Married: 22-Jan-1307/08 in Boulogne, Pas-de-Ca lais, France.Murdered. Brother to Joan of Arc.

Father: Edward I PLANTAGENET b: 7 Oct 1239 in Westminster, London, Engl and
Mother: Elenora DE CASTILLA b: Abt. 1240 in Burgos, Burgos, Spain

Marriage 1 Isabelle CAPET b: Abt. 1292 in Paris, Seine, France

* Note: _UIDE36A2E7A9E78F446B679BD83D61D70586F8D

Children

1. Edward III PLANTAGENET b: 13 Nov 1312 in Windsor Castle, Windsor, B erkshire, England

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03/24/05

Children of ISABELLA OF FRANCE (Plantagenet) and EDWARD II PLANTAGENET are:
  1. +Edward IIIPlantagenet, of England, b. November 13, 1312, Windsor Castle, England293, 294, d. June 21, 1377, Richmond, Surry, England295, 296.
  2. +EleanorPlantagenet, of Lancaster, b. Abt. 1318, Grismond Castle, Monmouth, Monmouthshire, England297, 298, d. January 11, 1371/72, Arundel Castle, Arundel, West Sussex, England299, 300.
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