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For other persons named Isabella of France, see Isabella of France (disambiguation)

Isabella of France (disambiguation)

Isabella of France , was the daughter of Philip IV of France and Joan I of Navarre, queen consort of Edward II of England and mother of Edward III of England.Isabella of France may also refer to:...

Isabella of France and Burgundy (c. 1312 – April 1348) was the daughter of Philip V of France

Philip V of France

Philip the Tall was King of France as Philip V and, as Philip II, King of Navarre and Count of Champagne. He reigned from 1316 to his death and was the penultimate monarch of the House of Capet. Considered a wise and politically astute ruler, Philip took the throne under questionable...

 and Joan II, Countess of Burgundy. She was a member of the House of Capet

House of Capet

The House of Capet, or The Direct Capetian Dynasty, , also called The House of France , or simply the Capets, which ruled the Kingdom of France from 987 to 1328, was the most senior line of the Capetian dynasty – itself a derivative dynasty from the Robertians. As rulers of France, the dynasty...

.

Life

When Isabella was only two years old, her mother was placed under house arrest because it was thought she was having love affairs. Joan was released the following year since Isabella's father, Philip refused to divorce her. Her aunt, Blanche of Burgundy

Blanche of Burgundy

Blanche of Burgundy was queen of France and Navarre for a few months in 1322 due to her marriage to the future king Charles IV.-Biography:She was the daughter of Otto IV, Count of Burgundy and Mahaut, Countess of Artois...

 had been imprisoned in the fortress of Château Gaillard in 1314 along with Isabella's other aunt, Margaret of Burgundy.

Isabella married Guigues VIII of Viennois

Guigues VIII of Viennois

Guigues VIII de la Tour-du-Pin was the Dauphin of Vienne from 1318 to his death. He was the eldest son of the Dauphin John II and Beatrice of Hungary....

 in 1323 (the marriage was contracted in Lyon

Lyon

Lyon , is a city in east-central France in the Rhône-Alpes region, situated between Paris and Marseille. Lyon is located at from Paris, from Marseille, from Geneva, from Turin, and from Barcelona. The residents of the city are called Lyonnais....

 on 18 June 1316 and made in Dole

Dole

Dole may refer to:*The Grain supply to the city of Rome in ancient times.* Since the early 20th Century, a colloquial term referring to government public assistance programs; see Unemployment benefits. Originally it referred to any charitable gift of food, clothing or money. The dole has taken on...

 on 17 May 1323). The marriage produced one son,

• Humbert de La Tour du Pin (died 22 May 1355), succeeded his father but had no children.

Guigues was killed while besieging the Savoyard castle of Perrière in 1333. He left the Dauphiné

Dauphiné

The Dauphiné or Dauphiné Viennois is a former province in southeastern France, whose area roughly corresponded to that of the present departments of :Isère, :Drôme, and :Hautes-Alpes....

 to his brother Humbert II. He was buried in Saint-André in Grenoble

Grenoble

Grenoble is a city in southeastern France, at the foot of the French Alps where the river Drac joins the Isère. Located in the Rhône-Alpes region, Grenoble is the capital of the department of Isère...

.

In 1335, Isabella married John III, Lord of Faucogney. She was widowed a second a time as John died in 1345, this marriage was childless. Isabella herself died in April 1348 aged 35 or 36.

Ancestors

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| rowspan="8" align="center"| Isabella of France
| rowspan="4" align="center"| Father:
Philip V of France

Philip V of France

Philip the Tall was King of France as Philip V and, as Philip II, King of Navarre and Count of Champagne. He reigned from 1316 to his death and was the penultimate monarch of the House of Capet. Considered a wise and politically astute ruler, Philip took the throne under questionable...

| rowspan="2" align="center"| Paternal Grandfather:
Philip IV of France

Philip IV of France

Philip the Fair was, as Philip IV, King of France from 1285 until his death. He was the husband of Joan I of Navarre, by virtue of which he was, as Philip I, King of Navarre and Count of Champagne from 1284 to 1305.-Youth:A member of the House of Capet, Philip was born at the Palace of...

| align="center"| Paternal Great-Grandfather:
Philip III of France

Philip III of France

Philip III , called the Bold , was the King of France, succeeding his father, Louis IX, and reigning from 1270 to 1285. He was a member of the House of Capet.-Biography:...

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| align="center"| Paternal Great-grandmother:
Isabella of Aragon

Isabella of Aragon

Isabella of Aragon , infanta of Aragon, was, by marriage, Queen consort of France in the Middle Ages from 1270 to 1271.-Life:...

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| rowspan="2" align="center"| Paternal Grandmother:
Joan I of Navarre

Joan I of Navarre

Joan I , the daughter of king Henry I of Navarre and Blanche of Artois, reigned as queen regnant of Navarre and also served as queen consort of France.-Life:...

| align="center"| Paternal Great-Grandfather:
Henry I of Navarre

Henry I of Navarre

Henry I the Fat was the Count of Champagne and Brie and King of Navarre from 1270...

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| align="center"| Paternal Great-Grandmother:
Blanche of Artois

Blanche of Artois

Blanche of Artois was the queen consort of Navarre; after her husband Henry I of Navarre's death, she served as regent from 1274 to 1284 on behalf of her daughter, Joan I...

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| rowspan="4" align="center"| Mother:
Jeanne II, Countess of Burgundy

Jeanne II, Countess of Burgundy

Joan II, Countess of Burgundy , also known Joan II, Countess Palatine of Burgundy, was the eldest daughter of Otto IV, Count of Burgundy, and his wife Mahaut, Countess of Artois. She was married to Philip V of France, the second son of King Philip IV of France, in 1307...

| rowspan="2" align="center"| Maternal Grandfather:
Otto IV, Count of Burgundy

Otto IV, Count of Burgundy

Otto IV, Count of Burgundy was the son of Hugh de Chalon and Adelaide, Countess Palatine of Burgundy. By his mother, he was a grandson of Countess Beatrice II of Burgundy. By his father, he was descended from another branch of the Counts of Burgundy.Upon his father's death in 1266/1267, he became...

| align="center"| Maternal Great-Grandfather:
Hugh III, Count of Burgundy

Hugh III, Count of Burgundy

Hugh III of Chalon, Count of Burgundy , also known as Hugues de Bourgogne, was count of Burgundy by his marriage to countess Adelaide I of Burgundy when he was aged 16, on 1 November 1236. He was the son of John, Count of Chalon and his first wife Mahaud of Burgundy.He and Adelaide had the...

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| align="center"| Maternal Great-Grandmother:
Adelaide I of Burgundy
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| rowspan="2" align="center"| Maternal Grandmother:
Mahaut of Artois
| align="center"| Maternal Great-grandfather:
Robert II, Count of Artois
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| align="center"| Maternal Great-Grandmother:
Amicie de Courtenay
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