Isabella of Aragon

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Isabella of Aragon
Queen consort of France
Tenure	1270 - 28 January 1271
Spouse	Philip III
Issue
Philip IV Charles of Valois
House	House of Aragon House of Capet
Father	James I of Aragon
Mother	Violant of Hungary
Born	1247
Died	28 January 1271 (aged 23–24)
Burial	Château de Blois

Isabella of Aragon (1247 – 28 January 1271), infanta of Aragon, was, by marriage, Queen consort of France in the Middle Ages from 1270 to 1271.

[edit] Life

She was the daughter of King James I of Aragon and his second wife Violant of Hungary, daughter of Andrew II of Hungary.

In Clermont on 28 May 1262, she married the future Philip III of France, son of king Louis IX and Marguerite of Provence. They had four sons:

1. Louis (b. 1265 - d. 1276).
2. Philip IV "the Fair" (b. 1268 - d. 1314), King of France.
3. Robert (b. 1269 - d. 1271).
4. Charles of Valois (b. 1270 - d. 1325).

She accompanied her husband on the Eighth Crusade against Tunis. On their way home, they stopped in Cosenza, Calabria. Six months pregnant with her fifth child, on 11 January 1271 she suffered a fall from her horse after they had resumed the trip back to France. Isabella gave birth to a premature stillborn son.^[1] She never recovered from her injuries and the childbirth, and died seventeen days later, on 28 January. Her husband took her body and their stillborn son and, when he finally returned to France, buried her in Saint Denis Basilica. Her tomb, like many others, was desecrated during the French Revolution in 1793.

[edit] Descendents

Isabella of Aragon

Through her sons Philip and Charles she has many grandchildren and her granddaughters were married off to Kings, Dukes and Emperors. Her granddaughter Isabelle married Edward II of England and was the mother of Edward III of England, another granddaughter, Blanche married Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor and was the mother of Katharine of Bohemia. Another granddaughter Isabella married Peter I, Duke of Bourbon and was the mother of Louis II, Duke of Bourbon and Joanna, Queen of France. Isabella had a granddaughter called Catherine II of Valois, Princess of Achaea who became Latin Empress after her mother's death. Four of her grandsons became King of France they were Louis X of France, Philip V of France, Charles IV of France and Philip IV of France, the first three were sons of Isabella's eldest son Philip and because non produced surviving heirs the throne passed to Charles's son Philip, who began the House of Valois. Through her grandson Philip IV of France Isabella is an ancestor of French Kings and she would be an ancestor of leaders of many countries through granddaughters, great granddaughters, right up to the end of the French monarchy. Her great, great granddaughter was Catherine of Valois, Catherine's great grandson was Henry VII of England, Henry's son was Henry VIII of England and his three children were Edward VI, Mary I and Elizabeth I.

[edit] References

1. ^ http://membres.lycos.fr/behgnam/capet10.htm

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