Isabella of France, Queen of Navarre

For other people named Isabella of France, see Isabella of France (disambiguation).
Isabella of France
Queen consort of Navarre
Countess consort of Champagne
Tenure 1258–1270
Born 2 March 1241
Died 17 April 1271 (aged 30)
Provence
Burial Provins, France
Spouse Theobald II of Navarre
House Capet
Father Louis IX of France
Mother Margaret of Provence

Isabella of France (2 March 1241 – 17 April 1271) was a daughter of Louis IX of France and Margaret of Provence. She was married to Theobald II of Navarre, eldest son of Theobald I of Navarre and Margaret of Navarre on 6 April 1255.[1] Isabelle became Queen consort of Navarre.

Life

Isabella receiving a messenger from her father

Louis IX wanted to make peace with Navarre so he married Isabella off to Theobald. The Archbishop of Rouen celebrated the marriage between Isabella and Theobald II, King of Navarre and Count of Champagne, on 6 April 1255 in Melun. The bridegroom was 18 and the bride 13 years old.

Together with her husband and her father, the very pious Isabella travelled with the Eighth Crusade in July 1270. Her father died there in August of the same year. Then, in December, Isabella's husband died of an epidemic while in Sicily. After the deaths of both her father and husband, Isabella returned to France and lived in Provence until her death only two months later in 1271.

Isabella is buried next to her husband in Provins.

Ancestors

French Monarchy
Direct Capetians
Louis IX
Isabella, Queen of Navarre
Louis of France
Philip III
John Tristan, Count of Valois
Peter, Count of Perche and Alençon
Blanche, Infanta of Castile
Marguerite, Duchess of Brabant
Robert, Count of Clermont
Agnes, Duchess of Burgundy

References

  1. Elizabeth Hallam, Capetian France: 987-1328, (Longman Group Limited, 1980), 222.

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Isabella of France, Queen of Navarre
Born: 2 March 1241 Died: 17 April 1271
Royal titles
Preceded by
Margaret of Bourbon
Queen consort of Navarre
Countess consort of Champagne

1258–1270
Succeeded by
Blanche of Artois
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