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Isabeau of Bavaria
Isabeau of Bavaria

Isabeau de Bavière (also Isabella of Bavaria-Ingolstadt; c. 1371 – September 24, 1435) was a Queen Consort of France (1385-1422) after marrying Charles VI of France, a member of the Valois Dynasty, on July 17, 1385. Events 622 - Prophet Muhammad completes his hegira from Mecca to Medina. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Charles VI (3 December 1368 &ndash 21 October 1422 called the Well-loved (le Bien-Aimé and the Mad (French le Fol or le Fou) was the See also France in the Middle Ages, Early Modern France Unexpected inheritance The Capetian dynasty seemed secure both during and Events 180 - Twelve inhabitants of Scillium in North Africa are executed for being Christians She assumed a prominent role in public affairs during the disastrous later years of her husband's reign.

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Lineage

Isabeau of Bavaria was the daughter of Stephen III of Bavaria-Ingolstadt and Taddea Visconti. Bavaria ( German:, with an area of 70553 Km² (27241 square miles and almost 12 Duke Stephen III of Bavaria ( German, in full Stephan III der Kneißl Herzog von Bayern; 1337 — September 26, 1413, Niederschönfeld

Her paternal grandparents were Stephen II, Duke of Bavaria (a son of Emperor Louis IV) and Elisabeth of Sicily (whose name Isabella received), daughter of king Frederick III of Sicily and his wife Eleanor of Anjou. Duke Stephen II of Bavaria (1319 &ndash 13 May 1375, Landshut) (German Stephan II mit der Hafte Herzog von Bayern) after 1347 Duke of Louis IV ( 1 April[[ 282]] &ndash 11 October 1347) called the Bavarian, of the house of Wittelsbach, was the Duke of Bavaria Frederick II or III ( 13 December 1272 &ndash 25 June 1337) was the Regent (from 1291 and subsequently King of Sicily Eleanor of Anjou (August 1289 - 9 August, 1341) was the Queen consort of Frederick III of Sicily.

Eleanor was herself a daughter of Charles II of Naples and Maria Arpad of Hungary. Charles II, known as "the Lame" ( French le Boiteux, Italian lo Zoppo; 1254 &ndash 5 May 1309) was Maria was a daughter of Stephen V of Hungary and Elizabeth of the Cumans (whose namesake her great-granddaughter, and through that, ultimately Queen Isabella became). Stephen V (V István Stjepan VI Štefan V (before October 18 1239 Buda, Hungary &ndash August 6 1272 Csepel Island, Hungary) King Elizabeth the Cuman was the Queen consort of Stephen V of Hungary. Elizabeth was daughter of Kuthen of the Cumans, a chieftain apparently descending from the Kipchaks and lord of the clan of Kun which had settled to Hungary after Mongol pressure drove them westwards. Köten (variously Kutan, Kuthen, Kuthens, Kotyan, Kotjan, Koteny, Kötöny, Kuethan, Zayhan

Her maternal grandparents were Barnabò Visconti, Lord of Milan and Regina-Beatrice della Scala. Bernabò Visconti, also called Barnabò (1319 &ndash 19 December 1385) was an Italian soldier and statesman Lord of Milan in the 14th century The following is a list of rulers of Milan from the 13th century to 1859 when Milan and the rest of Lombardy were incorporated into the Kingdom of Regina was daughter of Mastino II della Scala, Lord of Verona from 1329 to 1351 and his wife Taddea di Carrara. Mastino II della Scala (1308 – June 3, 1351) was lord of Verona. Verona is a city and provincial capital in Veneto, Northern Italy.

Career

Christine de Pisan presents her book to Queen Isabeau. She and her ladies wear jewelled heart-shaped stuffed or hollow "bourrelets" on top of hair dressed in horns; the walls are decorated with a combination of the French Fleurs-de-lys and Isabeau's Wittelsbach arms.
Christine de Pisan presents her book to Queen Isabeau. Christine de Pizan ( also seen as de Pisan) (1363–c1434 was a writer of the Medieval era who strongly challenged Misogyny and stereotypes that She and her ladies wear jewelled heart-shaped stuffed or hollow "bourrelets" on top of hair dressed in horns; the walls are decorated with a combination of the French Fleurs-de-lys and Isabeau's Wittelsbach arms. The hennin ('hɛnɪn was a Headdress in the shape of a cone or "steeple" or truncated cone worn by European women of the Nobility in the
Isabeau of Bavaria. Tomb effigy.
Isabeau of Bavaria. Tomb effigy.

Isabeau of Bavaria was the prominent and unpopular Queen of an unsuccessful reign. She assumed an unusually powerful role in government to fill the gap left by her husband's frequent bouts of insanity. Around this time she organised the disastrous Bal des Ardents, or 'Ball of the Burning Men'. Charles VI (3 December 1368 &ndash 21 October 1422 called the Well-loved (le Bien-Aimé and the Mad (French le Fol or le Fou) was the She was named Regent due to her husband suffering greatly from what now is believed to have been schizophrenia, and she successfully replaced herself with a Royal mistress, Odette de Champdivers. Schizophrenia ( from the Greek roots schizein (σχίζειν "to split" and phrēn Odette de Champdivers, La Petite Reine (b about 1390 was the mistress of Charles VI of France (the Mad and previously his brother the Her husband was never the wiser, and rarely made any public appearances.

Others who vied for power in the place of the King included the King's brother Louis of Valois, Duke of Orléans, and their cousin John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy. Louis of Valois ( March 13 1372 &ndash November 23 1407) was Duke of Orléans from 1392 to his death John the Fearless (Jean sans Peur also John II Duke of Burgundy, known as John of Valois and John of Burgundy ( May 28 1371 Queen Isabeau's strong partisanship for the Duke of Orléans led to rumors of an extramarital affair. Orleans' bitter feud with Burgundy reached a crisis point when the former was assassinated in 1407. Bitter resentment continued and the late Duke's supporters became known as the Armagnacs. This article is about the historical party during the Hundred Years' War

Henry V of England took advantage of French internal strife and invaded the northwest coast. Henry V (16 September 1386 &ndash 31 August 1422 was one of the most significant English warrior kings of the 15th century He delivered a crushing defeat to the French at Agincourt. The Battle of Agincourt was an English victory against a larger French army in the Hundred Years' War. Nearly an entire generation of military leaders died or fell prisoner in a single day. John the Fearless, still feuding with Queen Isabeau, remained neutral as Henry V conquered towns in northern France.

Most of Isabeau's twelve children did not survive to adulthood. Shortly after her fifth and final son assumed the title of dauphin as Heir to the Throne, the sixteen-year-old future Charles VII of France negotiated a truce with John the Fearless in 1418. The Dauphin of France (Dauphin de France—strictly Dauphin of Viennois ( Dauphin de Viennois)—was the title given to the Heir apparent of the Charles VII (22 February 1403 – 22 July 1461 called the Victorious (le Victorieux or the Well-Served (le Bien-Servi was King of France from 1422 Armagnac partisans murdered John while the two met on a bridge under Charles's guarantee of protection.

The new Duke of Burgundy Philip the Good entered an active alliance with the English. Philip the Good (Philippe le Bon also Philip III Duke of Burgundy ( July 31, 1396 &ndash June 15, 1467) was Duke of Burgundy With most of northern France under foreign domination, Isabeau agreed to the Treaty of Troyes in 1420. The Treaty of Troyes was an agreement that Henry V of England would inherit the throne of France upon the death of King Charles VI of France. This arranged the marriage of her daughter Catherine of Valois to Henry V and assigned the French Royal Succession to Henry V and their children. Catherine of Valois (27 October 1401 &ndash 3 January 1437 was the Queen consort of England from 1420 until 1422 Isabeau's detractors and the Dauphin's political enemies cited this treaty as evidence that he was not the legitimate son of Charles VI. The treaty did not have its intended effect on the French Royal Succession but did have an ultimate effect on English Royal Succession. Catherine's second marriage resulted in the eventual Tudor dynasty. The Tudor dynasty or House of Tudor was an English royal Dynasty that lasted 118 years from 1485 to 1603 a period known as the Tudor period

Both Charles VI and Henry V died within two months of each other in 1422. Charles VII, now fully grown, claimed that the Treaty of Troyes was illegal and assumed leadership of the Armagnac party, ruling what was left of central and southern France, and taking his father's former mistress, Odette de Champdivers, as his own.

Isabeau and her son Charles VII shared no apparent love for each other. Charles was to face a similar relationship with his own son Louis XI. Louis XI ( July 3, 1423 – August 30, 1483) called the Prudent (le Prudent and the Universal Spider ( Middle Charles' principal female mentor was his childhood guardian Yolande of Aragon, who refused to let him to go to Court when his mother summoned him. Yolande of Aragon, ( 11 August 1384, Saragosa, Aragon &ndash 14 November[[ 442]] was a daughter of John I of Aragon

Isabeau moved to English-controlled territory and exerted no further influence over public affairs. She died in Paris in 1435 and is interred in the Saint Denis Basilica. The Basilica of Saint Denis ( French: Basilique de Saint-Denis, or simply Basilique Saint-Denis) is the burial site of almost all the French

Legacy

Posterity has not been kind to Isabeau of Bavaria. A popular saying late in her life was that France had been lost by a woman and would be recovered by a girl. Many took this to be a prediction of Joan of Arc. Joan of Arc (c 1412 Joan asserted that she had visions from God that told her to recover her homeland from English domination late in the Hundred Years'

In fairness to Isabeau it must be noted that her leadership confronted double prejudice as a woman and a foreigner. There are a few bright spots in her reign, such as her artistic patronage. Isabeau aided the era's most significant French author Christine de Pizan and sponsored artisans who developed innovative techniques in decorative arts. Christine de Pizan ( also seen as de Pisan) (1363–c1434 was a writer of the Medieval era who strongly challenged Misogyny and stereotypes that

In fiction, her life was the inspiration for the Marquis de Sade's unpublished 1813 novel Histoire secrete d'Isabelle de Baviere, reine de France. Donatien Alphonse François de Sade, Marquis de Sade ( June 2, 1740 – December 2, 1814) ( was a French aristocrat Histoire secrete d'Isabelle de Baviere reine de France is an unpublished medieval-set 1813 historical novel by the Marquis de Sade.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Isabeau of Bavaria

Children

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Preceded by
Jeanne de Bourbon		 Queen of France
1385 – 1422		 Succeeded by
Marie of Anjou
Joanna of Bourbon (Jeanne de Bourbon Vincennes, February 3, 1338 &ndash Paris, February 6, 1378) was consort See also List of French monarchs This is a list of the women who have been Queens consort or Empresses consort of the realm of France. Marie of Anjou ( October 14 1404 &ndash1463 was the daughter of Louis II of Anjou, King of Naples titular King of Sicily and Yolande of Aragon
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