Queen Isabelle WITTELSBACH

1370 - 1435  (65 years)

• Name	Isabelle WITTELSBACH
  Prefix	Queen
  Born	1370	Ingolstadt, Ingolstadt, Bayern, Germany
  Gender	Female
  Also Known As	Elisabeth of Bavaria
  Occupation	Queen of France
  Died	24 Sep 1435	Paris, Seine, France
  Person ID	I40288	Main
  Last Modified	6 Aug 2017

  
  

  Father	Stefan Bavaria INGOLSTA,   b. 1337, Landshut, Bayern, Germany ,   d. 26 Sep 1413, Schwaben, Sachsen, Germany  (Age 76 years)
  Mother	Taddea VISCONTI,   b. 1351, Milano, Lombardia, Italy ,   d. 28 Sep 1381, Munchen, Oberbayern, Germany  (Age 30 years)
  Family ID	F28082	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	King Charles DE VALOIS, VI,   b. 3 Dec 1368, Paris, Seine, France ,   d. 22 Oct 1422, Paris, Seine, France  (Age 53 years)
  Married	13 Jul 1385	Chateau Vincennes, Paris, Seine, France
  Children	+ 1. King Charles DE VALOIS, VII,   b. 22 Feb 1403, Ville, Paris, Seine, France ,   d. 22 Jul 1461, France  (Age 58 years)
  Last Modified	25 Feb 2019
  Family ID	F28084	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Was born into the House of Wittelsbach as the eldest daughter of Duke Stephen III of Bavaria-Ingolstadt and Taddea Visconti of Milan. She became Queen of France when she married King Charles VI in 1385. At age 15 or 16, Isabeau was sent to France on approval to the young French king; the couple wed three days after their first meeting. Isabeau was honored in 1389 with a lavish coronation ceremony and entry into Paris. In 1392 Charles suffered the first attack of what was to become a lifelong and progressive mental illness, resulting in periodic withdrawal from government. The episodes occurred with increasing frequency, leaving a court both divided by political factions and steeped in social extravagances. A 1393 masque for one of Isabeau's ladies-in-waiting—an event later known as Bal des Ardents—ended in disaster with the King almost burning to death. Although the King demanded Isabeau's removal from his presence during his illness, he consistently allowed her to act on his behalf. In this way she became regent to the Dauphin of France (heir apparent), and sat on the regency council, allowing far more power than was usual for a medieval queen. Charles' illness created a power vacuum that eventually led to the Armagnac–Burgundian Civil War between supporters of his brother, Louis of Orléans and the royal dukes of Burgundy. Isabeau shifted allegiances as she chose the most favorable paths for the heir to the throne. When she followed the Armagnacs, the Burgundians accused her of adultery with Louis of Orléans; when she sided with the Burgundians the Armagnacs removed her from Paris and she was imprisoned. In 1407 John the Fearless assassinated Orléans, sparking hostilities between the factions. The war ended soon after Isabeau's eldest son, Charles, had John the Fearless assassinated in 1419—an act that saw him disinherited. Isabeau attended the 1420 signing of the Treaty of Troyes, which decided that the English king should inherit the French crown after the death of her husband, Charles VI. She lived in English-occupied Paris until her death in 1435. Isabeau was popularly seen as a spendthrift and irresponsible philanderess. In the late 20th and early 21st centuries historians re-examined the extensive chronicles of her lifetime, concluding that many elements of her reputation were unearned and stemmed from factionalism and propaganda. [1]

  
  

• Sources

  [S76] Wikipedia, https:&|;&|;en.wikipedia.org&|;wiki&|;Isabeau_of_Bavaria.