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Isabella
suo jure Countess of Vertus
Family tree of Isabella; her parents and siblings are depicted alongside her
Born(1348-10-01)1 October 1348
Château de Bois de Vincennes, France
Died11 September 1373(1373-09-11) (aged 24)
Pavia
SpouseGian Galeazzo Visconti
IssueGian Galeazzo Visconti
Azzone Visconti
Valentina, Duchess of Orléans
Carlo Visconti
HouseValois
FatherJohn II of France
MotherBonne of Bohemia

Isabella of France (Château de Bois de Vincennes, 1 October 1348 – Pavia, 11 September 1373) was a French princess and member of the House of Valois, as well as the wife of Gian Galeazzo Visconti, Lord of Milan, although she died before her husband's accession).

She was the youngest daughter of King John II of France by his first wife Bonne of Bohemia.[1] Her full-siblings are: Blanche of France (died young), Charles V of France, Catherine of France (died young), Louis I of Naples, John, Duke of Berry, Philip II, Duke of Burgundy, Jeanne, Queen of Navarre, Marie, Duchess of Bar, Agnes of France (died young) and Marguerite of France (died young). She had three youngest half-siblings from her father's second marriage with Joan I, Countess of Auvergne: Blanche of France (died young), Catherine of France (died young) and an unnamed son (died young).

Her maternal grandparents were John of Luxembourg and Elizabeth of Bohemia. Her paternal grandparents were Philip VI of France and Joan the Lame.

Life

Her maternal uncle Count Amadeus VI of Savoy arranged her marriage with Gian Galeazzo Visconti. As her dowry, Isabella received the county of Sommières, exchanged later for the county of Vertus. On 8 October 1360, Isabella and Gian Galeazzo were married in Milan, and six months later, in April 1361, she was declared sovereign Countess of Vertus. The couple had four children:[2]

  • Gian Galeazzo (b. Pavia, 4 March 1366 – d. bef. 1376).
  • Azzone (b. Pavia, 1368 – d. Pavia, 4 October 1381).
  • Valentina (b. Pavia, 1371 – d. Château de Blois, Loir-et-Cher, 14 December 1408), married on 17 August 1389 to Louis, Duke of Orleans
  • Carlo (b. Pavia, 11 September 1373 – d. Pavia, 1374).

Isabella died in childbirth in 1373.[1][3]

Family tree of Isabella of Vertus

Family of Isabella, Countess of Vertus
16. Philip III of France
8. Charles of Valois
17. Isabella of Aragon
4. Philip VI of France
18. Charles II of Naples
9. Marguerite of Anjou and Maine
19. Maria Arpad of Hungary
2. John II of France
20. Hugh IV, Duke of Burgundy
10. Robert II, Duke of Burgundy
21. Yolande of Dreux
5. Joan the Lame
22. Louis IX of France
11. Agnes of France, Duchess of Burgundy
23. Marguerite of Provence
1. Isabelle of Valois
24. Henry VI of Luxembourg
12. Henry VII, Holy Roman Emperor
25. Beatrice d'Avesnes
6. John I of Bohemia
26. John I, Duke of Brabant
13. Margaret of Brabant
27. Margaret III, Countess of Flanders
3. Bonne of Bohemia
28. Ottokar II of Bohemia
14. Wenceslaus II of Bohemia
29. Kunigunda of Slavonia
7. Elisabeth of Bohemia (1292–1330)
31. Rudolph I of Germany
15. Judith of Habsburg
32. Gertrude of Hohenburg

References

  1. ^ a b Lundy, Darryl. "The Peerage: Isabel de Valois". Retrieved 28 September 2009.
  2. ^ Galeazzo Gian Galeazzo in: Storiadimilano.it [retrieved 12 September 2014].
  3. ^ Template:MLCC
Regnal titles
New title Countess of Vertus
April 1361 – 11 September 1372
with Gian Galeazzo 		Succeeded by

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