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Isabella of Aragon
Isabella
Queen consort of France
Tenure25 August 1270 – 28 January 1271
Born1248
Died28 January 1271 (aged 22–23)
Burial
Basilica of St Denis
SpousePhilip III of France
IssueLouis
Philip IV of France
Robert
Charles, Count of Valois
HouseBarcelona
FatherJames I of Aragon
MotherViolant of Hungary
ReligionRoman Catholicism
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Isabella (1248 – 28 January 1271),[1][a] infanta of Aragon, was by marriage Queen consort of France[3] from 1270 to 1271.[4]

Life

Isabella was the daughter of King James I of Aragon[5] and his second wife Violant of Hungary[6] and thus granddaughter of Yolanda de Courtenay.

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

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

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. 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 the Basilica of St Denis.[7] Her tomb, like many others, was desecrated during the French Revolution in 1793.

Family tree

Family of Isabella of Aragon, Queen of France
16. Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Barcelona
8. Alfonso II of Aragon
17. Petronila of Aragon
4. Peter II of Aragon
18. Alfonso VII of León
9. Sancha of Castile
19. Richeza of Poland
2. James I of Aragon
20. William VII of Montpellier
10. William VIII of Montpellier
21. Matilda of Burgundy
5. Marie of Montpellier
22. Isaac Komnenos
11. Eudokia Komnene
23. Irene
1. Isabella of Aragon
24. Géza II of Hungary
12. Béla III of Hungary
25. Euphrosyne of Kiev
6. Andrew II of Hungary
26. Raynald of Châtillon
13. Agnes of Antioch
27. Constance of Antioch
3. Violant of Hungary
28. Peter I of Courtenay
14. Peter II of Courtenay
29. Elizabeth de Courtenay
7. Yolanda de Courtenay
30. Baldwin V, Count of Hainaut
15. Yolanda of Flanders
31. Margaret I, Countess of Flanders

Notes

  1. ^ She had not been born yet when her father King James executed a will in January 1248 since he stipulates that if he had another male heir, he should become a knight Templar and if the newborn was daughter, she should enter the Monastery of Santa María de Sigena. Isabella was born after January of 1248.[2]

References

  1. ^ Rodrigo Estevan 2009, p. 90.
  2. ^ Zurita & 1562-1580, p. 272 of PDF, Chapter XLIII, p. 272 of pdf.
  3. ^ Sabine Geldsetzer, Frauen auf Kreuzzügen
  4. ^ Patrick Weber, Les reines de France
  5. ^ The new Cambridge medieval history / 5 C. 1198 - c. 1300. by David Abulafia and Rosamond MacKitterick. The standard work of reference on the whole of Europe, east and west, during the thirteenth century. Page 654.
  6. ^ The book of deeds of James I of Aragon: a translation of the medieval Catalan Llibre dels Fets by Damian J Smith and Helena Buffery. Page 139.
  7. ^ Alain Erlande-Brandenburg, Le roi est mort. Étude sur les funérailles, les sépultures et les tombeaux des rois de France jusqu'à la fin du xiiie siècle

Bibliography

  • Rodrigo Estevan, María Luz (2009). "Los testamentos de Jaime I: Repartos territoriales y turbulencias políticas". Cuadernos, Centro de Estudios de Monzón y Cinca Media (in Spanish) (35): 61–90. ISSN 1133-3790. {{cite journal}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  • Zurita, Jerónimo. Anales de Aragón (PDF) (in Spanish). Exma. Diputación de Zaragoza, «Institución Fernando el Católico». {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help); Unknown parameter |editors= ignored (|editor= suggested) (help)
French royalty
Preceded by Queen consort of France
25 August 1270 – 28 January 1271 		Succeeded by
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