How did isabella of france died

Isabella of France c. Isabella was notable in her lifetime for her diplomatic skills, intelligence, and beauty. She overthrew her husband, becoming a " femme fatale " figure in plays and literature over the years, usually portrayed as a beautiful but cruel and manipulative figure. Isabella arrived in England at age 12 [ 2 ] during a period of growing conflict between the king and the powerful baronial factions.

Her new husband was notorious for the patronage he lavished on his favourite , Piers Gaveston , but the queen supported Edward during these early years, forming a working relationship with Piers and using her relationship with the French monarchy to bolster her own authority and power. After the death of Gaveston at the hands of the barons in , however, Edward turned to a new favourite, Hugh Despenser the Younger , and attempted to take revenge on the barons, resulting in the Despenser War and a period of internal repression across England.

Isabella could not tolerate Hugh Despenser, and by , her marriage to Edward was at a breaking point. Travelling to France on a diplomatic mission, Isabella may have begun an affair with Roger Mortimer , and the two may possibly have agreed at this point to depose Edward and oust the Despenser family.

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The Queen returned to England with a small mercenary army in , moving rapidly across England. The King's forces deserted him. Some believe that Isabella then arranged the murder of Edward II. Isabella and Mortimer's regime began to crumble, partly because of her lavish spending, but also because the Queen successfully, but unpopularly, resolved long-running problems such as the war with Scotland.

Mortimer was executed, Isabella's regency was ended and she was imprisoned, [ 3 ] but soon released. She lived out her remaining years as a wealthy courtier and grew close again to her family especially her daughter Joan, Queen of Scots and her grandson Edward, Prince of Wales. Isabella was born in Paris on an uncertain date — on the basis of the chroniclers and the eventual date of her marriage, she was probably born between April [ a ] and January The French chronicler Guillaume de Nangis and English chronicler Thomas Walsingham describe her as 12 years old at the time of her marriage in January , placing her birth between January and of