Skip to main content

Isabella, of France, 1389-1409 (Queen of England, Second consort of Richard II)

 Person

Staff Only

Dates

  • Existence: 9 November 1389 - 13 September 1409

Biography

Isabella of Valois or Isabella of France was Queen consort of England as the second wife of King Richard II. She was born at the Louvre in Paris in 1389 to Charles VI, King of France and Isabella of Bavaria. She was betrothed to Richard at the age of six, occasioning a twenty-eight year truce agreement between the two countries. She was widowed three years after marrying Richard and later married Charles, Duke of Orleans. She died in childbirth at the age of nineteen.

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Song titled "My Gentle Isabel! From Richard the Second, in Prison, to his faithful Queen Isabella", 1810-1857

 piece
Identifier: Coll-1839/7/pp.39-40
Scope and Contents

Song titled "My Gentle Isabel! From Richard the Second, in Prison, to his faithful Queen Isabella"

Dates: 1810-1857
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Louisa Matilda Crawford, nee Montagu / Manuscript notebook containing 165 poems and songs written at Southwood Hall by Louisa Matilda Crawford