Isabella of Aragon

:"Not to be confused with Elizabeth of Aragon, Isabella of Aragon (Duchess of Milan) and Isabella of Aragon, Princess of Asturias."

Infobox French Royalty|majesty|consort
name =Isabella of Aragon
title =Queen consort of France

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caption =
reign =1270- 28 January 1271
coronation =
spouse =Philip III
children =Philip IV
Charles of Valois
royal house =House of Aragon
father =James I of Aragon
mother =Violant of Hungary
date of birth =1247
place of birth =
date of death =28 January 1271 (aged 24)
place of death =
place of burial =Château de Blois|

Isabella of Aragon (1247 – 28 January, 1271), infanta of Aragon, was, by marriage, Queen consort of France in the Middle Ages from 1270 to 1271.

Life

She was the daughter of King James I of Aragon and his second wife Violant of Hungary, daughter of Andrew II of Hungary.

In Clermont on 28 May, 1262, she married the future Philip III of France, son of king Louis IX and Marguerite of Provence. They had four sons:
#Louis (b. 1265 - d. 1276).
#Philip IV "the Fair" (b. 1268 - d. 1314), King of France.
#Robert (b. 1269 - d. 1271).
#Charles of Valois (b. 1270 - d. 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. [http://membres.lycos.fr/behgnam/capet10.htm] 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 Saint Denis Basilica. Her tomb, like many others, was desecrated during the French Revolution in 1793.

Ancestors

Descendents

Through her sons Philip and Charles she has many grandchildren and her granddaughters were married off to Kings, Dukes and Emperors. Her granddaughter Isabelle married Edward II of England and was the mother of Edward III of England, another granddaughter, Blanche married Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor and was the mother of Katharine of Bohemia. Another granddaughter Isabella married Peter I, Duke of Bourbon and was the mother of Louis II, Duke of Bourbon and Joanna, Queen of France. Isabella had a granddaughter called Catherine II of Valois, Princess of Achaea who became Latin Emperess after her mother's death. Four of her grandsons became King of France they were Louis X of France, Philip V of France, Charles IV of France and Philip IV of France, the first three were sons of Isabella's eldest son Philip and because non produced surviving heirs the throne passed to Charles's son Philip, who began the House of Valois. Through her grandson Philip IV of France Isabella is an ancestor of French Kings and she would be an ancestor of leaders of many countries through granddaughters, great granddaughters, right up to the end of the French monarchy. Her great, great granddaughter was Catherine of Valois, Catherine's great grandson was Henry VII of England, Henry's son was Henry VIII of England and his three children were Edward VI, Mary I and Elizabeth I.

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