Isabella of Valois, Duchess of Bourbon

Isabella of Valois
Duchess consort of Bourbon
Tenure	1336-1356
Born	1313
Died	26 July 1383 (aged 70)
Spouse	Peter I, Duke of Bourbon
Issue	Louis II, Duke of Bourbon Joanna, Queen of France Blanche, Queen of Castile Bonne, Duchess of Savoy Margaret of Bourbon
House	House of Valois House of Bourbon
Father	Charles of Valois
Mother	Mahaut of Châtillon

Isabella of Valois, Duchess of Bourbon or Isabella of France (1313 – 26 July 1383), was a Petit Fille of France, and a daughter of Charles of Valois by his third wife Mahaut of Châtillon.^[1] She was the wife of Peter I, Duke of Bourbon.

Marriage and issue

On 25 January 1336 Isabella married Peter I, Duke of Bourbon,^[1] son of Louis I, Duke of Bourbon and Mary of Avesnes. Peter and Isabella had only one son, Louis and seven daughters. Her husband died at the Battle of Poitiers in 1356,^[2] and Isabella never remarried. After her husband's death Isabella's son Louis became the Duke of Bourbon. In the same year 1356, Isabella arranged for her daughter Joanna to marry Charles V of France; as he was at the time the Dauphin of France, Joanna duly became Dauphine.

1. Louis II, Duke of Bourbon, 1337-1410, became Duke of Bourbon in 1356 married Anne of Auvergne had issue.
2. Joanna of Bourbon, 1338-1378, married King Charles V of France, had issue.^[1]
3. Blanche of Bourbon, 1339-1361, married King Peter of Castile, she was murdered by him in 1361 and had no issue.
4. Bonne of Bourbon, 1341-1402, married Amadeus VI of Savoy, by whom she had issue.^[1]
5. Catherine of Bourbon, 1342-1427, married John VI of Harcourt^[1]
6. Margaret of Bourbon, 1344-1416, married Arnaud Amanieu, Lord of Albret, by whom she had issue.
7. Isabelle of Bourbon, 1345-1345, died young
8. Marie of Bourbon, 1347-1401, prioress of Poissy^[1]

Isabella in her later years

She died on 26 July 1383 at the age of seventy. She was buried in Eglise des Frères Mineurs in Paris.

Ancestors

Ancestors of Isabella of Valois, Duchess of Bourbon

16. Louis VIII of France               8. Louis IX of France                       17. Blanche of Castile               4. Philip III of France                             18. Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Provence               9. Margaret of Provence                       19. Beatrice of Savoy               2. Charles of Valois                                   20. Peter II of Aragon               10. James I of Aragon                       21. Marie of Montpellier               5. Isabella of Aragon                             22. Andrew II of Hungary               11. Violant of Hungary                       23. Yolanda de Courtenay               1. Isabella of Valois                                         24. Hugh I, Count of Blois               12. Guy III, Count of Saint-Pol                       25. Mary, Countess of Blois               6. Guy IV, Count of Saint-Pol                             26. Henry II, Duke of Brabant               13. Matilda of Brabant                       27. Marie of Hohenstaufen               3. Mahaut of Châtillon                                   28. John I, Duke of Brittany               14. John II, Duke of Brittany                       29. Blanche of Navarre               7. Marie of Brittany                             30. Henry III of England               15. Beatrice of England                       31. Eleanor of Provence

References

1. Joni M. Hand, Women, Manuscripts and Identity in Northern Europe, 1350-1550, (Ashgate Publishing, 2013), 217.
2. David Nicolle, Poitiers 1356: The Capture of a King, (Osprey, 2004), 24.