Isabella of France, Queen of Navarre

Isabella of France
Queen consort of Navarre Countess consort of Champagne
Tenure	1258–1270
Born	2 March 1241
Died	17 April 1271 (aged 30) Provence
Burial	Provins, France
Spouse	Theobald II of Navarre
House	Capet
Father	Louis IX of France
Mother	Margaret of Provence

Isabella of France (2 March 1241 – 17 April 1271) was a daughter of Louis IX of France and Margaret of Provence. She was married to Theobald II of Navarre, eldest son of Theobald I of Navarre and Margaret of Navarre on 6 April 1255.^[1] Isabelle became Queen consort of Navarre.

Life

Isabella receiving a messenger from her father

Louis IX wanted to make peace with Navarre so he married Isabella off to Theobald. The Archbishop of Rouen celebrated the marriage between Isabella and Theobald II, King of Navarre and Count of Champagne, on 6 April 1255 in Melun. The bridegroom was 18 and the bride 13 years old.

Together with her husband and her father, the very pious Isabella travelled with the Eighth Crusade in July 1270. Her father died there in August of the same year. Then, in December, Isabella's husband died of an epidemic while in Sicily. After the deaths of both her father and husband, Isabella returned to France and lived in Provence until her death only two months later in 1271.

Isabella is buried next to her husband in Provins.

Ancestors

Ancestors of Isabella of France, Queen of Navarre

16. Louis VII of France               8. Philip II of France                       17. Adèle of Champagne               4. Louis VIII of France                             18. Baldwin V, Count of Hainaut               9. Isabelle of Hainaut                       19. Margaret I, Countess of Flanders               2. Louis IX of France                                   20. Sancho III of Castile               10. Alfonso VIII of Castile                       21. Blanche of Navarre               5. Blanche of Castile                             22. Henry II of England               11. Eleanor of England                       23. Eleanor of Aquitaine               1. Isabella of France                                         24. Alfonso II of Aragon               12. Alfonso II, Count of Provence                       25. Sancha of Castile               6. Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Provence                             26. Renier de Sabran               13. Garsenda of Forcalquier                       27. Garsenda of Forcalquier               3. Margaret of Provence                                   28. Humbert III, Count of Savoy               14. Thomas I, Count of Savoy                       29. Beatrice of Viennois               7. Beatrice of Savoy                             30. William I of Geneva               15. Margaret of Geneva                       31. Beatrix of Faucigny

References

1. Elizabeth Hallam, Capetian France: 987-1328, (Longman Group Limited, 1980), 222.

See also

• List of Navarrese royal consorts
• French monarchs family tree

External links

• Media related to Isabella of France (1242-1271) at Wikimedia Commons
• Marek, Miroslav. "House of Capet". Genealogy.EU. External link in |publisher= (help)