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Showing posts with label Isabella of France. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Isabella of France. Show all posts
Friday, February 10, 2023

The Tour de Nesle Affair

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In the early 13th century, Philip II of France fortified Paris with four large guard towers. The Tour de Nesle (the "s" is silent...
Thursday, February 9, 2023

The She-Wolf of France, Part 2

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In 1325, Queen Isabella went to see her brother, King Charles IV of France, to negotiate over Charles' seizing of King Edward II's ...
Wednesday, February 8, 2023

The She-Wolf of France, Part 1

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Isabella of France (c.1295 - 1358) was a queen whose father and three brothers all became kings. Although she was used for a political marri...
Tuesday, February 7, 2023

Isabella of France

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Isabella of France was the only surviving daughter of King Philip IV of France and Joan I of Navarre, promised to the Prince of Wales (later...
Monday, February 6, 2023

The Worst Briton

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Hugh le Despenser the Younger was an able administrator and close friend and advisor of King Edward II , who had made Hugh his chamberlain. ...
Sunday, February 5, 2023

Those Despensers!

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One of the complaints about King Edward II of England by his barons was that he took the wrong people into his confidence and acted on thei...
Saturday, February 4, 2023

The King's Favorite

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In 1307, the Knights Templar were condemned in France by Philip IV and lost their possessions and lives. One of the accusations was that th...
Wednesday, June 1, 2022

The Hundred Years' War, Part 1

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Simply put, the Hundred Years War was an argument over the rightful ruler(s) of England and France. Officially, it ran from 1337 to 1453, ma...