![]() Since he had ascended the throne the previous year, Isabella never was titled Princess of Wales.Īt the time of her marriage Isabella was about twelve, described by Geoffrey of Paris as " the beauty of beauties.in the kingdom if not in all Europe." This may not merely have been a chronicler's politeness, as Isabella's father and brother were likewise very handsome men. She married Edward at Boulogne-sur-Mer on January 25, 1308. ![]() He was tall and athletic, and wildly popular at the beginning of his reign. Her groom, the new King Edward II, looked the part of a Plantagenet king to perfection. Only after he died in 1307 did the wedding go forward. The English king, Edward I had also attempted to break the engagement several times. Pope Boniface VIII had urged the marriage as early as 1298 but was delayed by wrangling over the terms of the marriage contract. ![]() ![]() While still an infant, her father had promised her in marriage to Edward II to resolve the conflicts between France and England over the latter's continental possession of Gascony and claims to Anjou, Normandy and Aquitaine. Isabella was born in Paris sometime between 12, the daughter of King Philip IV of France and Queen Jeanne of Navarre, and the sister of three French kings. Isabella of France (c.1295 – August 22, 1358), known as the She-Wolf of France, was the Queen consort of Edward II of England. ![]()
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